The new tech-infused golf league, TGL, is set to debut in January with a unique simulated golf experience. The league will feature real grass, bunkers, and accurate shot tracking technology, creating a realistic golfing environment.
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — As Billy Horschel was saying Wednesday during the unveiling of the arena and all the bells and whistles associated with TGL , the tech-infused golf league set to debut next month—this is not your typical golf simulator. It’s not what you see at a local golf shop when being fitted for clubs and certainly not what you would encounter at a sports bar when playing a video game and hitting into a golf simulator.
“When someone hears about us playing simulator golf (they think) it is maybe a little gimmicky, and it’s not that,” said Horschel while part of a media presentation at the SoFi Center, the 250,000-square-foot venue that will be home to the inaugural TGL season. “We’re hitting off real grass, we’re hitting real golf shots. Yes, there will be some artificial surfaces but there is a lot of technology that is going into this. It’s not just thrown together, ‘let’s do this.’ This is a lot of high-tech stuff and the way they’ve created the competition.” There is no doubt the setup is impressive. The tech-infused venue is on the campus of Palm Beach State College and will allow for 1,500 fans to surround the field of play. When the league launches Jan. 7 with the two of the six teams that will have three players each, the competitors will play in an arena that is 97 yards long with one half called the “screen zone” and the other the “green zone.” Rickie Fowler is playing the second shot into a par-5 that ends up in a bunker. … he will play that shot from an actual bunkerPlayers will hit into a screen that is 64 feet wide and 53 feet high and will feature 30 different holes that can be used in each 15-hole match. Players will hit tee shots from a teeing area that is 35 yards from the screen. The technology will trace where the ball lands on the hole, and depending if it is in the fairway, rough or a fairway bunker, the next shot will be played from a similar surface, including a patch of grass which serves as 2½ inches of roug
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