Rory McIlroy says the tech-driven Tomorrow's Golf League (TGL) will modernize golf with teams, shot clocks, and digital elements.
Rory McIlroy says Tomorrow's Golf League ( TGL ), the technology-driven version of the sport he is fronting with Tiger Woods, will help take golf 'into the 21st century'.The virtual contest had been scheduled for a January 2024 launch after a power outage caused the collapse of the air-supported dome roof at the SoFi Center in Florida. 'The first thing I would like to have people know is it's golf, but it's reimagined, sort of trying to take golf into the 21st century,' McIlroy told ESPN.
'We have teams, obviously there's a lot of technology involved, trying to bring it into the digital era. A lot of things that we've taken from other sports like a shot clock, a timeout, things that you don't see in regular golf.' TGL, which will feature six squads of four players, is run by TMRW Sports, the technology-focused sports company launched by Woods and McIlroy in August 2022. Tennis legends Serena and Venus Williams, NBA star Stephen Curry and Liverpool owners the Fenway Sports Group are among the backers. Each team will play five matches in a round-robin league format between 7 January and 4 March, with the top four sides earning a spot in the play-offs, which begin on 17 March. Woods recently teamed up with his son Charlie at the PNC Championship, where they finished second to Bernhard Langer and his son Jason. Before each match, teams will pick three players to compete in 15-hole contests that will be split into two sessions: nine holes of three-man alternate shots followed by six holes of singles head-to-head play. Points are awarded for winning a hole and the team with the most points at the end is the winner. In the event of a draw, the winner will be decided by a nearest-the-pin contest. The golfers - who will wear microphones - begin holes by hitting shots into a 64x53ft screen at the Sofi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, which will host the entire serie
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