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Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy are launching a golf league that looks like ‘Mario Golf’

This actually looks incredible.

James Dator
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.

Two of the PGA Tour’s biggest names are hitting back with a new league that takes aim right at LIV Golf. On Wednesday Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy announced “TGL,” which is described as a “tech-infused, team golf league.” It looks wild.

Billed as a two hour 3 v 3 league, games will take place inside a stadium as opposed to out on the links. Set to begin in 2024, there are already plans for Monday night shows to launch with 15 weeks of competition — presumably finishing well before the NFL season begins. Most importantly, we have renderings of the planned TGL arena and it seriously looks like something out of Mario Golf.

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I’m not going to lie, the idea of watching the best golfers in the world compete over the course of two hours and wrap up in a night is compelling as hell. As is the idea of creating a stadium experience. It’s basically Top Golf, in competitive form.

This seems like an incredible new way to watch the game, and I’m 100 percent on board when it launches.

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