Woods and McIlroy's indoor league set for prime time close-up

The inaugural season of the tech-infused indoor team golf league founded by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy tees off on Tuesday in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida with organisers hoping a fast-paced twist on an age-old sport attracts new fans.

Combining the best of virtual and real-world golf, Woods and McIlroy will be among the 24 TGL players competing in two-hour matches during prime time on Monday and Tuesday nights for the next three months.

McIlroy, one of four members of TGL's Boston Common team, does not expect the new league to take over the world of golf but rather be complementary to everything else that is going on in the sport.

"I'm still a traditionalist in a lot of ways. There's no replicating championship golf. I think that's always going to be around," McIlroy said on an NBC Sports call last month to promote a five-part docuseries about Boston Common.

"But there are certain things that we can do to innovate and try to maybe appeal to a different and younger demographic, especially trying to condense it into a time frame that is a little bit more digestible and putting it on at a time where we're maybe going to get a few more eyeballs as well."

TGL features six teams of four PGA Tour members competing in a fast-paced form of team golf where players will hit shots at a five-storey-high simulator screen before eventually shifting to an adjustable putting surface.

Every shot on the field of play, which is about the size of an American football field, will be broadcast live, players will be mic'd up and enter the competition area to walk-up music and a shot clock will force teams to hit within 40 seconds.

"You never know what this thing could be. This could be the future of golf," 2023 U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark,