ESPN will televise the inaugural season of TGL offered by SoFi, the brand new golf league set to start play in 2024, as a part of a multiyear settlement introduced Thursday morning.
The league, which is the brainchild of Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy together with golf govt Mike McCarley, will characteristic 18 PGA Tour gamers break up into six groups. They are going to play two-hour, head-to-head match-play matches in a specifically constructed area in Palm Seaside Gardens, Florida. It is going to incorporate reside motion in addition to the newest in golf expertise.
Woods and McIlroy have dedicated to play, together with Jon Rahm, Collin Morikawa, Justin Thomas, Xander Schauffele, Max Homa, Rickie Fowler, Billy Horschel, Matt Fitzpatrick, Justin Rose and Adam Scott. Six extra gamers shall be introduced.
“TGL goes to be a two-hour presentation not like something you may have seen earlier than,” ESPN govt vp Rosalyn Durant mentioned. “All gamers will put on reside microphones and viewers can have unprecedented entry throughout competitors. It is an thrilling panorama for presenting golf, and we stay up for bringing it to followers.”
The primary match shall be Jan. 9 at 9 p.m. ET. It is the night time after the Faculty Soccer Playoff title recreation. The second shall be every week later at 7 p.m. ET on the night time after a “Monday Evening Soccer” wild-card playoff recreation. Each shall be on ESPN and ESPN+. All different 13 regular-season matches, on dates to be introduced, shall be on ESPN or ESPN2 in addition to ESPN+. There may also be a semifinal and closing match.
“ESPN has embraced the idea from our very first assembly and we’re trying ahead to launching TGL in prime time on ESPN and bringing our groups of the PGA TOUR’s greatest stars to their ESPN’s legion of sports activities followers,” McCarley mentioned in an announcement. “The 2-hour match format has been designed for right this moment’s sports activities fan, because it’s rooted within the traditions of golf, however provides technical components which are distinctive to a contemporary, sports activities area setting.”
4 of the six groups have metropolis and possession designations — TGL Atlanta, TGL Boston, Los Angeles Golf Membership and TGL New York. Staff buyers embody Arthur Clean, John Henry and Tom Werner, Alexis Ohanian, Serena and Venus Williams, and Steve Cohen.
A preview present will air on Dec. 30 on ABC.
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