Atlanta Falcons, United proprietor Arthur Clean provides professional golf group

Arthur Clean is now the proprietor of a 3rd skilled sports activities franchise — this time, a golf group.

Clean will grow to be proprietor of the Atlanta franchise of the TGL, a brand new golf league began partially by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy. TGL shall be comprised of pros taking part in on a golf simulator together with a separate space for short-game play in Palm Seashore, Florida. It begins in January.

Groups comprise three gamers, and occasions within the televised league will happen over two hours on Monday nights throughout primetime. It’ll run in the course of the PGA Tour season and, working at the side of the Tour, there shall be a complete of 15 head-to-head regular-season matches earlier than the semifinals and finals.

Jon Rahm, Justin Thomas, Matt Fitzpatrick, Rickie Fowler and Max Homa are dedicated to the league, together with Woods and McIlroy. Clean mentioned possession teams will not be capable to choose the gamers on their groups, however they will recommend gamers.

Clean, who owns the Atlanta Falcons of the NFL and Atlanta United of MLS, additionally owns the PGA Tour Superstore chain throughout the nation.

“We’re into golf considerably now with PGA Tour Superstore, so that is the prime motivation,” Clean advised ESPN. “We have now an awesome relationship with the Tour itself. They might most likely inform you we’re probably the greatest companions and we might say they’re an awesome accomplice to us as properly. So, this can be a method to lengthen the sport of golf.”

That is additionally one other method for Clean to carry skilled sports activities to Atlanta, though the group with is not going to play any matches in Georgia.

Clean mentioned he approached TGL to grow to be concerned, and he’s an investor in Tomorrow Sports activities, the mum or dad firm placing on the league.

“We imagine in what Tomorrow Sports activities goes to do on the earth of golf,” Clean mentioned.

Atlanta turns into the third of six groups deliberate for the TGL. The Los Angeles Golf Membership, a enterprise owned by Serena Williams and Venus Williams, amongst others, will personal and a Los Angeles membership, and the Fenway Sports activities Group owns a Boston franchise.