Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy's TGL to be delayed until 2025

Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy's new TGL will be delayed by a year until 2025 following extensive damage made to the league's arena.

TGL was supposed to start up on January 9, 2024, but those plans have now been scuppered as a result of the air-supported dome of the TGL's SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens collapsing last week due to what officials cite as a power failure. 

The incident happened on November 14 and thankfully nobody was injured.

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Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy's TGL to be delayed until 2025

While a spokesperson for TGL last week confirmed there was confidence the league could still start as planned in two months time, it has emerged today the TGL will not start until 2025. 

An official statement from TGL read: 

According to Sports Business Journal, postponing the TGL by just a couple of weeks or months was not possible as ESPN - which will broadcast the new league - could not adjust to the shift in the schedule for its broadcast windows.

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Both Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy have since responded to learning TGL will not start until 2025.

Woods said in a statement: 

McIlroy added: 

The TGL is a new tech-inspired golf league that has been launched in partnership with the PGA Tour to provide golf fans with a new way to watch the game they love. 

Devised by Woods and McIlroy, the new league is set to take place in the state-of-the-art purpose-built facility, the SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA. 

The venue will give up to 2,000 golf fans the chance to spectate up close and personal thanks to a huge virtual simulator and short-game complex area.

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