San Francisco would be the 5th of six franchises in Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy’s TMRW Golf League (TGL), the league introduced Thursday. TGL San Francisco can be led via former Milwaukee Bucks proprietor Marc Lasry’s Avenue Capital with Golden State Warriors stars Stephen Curry. Klay Thompson and Andre Iguodala additionally section of the possession workforce. An legitimate group title can be launched later this 12 months.
“Avenue is thrilled to be working with Stephen Curry, in partnership with TMRW Sports as a founding TGL team,” Lasry said in a statement. “Our ownership group is excited to become stewards of TGL San Francisco and to represent Northern California, which is the center of tech innovation and is a perfect location for a TGL team in this extraordinary new sports league.
“As we transfer against the release of TGL’s inaugural season in January 2024, TGL San Francisco can be keen on growing an bizarre group of proficient gamers and we’re excited to have Andre and Klay as section of our superb possession workforce.”
Here is a take a look at the 5 franchises and possession teams introduced:
- Atlanta Drive GC: led via Atlanta Falcons’ proprietor Arthur Blank
- TGL Boston: led via John Henry, Tom Werner, Mike Gordon and Fenway Sports Group
- Los Angeles Golf Club: led via Alexis Ohanian of Seven Seven Six in addition to Serena and Venus Williams. The Antetokounmpo brothers, Alex Morgan, Servando Carrasco, and Michelle Wie West function restricted companions.
- TGL New York: led via New York Mets’ proprietor Steven Cohen
- TGL San Francisco: led via Avenue Sports Fund’s Marc Lasry, Stephen Curry, Andre Iguodala and Klay Thompson
The formation of TGL San Francisco comes at the heels of TGL finalizing its 24-man roster and securing a TV spouse to broadcast its suits beginning Jan. 9, 2024. Min Woo Lee, Patrick Cantlay, Wyndham Clark, Lucas Glover and Kevin Kisner spherical out the league and joined gamers equivalent to Justin Thomas, Jon Rahm, Collin Morikawa in addition to Woods and McIlroy.
“Northern California is both the hub of tech innovation and home to world-class golf courses, some of the most-famous players in history and incredible golf fans, which makes San Francisco a natural choice for our next TGL team,” mentioned Mike McCarley, CEO, TMRW Sports Group. “Combining the business expertise of Avenue Capital Group with the championship mentality brought by these NBA superstars, this TGL team will generate a lot of energy in the Bay Area and around the world. We’re honored to welcome them to TGL.”
In partnership with the PGA Tour, TGL will consist of a 15-match regular-season time table with playoffs to practice. Six groups will face one every other in two-hour, head-to-head suits that should be extra simply digestible than longer golfing occasions because of their shortened duration. Players will strike complete pictures — each off the tee and approaches into the fairway — right into a simulator with short-game pictures going down are living in entrance of fanatics in the SoFi Center, a brand new enviornment constructed at the Palm Beach State campus in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
TGL instructions the services and products of seven of the highest 10 gamers in the Official World Golf Rankings. Its roster of gamers has blended for 32 main championships, 223 PGA Tour victories, 119 global victories and 886 weeks at global No. 1.