ESPN Acquires Exclusive Rights to Tiger Woods’s TGL Golf League
Matches start Jan. 9 on virtual course in Palm Beach
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Woah first we seen LIV Golf attempt to compete against the PGA Tour and now this the TGL comes into play.
ESPN said it acquired the U.S. rights to the new TGL team golf league being developed by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy’s TMRW Sports.
The deal involves a partnership among the PGA Tour, ESPN and TGL, which is presented by SoFi.
TGL action will appear on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Plus, starting with a preview show that will appear on ABC on December 30.
The first TGL match will air in primetime on ESPN and ESPN Plus on January 9.
“Innovation and creativity are core to our ESPN mission and TGL will bring those tenets to life for golf fans,” Rosalyn Durant, executive VP, programming and acquisitions at ESPN, said. “TGL is going to be a two-hour presentation unlike anything you have seen before. All players will wear live microphones and viewers will have unprecedented access during competition. It’s an exciting landscape for presenting golf and we look forward to bringing it to fans.”