Rory McIlroy issues plea to golf fans before crucial TGL launch

Rory McIlroy has implored golf fans to take a chance on TGL before the first broadcast on 7 January.

Rory McIlroy
Rory McIlroy

Rory McIlroy says he believes a lot of people outside of the game of golf will get excited about his new joint-venture with Tiger Woods

Tomorrow Golf League begins on 7 January at 9pm (02:00 GMT) after a 12-month delay. 

Twenty four PGA Tour players have been broken up into teams of four and will represent six cities in the inaugural campaign. 

McIlroy is representing the Boston Common Golf outfit alongside Adam Scott, Hideki Matsuyama and U.S Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley.

The Northern Irishman won't be in action until 15 January, though, when his side faces off against Woods' Jupiter Links quartet. 

The first match sees New York (Matt Fitzpatrick, Rickie Fowler, Cameron Young and Xander Schauffele) playing against The Bay (Shane Lowry, Ludvig Aberg, Wyndham Clark and Min Woo Lee). 

"The first thing I would like to have people know is it's golf, but it's reimagined, [we are] 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. 

"[We have taken] 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.

"[We're] trying to appeal to that bigger sports audience out there."

The matches are being played at the purpose-built SoFi Center in Palm Beach, Florida. 

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Rory McIlroy
Rory McIlroy

It measures at 250,000 square feet and has a capacity for 1,600 spectators.

He added: "Tiger and I have been a part of this from day one and, you know, whenever you see the concepts and the renderings you're like, 'Yeah, that looks really cool' but until you actually stand in here and see the scale of what they have been able to do ... I think the scale of the thing is what blows my mind. 

"Every time I step in here I am blown away by the size of the screen and the fact that we are able to put something that looks like golf on a stage like this... it's really cool.

"We're obviously very excited about this in the game of golf and I think a lot of people outside of the game are going to get excited about it as well."

TGL explained:

Three players from each team will go head-to-head in a 15-hole match featuring two different formats – nine holes of Triples and six holes of Singles – across a selection of custom-designed holes.

Triples is an alternate-shot format where players will take turns teeing off from hole-to-hole and rotate hitting shots until the hole is finished. 

Individual players will go head-to-head in a predetermined rotation over the six Singles holes. 

Each team member will play two Singles holes so, for example, the two players who square off on hole No. 10 will face each other again in Singles on hole No. 13.

TGL teams:
Boston Common Golf

Rory McIlroy

Adam Scott

Keegan Bradley

Hideki Matsuyama

Atlanta Drive GC

Justin Thomas

Patrick Cantlay

Billy Horschel

Lucas Glover

Jupiter Links GC

Tiger Woods

Max Homa

Tom Kim

Kevin Kisner

Los Angeles Golf Club

Justin Rose

Collin Morikawa

Sahith Theegala

Tommy Fleetwood

New York Golf Club

Xander Schauffele

Matthew Fitzpatrick

Rickie Fowler

Cameron Young

The Bay Golf Club

Min Woo Lee

Ludvig Aberg

Wyndham Clark

Shane Lowry

TGL FIXTURES 2025

Date

Team

Team

Score

7 Jan

New York GC

The Bay GC

TBC

14 Jan

Los Angeles GC

Jupiter Links GC

TBC

21 Jan

New York GC

Atlanta Drive GC

TBC

27 Jan

Jupiter Links GC

Boston Common GC

TBC

4 Feb

Boston Common GC

Los Angeles GC

TBC

17 Feb

Atlanta Drive GC

Los Angeles GC

TBC

17 Feb

Atlanta Drive GC

The Bay GC

TBC

17 Feb

The Bay GC

Boston Common GC

TBC

18 Feb

Jupiter Links GC

New York GC

TBC

24 Feb

Los Angeles GC

New York GC

TBC

24 Feb

Boston Common GC

Atlanta Drive GC

TBC

25 Feb

The Bay GC

Jupiter Links GC

TBC

3 Mar

The Bay GC

Los Angeles GC

TBC

3 Mar

New York GC

Boston Common GC

TBC

4 Mar

Jupiter Links GC

Atlanta Drive GC

TBC

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