Billy Horschel says TGL will provide an unprecedented perspective on the game of golf for fans old and new.
TGL starts on January 8, 2025 – exclusively live on Sky Sports – from the custom SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and blends golf technology and innovation on an unprecedented scale.
Horschel, who is on the 24-man roster, praised TGL's creators, TMRW Sports, for their innovation that he believes will appeal to die-hard golfers as well as first-timers.
“For golf fans, they will enjoy all the numbers and data,” he said Sky Sports. “The conditions of the launch, how much the ball spun, how far it went — they're going to get a kick out of it.
“For me, if I hit the ball and it's supposed to top out about 112 feet, but it only goes 100 and it comes up five yards short, I'll know it only went 100 feet in the air and the spin rate was too high and that's why it came up short .
“When we put out numbers like that and talk about them with our teammates, it's going to be really cool.
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“It will work for everyone. Golf fans will see something different, and hardcore fans will get all the data and see the players in a different light.
“It's a great thing and it's great that Sky Sports will be broadcasting it in the UK, which has the most knowledgeable golf fans in the world. They are the most knowledgeable, die-hard, sharpest and love the game of golf.
“I've been lucky enough to experience that going there for the last seven years and I hope they enjoy the TGL as much as I enjoy playing and being a part of it.”
The competition features six teams of golf stars in a season-long competition that ends on March 25, where the teams will face off in two-hour matches over 15 specially designed holes in a hybrid of virtual and real action, giving fans the chance to watch the world's best players in a new and engaging way.
For Horschel, the high-end platform laid the foundation for players to go out and entertain golf fans, expanding the reach of the game he loves so much in the process.
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“What everyone at TGL has created is an incredible product,” he added. “They gave everything to be successful, and now it's up to us as players to be entertainers.
“We will continue to be competitive; we're still going to want to win and get bragging rights, but we have to be entertaining and different than what people see 47 weeks out of the year on the PGA Tour.
“We get to show a side that people might not see on the golf course and show them a little bit more of who we are behind closed doors.
“Those little things go a long way in helping golfers and non-golfers connect with this TGL and allow us to be successful.”
TGL brings together golf technology and innovation at an unprecedented level
He continued: “I've been excited about this since they came and talked to me about this in early 2022. After a very short conversation I didn't have to think much more, I immediately said yes.
“When I look at the game of golf, I love the game. I think it's the best game in the world and it can do so many things for people, it can open doors, create relationships, allow you to travel the world.
“Going out on the golf course and trying to learn how to play the game is intimidating for beginners, so trying to put two scary things together doesn't always match up and can keep people from wanting to.
“I'm excited because this can open up another avenue to get more people involved in the game of golf.”
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