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TGL Fixtures announced: McIlroy absent from week one – Irish Golfer Magazine

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TGL Fixtures announced: McIlroy absent from week one – Irish Golfer Magazine

Rory McIlroy is set to make an appearance in week four of the TGL which will finally launch next year.

It was announced that the first round of Tiger Woods’ and McIlroy’s innovate indoor golf league will take place on January 7th.

Woods and McIlroy revealed their plans in 2022 and had hoped to launch the league earlier this year before they were forced to postpone their maiden season after the SoFi Center in Palm Beach suffered severe damage.

Now a date has finally been set and Woods and McIlroy will be among a host of big names set to compete.

“TGL presented by SoFi, the new tech-infused, team golf league founded by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy’s TMRW Sports in partnership with the PGA TOUR, today announced its inaugural season schedule, premiering Tuesday, Jan. 7 on ESPN and ESPN+,” a statement read.

“The schedule includes 15 regular season matches, then a four-team Semifinals, before culminating with the top two teams competing to win the SoFi Cup in a best-of-three Finals Series on Monday, March 24, and Tuesday, March 25.”

The inaugural match will see Xander Schauffele’s New York Golf Club take on Wyndham Clark of Bay Golf Club which includes Shane Lowry and Ludvig Aberg.

The league will include fifteen regal season matches before the four best teams will play in the semi finals before a season ending finale.

McIlroy will join up in week four when his Boston Common side face Woods’ Jupiter Links team with Woods set to appear in week two.

Tyrrell Hatton and Jon Rahm are two big name golfers to have been removed from the TGL upon their moves to LIV Golf this season.

Match 1: New York Golf Club vs. The Bay Golf Club
Tuesday, Jan 7 (ESPN)

  • With the PGA TOUR fresh off The Sentry, its first Signature Event of 2025, TGL’s first-ever match is Tuesday, Jan. 7, in prime time on ESPN and ESPN+.
  • Coming off a career season that included two major championship victories, Xander Schauffele leads New York Golf Club (Matt Fitzpatrick, Rickie Fowler, Schauffele and Cameron Young) to face The Bay Golf Club (Ludvig Åberg, Wyndham Clark, Min Woo Lee and Shane Lowry) as the two youngest teams in TGL square off.

Match 2: Los Angeles Golf Club vs. Jupiter Links Golf Club
Tuesday, Jan. 14 (ESPN)

  • The second match of the season will pit Tiger Woods’ Jupiter Links Golf Club (Woods, Max Homa, Tom Kim and Kevin Kisner) against Los Angeles Golf Club (Collin Morikawa, Sahith Theegala, Tommy Fleetwood and Justin Rose).
  • This match is the night following ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” NFL Wild Card game, traditionally ESPN’s most-watched event every year.

Match 3: New York Golf Club vs. Atlanta Drive GC
Tuesday, Jan. 21 (ESPN)

  • Atlanta Drive GC’s (Justin Thomas, Patrick Cantlay, Billy Horschel and Lucas Glover) first match will be against New York Golf Club on the night following the highly rated College Football National Championship Game on ESPN, a game that will be played at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, owned by Atlanta Drive GC owner, Arthur Blank.

Match 4: Jupiter Links Golf Club vs. Boston Common Golf
Monday, Jan. 27 (ESPN)

  • Boston Common Golf (McIlroy, Keegan Bradley, Adam Scott and Hideki Matsuyama) makes its debut against Woods’ Jupiter Links Golf Club in a matchup of two of golf’s biggest superstars.

Match 5: Boston Common Golf vs. Los Angeles Golf Club
Tuesday, Feb. 4 (ESPN)

  • The two teams with the best current average Official World Golf Ranking square off. Boston Common Golf’s roster features the best average World Ranking at 11, while Los Angeles Golf Club follows at 17.
  • Both cities have a rich history of championships in sports, with Boston winning 39 titles combined in professional football, baseball, hockey and basketball, compared to Los Angeles’ 24 titles.

Matches 6-8: Presidents’ Day Tripleheader
Monday, Feb. 17 (ESPN)

  • As the PGA TOUR wraps its West Coast Swing with The Genesis Invitational, TGL will host a tripleheader on Presidents’ Day, starting with Atlanta Drive GC vs. Los Angeles Golf Club, Atlanta Drive GC vs. The Bay Golf Club, and The Bay Golf Club vs. Boston Common Golf.
  • While the 1 p.m. ET start of the tripleheader allows for afternoon viewing on the East Coast of the United States, the early start also allows for evening and prime time in other markets around the globe.

Match 9: Jupiter Links Golf Club vs. New York Golf Club
Tuesday, Feb. 18

  • Following the Presidents’ Day tripleheader, a fourth match will be played Tuesday night on ESPN.

Matches 10-12: Monday, Feb. 24 (ESPN2) Tuesday, Feb. 25 (ESPN)

  • Three matches will be played over two days with all six teams in action starting with Los Angeles Golf Club vs. New York Golf Club and then Boston Common Golf vs. Atlanta Drive GC on Monday. Tuesday’s match features The Bay Golf Club vs. Jupiter Links Golf Club. The matches precede the PGA TOUR’s Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches just down the road from SoFi Center.
  • The two days include interesting international team competition storylines with past Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup teammates and memorable opponents set to face each other over the course of the three matches.

Matches 13-15: Monday, March 3 (ESPN2) Tuesday, March 4 (ESPN)

  • The final week of the regular season includes a tripleheader of regions with traditional sports rivalries, including The Bay Golf Club (Northern California) vs. Los Angeles Golf Club (Southern California) in the first match and New York Golf Club vs. Boston Common Golf in the second match. The final match of the regular season is Jupiter Links Golf Club (Florida) vs. Atlanta Drive GC (Georgia) on Tuesday.
  • As the final matches of the regular season, playoff berths and seeding will be on the line.

Semifinals: Monday, March 17 (ESPN2); Tuesday, March 18 (ESPN)

  • The top four teams in the SoFi Cup Standings will advance to the playoffs. The matches follow the TOUR’s flagship event, THE PLAYERS Championship.
  • The tiebreaker for seeding will be total holes won by each team during the regular season, making all 15 holes of each match important to each team’s pursuit of the playoffs.

Finals series: Monday, March 24 (ESPN2); Tuesday, March 25 (ESPN)

  • TGL’s final two teams will square off for the SoFi Cup in a best-of-three finals series across two nights in prime time on ESPN.

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