Host of superstar athletes invest in tech-infused golf league

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Host of superstar athletes invest in Tiger Woods', Rory McIlroy's tech-infused golf league

By Victor Barbosa | Last updated 11/2/22

Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy announced the formation of their new company -- TMRW Sports -- in August.

On Wednesday morning, it was reported that a host of superstar athletes were set to invest in the venture.

The company plans to launch TGL -- a tech-infused golf league -- beginning in January 2024.

According to a report from ESPN's Mark Schlabach, the league will have players competing on six three-man teams in 15 regular season matches and a playoff.

The league will feature "two-hour, 18-hole matches on a virtual course and the matches will take place in prime time on Monday nights in a custom-made venue in a yet-to-be-determined location," per Schlabach's report.

The group of "high-profile" investors includes NBA stars Stephen Curry, Chris Paul, Jayson Tatum, and Andre Iguodala, MLB's Shohei Ohtani and Trea Turner, Buffalo Bills standout Josh Allen and former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo of the NFL, tennis icons Serena Williams and Andy Murray and Sidney Crosby of the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins.

Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton, women's soccer star Alex Morgan, Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank, Boston Red Sox owner John Henry, Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren and entertainer Justin Timberlake are also among the big-name investors.

"Over the past year, we've assembled a team of investors who will help deliver on the TMRW Sports' mission to positively impact how sports are experienced in the future," TMRW Sports founder and CEO Mike McCarley said in a statement. "And we've been intentional about diversity of expertise, thought and backgrounds as we mobilized this strategic group. ... From the very beginning our plan has been to partner with the best-in-class in every way imaginable and Tiger, Rory, and I value the support of this unrivaled team of investors, advisors, and ambassadors who believe in our vision to harness technology to create progressive approaches to sports."

Schlabach's report notes that according to renderings released by TGL in August, the venues will feature a "simulator that players will hit longer shots into, along with an authentic green area for chipping and putting."

The report further notes that matches will "probably" be held between January and April and each of the teams will compete five times per week.

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