For practically a century, golf players and fans associated group play with global competitors, such as the Ryder Cup or Solheim Cup.
LIV Golf has actually given that altered that. When it released in 2022, the Saudi-backed circuit integrated a group component. Thirteen teams now exist, each with its own unique brand name and logo design. A few of them have actually even scored sponsorship offers.
Golf's newest endeavor, TGL, has actually likewise welcomed group play. The indoor golf league includes 6 groups, each with 4 PGA Tour pros. Unlike LIV, TGL concentrates on location, with groups from Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, New York, Atlanta, and Jupiter, Florida, all a part of the league. Given, those groups do not run out of those locations, as they all complete at the SoFi Center in South Florida. TGL desired to lean into those markets to gather attention and stimulate competitions in between cities like New York and Boston.
Picture if LIV Golf had its own TGL group.
Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton dedicated to signing up with TGL before bolting to LIV a year earlier. Rahm and Hatton can not play TGL matches given that they leapt to LIV. Just PGA Tour members can.
In spite of that, Mike McCarley, a TGL creator together with Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, informed Josh Carpenter of Sports Business Journal that, “Yes, definitely,” he had a list of possible LIV gamers on his mind.
Who could that be?
Rahm and Hatton are most likely on that list.
Rahm, now a two-time significant winner, is among the most popular gamers on the planet. He will likewise be kept in mind as one of the very best gamers of his generation, whether he wins another significant or not. Hatton is a top-20 gamer, however the unfiltered Englishman likewise waxes poetic with his words on the course all frequently– not in a proper method either. That makes him exceptionally amusing due to the fact that no one understands what will originate from Hatton's mouth. That, combined with his capability to compete at majors regularly, makes his play visit watching. Rahm has actually had his reasonable encounters with a hot mic, too, which would make both of these gamers significant additions to TGL. It's a home entertainment item, firstly, and what much better method to amuse than to have these 2 intense and competitive characters?
Include Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka, and you will have a LIV Golf group of DeChambeau, Koepka, Rahm, and Hatton.
Discuss fireworks.
DeChambeau is presently the most popular gamer in the world, not called Tiger Woods, thanks to his rapid increase in YouTube customers and social networks fans. He has actually ended up being a cultural icon, shooting videos with the President of the United States and trying hole-in-one attempts over his home. His existence in a TGL match would just increase scores and assist it in the long run.
Koepka, on the other hand, is a five-time significant champ and still among the most powerful gamers worldwide.
