Woods, McIlroy to launch virtual golf league

TIGER Woods and Rory McIlroy’s simulator golf league will launch in January 2025, one year after it was initially set to begin until a roof collapse at the Florida-based facility housing the league caused a delay, organisers of the said yesterday.

TGL

The TGL, which features six teams of four Tour players competing

PGA in a fast-paced form of team golf, will debut January 7 in primetime on

inside a new steel-supported

ESPN structure that was unveiled along with yesterday’s announcement.

The next two matches will be played January 14 and January 21, which organisers feel will allow

TGL to benefit from promotion during

ESPN’s coverage of both the National Football League and college football

US playoffs.

is run by Sports, a

TGL TMRW tech-focused sports company that was established by Woods and McIlroy in 2022. Both Woods and McIlroy, two of golf’s most popular players, have agreed to compete in the TGL.

“January is a tremendous time of year for fans looking for prime time sports and TGL’s launch will complement the start of the Tour season

PGA and take advantage of ESPN’s promotional machine across their coverage of the and college football playoffs,”

NFL Mike McCarley said

TMRW CEO in a news release.

The venue for TGL, constructed on the campus of Palm Beach State College in Palm Beach Gardens, features 1 500 seats around a field of play that is almost the size of an American football field.

Golfers will tee off from real grass tee boxes to play custom-designed, virtual holes that will be projected on a massive screen. Once teams are inside approximately 50 yards they will transition to live action and finish each hole on a short game complex that transforms between holes.

The GreenZone will use technology to make each hole unique and includes a 41-yard-wide turntable that rotates the green and bunkers to change approach angles — SuperSport.