The slow drip of information from Tiger Woods’ and Rory McIlroy’s , a new technology-infused golf league , continued Monday with updates to the unique format.
TGL announced its competition format last week. This week, the league announced matches will feature a timer, a referee, and a shot-clock. Slow play haters rejoice, the shot clock will soon be introduced to golf.
A shot clock violation results in a penalty of one stroke for players who do not have the 40 seconds required to make a shot. Each team has four timeouts in a match. Two for each session. In a similar fashion to the NFL there is no rolling over of timeouts that are not used, and teams can’t call consecutive timeouts within a single shot.
A basketball referee is also mentioned by the league as a referee with “experience in timeouts and shot clocks” who will be present. In a booth, a rules of golf official is also present to supervise the game. Referees and booth officials will be in charge of managing and enforcing shot clock.
Mike McCarley is the CEO and founder TMRW Sports, TGL. He said that a shot-clock and timeouts would make sports matches more entertaining, exciting, and fast-paced. These elements add a new level of strategy to the way players approach team decisions, similar to other sports.
Six teams, each with four PGA Tour professionals, will play 15 matches in the regular season starting on Jan. 9, 2024. Then, there will be semifinals and finals at a new high-tech short game complex built on the Palm Beach State College campus in Florida.
While some teams have already been announced, the full team rosters, names and brands will all be revealed later this year. Some teams were announced but the full rosters, team names, brands, and front-office staff are all to be announced in 2018.
