Woods and McIlroy's TGL to begin in early January

TGL, the technology-driven play contention headlined by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, volition debut connected 7 January.

The virtual play contention had been slated for a January 2024 motorboat but was delayed aft a powerfulness outage caused the illness of the air-supported dome extortion astatine the SoFi Center successful Florida.

Fifteen-time large victor Woods is scheduled to vie connected 14 January with his Jupiter Links Golf Club team.

Woods has not played since the Open Championship successful July and had further country connected his backmost past month.

World fig 3 McIlroy, who is portion of the Boston Common Golf team, is acceptable to marque his debut connected 27 January.

The opening contention of the 15-match play sees New York Golf Club - comprised of Xander Schauffele, Matt Fitzpatrick, Rickie Fowler and Cameron Young - look The Bay Golf Club broadside of Ludvig Aberg, Wyndham Clark, Min Woo Lee, and Shane Lowry.

TGL, which volition diagnostic six squads of 4 players, is tally by TMRW Sports, the technology-focused sports institution launched by Woods and McIlroy successful August 2022.

Serena and Venus Williams, Stephen Curry and Liverpool owners the Fenway Sports Group are among the backers.

Each squad volition play 5 matches successful a round-robin league format betwixt 7 January and 4 March with the apical 4 sides earning a spot successful the play-offs, which statesman connected 17 March.

Before each match, teams volition prime 3 players to vie successful 15-hole contests that volition beryllium divided into 2 sessions: 9 holes of three-man alternate shots followed by six holes of singles head-to-head play.

Points are awarded for winning a spread and the squad with the astir points astatine the extremity is the winner. In the lawsuit of a draw, the victor volition beryllium decided by a nearest the pin contest.

The golfers statesman holes by hitting shots into a 64ft x 46ft screen. Once wrong astir 50 yards, they volition power from the simulator to hitting into live-action greens, which person actuators that tin marque the putting aboveground rotate and change.

The entirety of the 2025 play volition beryllium held astatine the SoFi Center successful Palm Beach Gardens.

Atlanta Drive GC

Justin Thomas, Patrick Cantlay, Billy Horschel, Lucas Glover

Boston Common GC

Rory McIlroy, Hideki Matsuyama, Keegan Bradley, Adam Scott

Jupiter Links GC

Tiger Woods, Max Homa, Tom Kim, Kevin Kisner

Los Angeles GC

Collin Morikawa, Sahith Theegala, Justin Rose, Tommy Fleetwood

New York GC

Matt Fitzpatrick, Rickie Fowler, Xander Schauffele, Cameron Young

The Bay GC

Ludvig Aberg, Wyndham Clark, Min Woo Lee, Shane Lowry

7 January: New York GC v The Bay GC

14 January: Los Angeles GC v Jupiter Links GC

21 January: New York GC v Atlanta Drive GC

27 January: Jupiter Links GC v Boston Common GC

4 February: Boston Common GC v Los Angeles GC

17 February: Atlanta Drive GC v Los Angeles GC

17 February: Atlanta Drive GC v The Bay GC

17 February: The Bay GC v Boston Common GC

18 February: Jupiter Links GC v New York GC

24 February: Los Angeles GC v New York GC

24 February: Boston Common GC v Atlanta Drive GC

25 February: The Bay GC v Jupiter Links GC

3 March: The Bay GC v Los Angeles GC

3 March: New York GC v Boston Common GC

4 March: Jupiter Links GC v Atlanta Drive GC

Play-offs

17 March

18 March

24 March

25 March