Between LIV and TGL, it's FML for golf purists

Professional golf is still deep in its Dragon's Den phase.

The first time that many realised there was a jazzy new golf venture in town was on Thursday when it was reported that Jon Rahm was withdrawing from The Golf League (TGL), the Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods-devised 'simulator golf tournament' due to start this January.

People are still trying to wrap their heads around the concept. What is it, say you?

Well, it's a simulator golf tournament - as I said - which will take place in the Sofi centre in Palm Beach, Florida [therefore, within walking distance from the home of most professional golfers]. This is to be a custom-made facility capable of hosting 1600 spectators. It's as yet unbuilt, though from the outside it resembles the famous dome in Bekan.

The players will lash their tee shots and long irons into a massive screen - 64x46ft - golf simulator style. They will play off grass tee-boxes, fairways, rough, sand, as and where they lie. From 50 yards in, they will hit into an actual green zone, which changes slope and shape depending on the hole in question.

And there's a team dimension. It turns out that golfers, long pegged as awkward individualists, were yearning for some camaraderie all along.

In 'TGL', the 24 players will make up six teams of four. The matches will be 3v3, with one team member rested. Matches will be 15 holes long. The first nine holes will be a three-person alternate shot match [aka, Triples], with the final six holes being singles - each player playing two holes. They'll aim to wrap it up in a couple of hours.

A "modern match play" is coming.

The format and scoring details for the inaugural @TGL season have been revealed.

How it works: https://t.co/aQg7FyYa8n

Naturally, the LIV upstarts, who got