The Palm Beach Post

Power outage sees dome of SoFi Center partly deflate

Unclear if repairs will delay golf venue’s debut

- Alexandra Clough Palm Beach Post USA TODAY NETWORK

PALM BEACH GARDENS – A massive white dome slated for a new golf venture by Tiger Woods partially deflated this week because of a Tuesday night power outage at the site.

Workers at the planned SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens then deflated the rest of the air-supported dome, which will remain down while work is performed to repair it.

There were no injuries and no damage to technology at the 250,000square-foot dome. When completed, the center will hold nearly 2,000 people.

The SoFi Center, on the Palm Beach Gardens campus of Palm Beach State

College, will be home to TGL.

The new golf league by Woods and Rory McIlroy blends technology with in-person golf.

A spokesman for TMRW Sports Group, which owns TGL, on Wednesday said the company still is assessing the damage.

The spokesman said it is not yet clear if the damage will affect the center’s planned events, which are supposed to start on Jan. 9.

Woods part of ownership group for Jupiter TGL golf league team

Woods not only is a co-founder of TGL but he’s part of an ownership group for one of the teams in the techinfuse­d golf league. And that team will represent his hometown area.

The Jupiter Island resident was named owner of Jupiter Links Golf Club in the league. Jupiter is the sixth and final TGL team, joining Boston, Los Angeles,

New York, Atlanta and San Francisco.

McIlroy, who lives in Jupiter, will head the Boston Common Golf and include Jupiter’s Keegan Bradley along with Tyrrell Hatton and Adam Scott.

The remainder of Woods’ Jupiter roster has not yet been announced.

Jupiter Links will be co-owned by Woods’ TGR Ventures and David Blitzer, who is a co-managing partner of the Philadelph­ia 76ers and New Jersey Devils.

What is TGL and how does league, with PGA Tour players, work?

TGL will consist of six teams, each with four PGA Tour players competing head-to-head in 18-hole match play. The matches will be capped at two hours. The schedule will include 15 regular-season Monday night matches

 ?? GREG LOVETT/THE PALM BEACH POST ?? The air-supported dome for the future home of the TGL indoor golf league that was founded by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy was damaged and deflated Tuesday night after a temporary power system outage at the site. There were no injuries, and no technology was damaged in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
GREG LOVETT/THE PALM BEACH POST The air-supported dome for the future home of the TGL indoor golf league that was founded by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy was damaged and deflated Tuesday night after a temporary power system outage at the site. There were no injuries, and no technology was damaged in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

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