Who were the biggest winners and most likeable losers over the course of the campaign? What worked, what didn’t and how can the league continue to reinvent not only itself, but pro golf?
Thanks to Horschel’s twisting 18-foot birdie on the 14th hole, Atlanta Drive defeated New York Golf Club 4-3 to sweep the best-of-three finals and claim the $US9 million first-place team prize.
With the inaugural TGL presented by SoFi season approaching its climax, the scorecard for the innovative and prime time team golf league backed by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy makes for some impressive reading.
TGL announced overnight that the six-time PGA Tour winner has signed a one-match contract with Los Angeles GC. The team needed a player because “LAGC’s Justin Rose and Tommy Fleetwood both have pre-existing commitments and are unavailable for Monday’s match”.
It was nearly three years ago that Anthony Noto sought an opportunity for SoFi Technologies Inc. to gain a foothold in golf to increase brand awareness for the financial-services company based in San Francisco. That opportunity was TGL.
Though little more than a hypothetical at this stage, Bryson was typically bullish about the opportunity to join Tiger Woods’ and Rory McIlroy’s upstart TGL golf league.
Now that we’ve taken a look at where TGL teams get prepared and wind down for matches, we’re even more jealous that they get to play (simulator) golf as a job.
The Northern Irishman says he used multiple simulators in preparation to ‘test’ the accuracy of the SoFi Center’s sim, while also offering a valid theory behind the artificial green complex’s bunker sand.
No matter what you think about TGL after Wednesday’s opening match, one thing is certain: the new league had people talking. And now we know plenty of people were watching as well.
Australian Golf Digest
