Billy Horschel says TGL will present a never-before-seen perspective on the sport of golf for followers previous and new.
TGL begins on January 8 2025 – solely stay on Sky Sports activities – from the custom-built SoFi Middle in Palm Seashore Gardens, Florida, and fuses golf know-how and innovation on an unprecedented scale.
Horschel, who’s on the 24-player roster, praised TGL’s creators, TMRW Sports activities, for his or her innovation which he believes will cater to staunch golf followers in addition to these coming to the sport for the primary time.
“For the hardcore golf fan, they are going to enjoy all the numbers and data,” he instructed Sky Sports activities. “The launch conditions, how much a ball has spun, how far did it go – they are going to get a kick out of that.
“For me, if I hit a shot and the ball ought to apex round 112 toes, however it solely does 100 and comes up 5 yards brief, I’ll comprehend it solely went 100 toes within the air and the spin fee was too excessive was why it got here up brief.
“Once we throw out numbers like that and focus on them with our team-mates, that’s going to be actually cool.
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“It may work for everybody. The non-golf fan goes to see one thing completely different, and the hardcore followers are going to get all the information and see the gamers in a special gentle.
“It’s a great thing and it’s great that Sky Sports are going to air it in the UK, which has the most knowledgeable golf fans in the world. They are the most knowledgeable, most hardcore, most gritty, and love the game of golf.
“I have been lucky sufficient to expertise that going over there within the final seven years and I hope they get as a lot enjoyment out of TGL as I’ll taking part in and being part of it.”
The competitors options six groups of golf stars in a season-long competitors ending on March 25, the place groups will face off in two-hour matches throughout 15 custom-designed holes in a hybrid of digital and real-life motion, giving followers the chance to observe the very best gamers on this planet in a brand new and interesting means.
For Horschel, the cutting-edge platform has laid the muse for gamers to exit and entertain golf followers, increasing the attain of the sport he loves so pricey within the course of.
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“What everyone at TGL have created is an unbelievable product,” he added. “They have given everything to be successful, and now it falls on us as players to be the entertainers.
“We’re nonetheless going to be aggressive; we’re nonetheless going to need to win and get the bragging rights, however we should be entertainers and completely different to what individuals see 47 weeks out of the 12 months on the PGA Tour.
“We can show the side that people may not see out on the golf course and show them a little bit more of who we are behind closed doors.
“These little issues go an extended approach to the golf fan and non-golf fan connecting with this TGL and permitting us to achieve success.”
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TGL fuses golf know-how and innovation on an unprecedented scale
He continued: “I’ve been excited about this since they came and spoke to me about this in early 2022. After a very brief conversation I didn’t need to think much more, I said yes right away.
“Once I take a look at the sport of golf, I really like the sport. I feel it is the best recreation on this planet and it will probably accomplish that many issues for individuals, it will probably open doorways, create relationships, help you journey the world.
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“Going to a golf course and trying to learn how to play the game is scary for beginners, so trying to put two scary things together doesn’t always match and it can hinder people from wanting to take it up.
“I am excited as a result of this will open one other avenue to getting extra individuals concerned within the recreation of golf.”
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