PGA Tour star says golf fans can expect ‘banter’ and ‘lightheartedness’ ahead of TGL

Six-time PGA Tour winner Max Homa believes golf fans will see a ‘lighter side to everybody’ on Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy’s new TGL in 2025.

Max Homa admits PGA Tour fans can expect plenty of ‘banter’ and a chance to ‘see a lighter side of everybody’ when Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy’s new TGLgets underway in January 2025.

TGL is the brainchild of Woods, McIlroy and their TMRW Sports co-founder and CEO Mike McCarley.

It’s a tech-infused golf league that will take place at the SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

The new indoor golf league is in partnership with the PGA Tour and it will be aired LIVE on ESPN on prime time Mondays and Tuesdays through to the end the Playoffs in March.

Six teams of four players will make up the field, and all players are from the PGA Tour.

No LIV Golf players are allowed to take part.

Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton were initially down on the starting sheet but they were instantly booted out of the league when they defected to LIV Golf.

TGL was due to start in January 2024 but the stadium roof caved in and it forced the league into a 12-month suspension.

The regular season fixture list was released earlier this week, and it followed an announcement that general admission ticket prices to attend TGL will be set at $160.

The first gameweek will start on 7 January 2025, but it won’t feature the teams of Woods or McIlroy.

That’s a big early mistake for TGL in the eyes of GolfMagic Editor Andy Roberts.

Woods’ Jupiter Links GC, which also comprises Homa, will get underway in the second gameweek.

Fans will have to wait until the fourth gameweek to see McIlroy’s Boston Common GC in action.

That one should be more than worth than wait though given McIlroy will clash with Woods.

But back to the top of the story, and Homa’s expectations for TGL’s debut season.

Homa was asked by a reporter to give his thoughts on what golf fans can expect when TGL finally gets underway in January 2025.