Rickie Fowler ‘set to become the latest superstar golfer join Tiger Woods’ TGL league’ with the prime-time, virtual-arena competition teeing off in 2024
Rickie Fowler has agreed to become the latest golfer to join TGL – the tech-forward golf league fronted by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, according to sources at ESPN.
Fowler is the twelfth golfer to agree to join the league that is set to begin play next year.
In addition to Fowler – the No. 59 golfer in the Official World Golf Ranking – McIlroy and Woods will be joined in play by Jon Rahm, Collin Morikawa, Justin Thomas, Matt Fitzpatrick, Adam Scott, Xander Schauffele, Justin Rose, Max Homa, and Billy Horschel.
TGL will be hosting two-hour matches in prime time on Monday nights in an arena on the campus of Palm Beach State College in Florida – where the league has already began construction.
According to the tour’s format, there will be 15 matches, a semifinal, and a final to be played.
World’s no. 59 ranked golfer Rickie Fowler is set to join the tech-powered TGL league
The brainchild of Tiger Woods & Rory McIlroy will see team-based match play on virtual links
Woods & McIlroy’s company TMRW Sports has begun building an arena for these events
The players will compete on six teams of three players that will take part in match play on a virtual course. Putting and chipping will be held at a short-game complex.
It has not yet been announced which network these competitions will be aired on.
Fowler has recently seen a career resurgence after struggling for most of the past two seasons.
While he’s yet to add to his win total since 2019’s WM Phoenix Open, he’s had six finishes inside the top-ten this season. He tied for second at the Zozo Championship, tied for sixth at the Fortinet Championship, and finished T-13 at last week’s Players Championship.
