Perhaps the most puzzling aspect of TGL’s opening night—despite the robot green, basketball-inspired shot clock and “Hammer”—was the fact league’s two superstar founders, Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, were in the booth instead of on the “course.” That changes Tuesday, however, when Woods will tee it up for Jupiter Links G.C. in the second match of TGL. We all assumed Woods would start the year for the league’s hometown club, but now we know who the GOAT’s teammates will be. Check it out.
Players for Week 2 of TGL. Tommy Fleetwood, Tom Kim both on the bench pic.twitter.com/GzrrgiCq3T
— Josh Carpenter (@JoshACarpenter) January 10, 2025
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Interestinggggg. Woods will be paired with two fast-talking funny men who are more than comfortable yucking it up with the media. Unfortunately like Woods, Kisner, who was recently named NBC’s new lead golf analyst, hasn’t played a ton of golf over the past 12 months. Homa also had a bumpy 2025, with his last top ten coming at the Wells Fargo Championship in May. Tom Kim, the fourth member of Jupiter Links G.C., will sit for the team’s opening match.
Woods and co. face Los Angeles Golf Club, who will start 2013 U.S. Open champ Justin Rose, two-time major winner Collin Morikawa and World No. 13 Sahith Theegala. Like Kim, Tommy Fleetwood will sit.
While we don’t yet know if PGA Tour form translates to TGL, on paper, the advantage goes to Los Angeles Golf Club, and it seems Vegas agrees. Heading into the inaugural week of TGL, FanDuel gave LAGC the shortest odds to lift the season-long SoFi Cup at +340 while Jupiter Links G.C. had the longest at +650. If there’s one thing we’ve learned over the years, though, it’s to never count Tiger Woods out.
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