Delayed TGL set to tee off without Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy
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After a 12-month postponement, the tech-infused TGL golf league has revealed its inaugural schedule for the 2025 season.
Damage last November to the air-supported SoFi Centre in Palm Beach Gardens just weeks before the launch of the Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy’s highly anticipated TGL virtual golf league caused organizers to push back tee times by a whole year.
Now, the state-of-the-art facility is inflated once more, ready to host 15-hole battles between six teams of the PGA Tour’s finest players in a golf simulator series, played out in front of 1,500 fans and a live TV audience.
Between them, TGL’s roster of 24 tour pros have amassed 230 PGA Tour wins, 33 Major titles, and have spent a combined 834 weeks as World No.1.
| Team | Players |
| New York Golf Club | Matt Fitzpatrick, Rickie Fowler, Xander Schauffele and Cameron Young |
| The Bay Golf Club | Ludvig Åberg, Wyndham Clark, Min Woo Lee and Shane Lowry |
| Jupiter Links Golf Club | Tiger Woods, Max Homa, Tom Kim and Kevin Kisner |
| Los Angeles Golf Club | Collin Morikawa, Sahith Theegala, Tommy Fleetwood and Justin Rose |
| Atlanta Drive Golf Club | Justin Thomas, Patrick Cantlay, Billy Horschel and Lucas Glover |
| Boston Common Golf | Rory McIlroy, Keegan Bradley, Adam Scott and Hideki Matsuyama |
The inaugural season will premiere on Tuesday, Jan 07, live on ESPN and ESPN+. However, fans will have to wait a further week to see Tiger Woods tee it up on the big screen, while fellow TMRW Sports co-founder Rory McIlroy will not take the stage until Jan 27.
“The six TGL teams will go head-to-head in a season of matches from January through March, bringing team golf to prime time for the first time on a consistent basis, said Mike McCarley, TMRW Sports CEO.
“In partnership with ESPN, our season will complement the PGA Tour’s FedExCup Season with a fast-paced team competition that aims to captivate a wide range of sports fans with elements, like a shot clock, that are familiar to fans of other sports. TGL’s two-hour matches are perfect for prime time and will help bring more fans closer to some of the biggest names in golf.”
Single matchday tickets will start at $160 at the custom-built arena, aiming to replicate a fan experience akin to sitting courtside at an NBA game or on the glass at an NHL game. The 1,500 fans will be wrapped around TGL’s field of play which is about the size of a football field, featuring a 3,400-square-foot simulator screen that players will hit into from 35 yards out. Once inside 50 yards, players will transition to a 22,475-square-foot short game complex with 600 embedded motorized actuators to morph its topography, transforming the green between holes.
World-renowned golf course designers have custom-designed 30 holes inspired by authentic golf landscapes including links, canyons, coastal, deserts, and tropical settings to uniquely challenge the pros throughout the season.
Here is the inaugural TGL schedule in full:
2025 TGL Schedule
| Match | Teams | When |
| 1 | New York GC vs. The Bay GC | Tuesday, Jan 7, 9 p.m., ESPN |
| 2 | Los Angeles GC vs. Jupiter Links GC | Tuesday, Jan. 14, 7 p.m., ESPN |
| 3 | New York GC vs. Atlanta Drive GC | Tuesday, Jan. 21, 7 p.m., ESPN |
| 4 | Jupiter Links GC vs. Boston Common Golf | Monday, Jan. 27, 6:30 p.m., ESPN |
| 5 | Boston Common Golf vs. Los Angeles GC | Tuesday, Feb. 4, 9 p.m. ET, ESPN |
| 6-8 | Atlanta Drive GC vs. Los Angeles GC Atlanta Drive GC vs. The Bay GC The Bay GC vs. Boston Common Golf | Monday, Feb. 17, 1 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Feb. 17, 4 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Feb. 17, 7 p.m. (ESPN2) |
| 9 | Jupiter Links GC vs. New York GC | Tuesday, Feb. 18, 7 p.m. (ESPN) |
| 10-12 | Los Angeles GC vs. New York GC Boston Common Golf vs. Atlanta Drive GC The Bay GC vs. Jupiter Links GC | Monday, Feb. 24, 5 p.m. (ESPN2) Monday, Feb. 24, 9 p.m. (ESPN2) Tuesday, Feb. 25, 9 p.m. (ESPN) |
| 13-15 | The Bay GC vs. Los Angeles GC New York GC vs. Boston Common Golf Jupiter Links GC vs. Atlanta Drive GC | Monday, March 3, 3 p.m. (ESPN2) Monday, March 3, 7 p.m. (ESPN2) Tuesday, March 4, 7 p.m., (ESPN) |
| Semi-Finals | Top 4 teams advance to Playoffs | Monday, March 17, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN2) Tuesday, March 18, 7 p.m. (ESPN) |
| Final Series | Top 2 teams advance to Final | Monday, March 24 (ESPN2) Tuesday, March 25 (ESPN) |
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The inaugural TGL schedule has been announced.
