Golf's new tech-driven TGL League is getting closer to reality. Justin Thomas is the first player assigned to one of the six teams. He'll be joining Atlanta Drive GC. Thomas was among the first of 24 players to sign up for the league that was created by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy. The league has 23 players announced. Woods is not among them.
FILE - Justin Thomas reacts on the first tee as his ball goes right off the tee during his singles match at the Ryder Cup golf tournament at the Marco Simone Golf Club in Guidonia Montecelio, Italy, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. Thomas will be playing for Atlanta Drive GC in the new primetime television TGL League that starts in January. FILE - Annika Sorenstam, of Sweden, waves to the gallery during the second round of the U.S.
Some of the assignments are based on regions — Thomas grew up in Louisville, Kentucky, and played college at Alabama — and how players’ PGA Tour and European tour schedules will align with the TGL matches.TGL was developed by TMRW Sports, owned by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy. The acronym doesn’t stand for anything official, though the “T” most likely stands for TMRW .
Ridley, a former U.S. Amateur champion, said he played with Sorenstam when Augusta National re-opened for member play a few weeks ago. Hisatsune, who won the French Open this year, leads by 88 points over the 11th-place player . The Nedbank Challenge is next week in South Africa, followed by the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.Alison Lee began her week at the Aramco Series-Riyadh by tying two Ladies European Tour records — eight consecutive birdies and an 11-under 61.Lee, coming off a playoff loss in the BMW Ladies Championship in South Korea on the LPGA Tour, followed with another 61 to reach 22-under par.
More PGA Tour competition follows. Block is considered the PGA section pro this week, meaning he will be playing the World Wide Technology Championship in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
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