The inaugural season of TGL presented by SoFi, the tech-infused golf league fronted by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, will tee off Jan.
7 on ESPN, the league announced Monday. New York Golf Club, led by two-time major champion Xander Schauffele and Rickie Fowler, will square off against The Bay Golf Club, which includes Ludvig Åberg and Wyndham Clark, in the first TGL match on Jan.
7 (9 p.m. ET, ESPN and ESPN+). «In partnership with ESPN, our season will complement the PGA TOUR's FedEx Cup Season with a fast-paced team competition that aims to captivate a wide range of sports fans with elements, like a shot clock, that are familiar to fans of other sports,» TMRW Sports CEO and founder Mike McCarley said in a statement. «TGL's two-hour matches are perfect for prime time and will help bring more fans closer to some of the biggest names in golf.» Woods' Jupiter Links Golf Club will face Los Angeles Golf Club in the second match on Jan.
14 (7 p.m. ET, ESPN and ESPN+). Woods, 48, announced on Sept. 13 that he had undergone another surgery on his lower back to try to relieve spasms that plagued him this season.