TGL Starting Without Tiger, Rory

The Virtual Golf League arrives January 7th

This week’s newsletter features:

  • TGL missing Tiger & Rory?

  • Ryder Cup volunteers have to pay?

  • Mind blowing scratch golf stats!

  • And much more!

The Champions 🏆

On The PGA Tour, Nico Echavarria won the ZOZO Championship in Japan to pick up his 2nd career victory. His first victory came at the Puerto Rico Open last year. Click here to see his winning moment!

On the DP World TOUR, Ben An won the Genesis Championship in his home country of South Korea in a playoff over Tom Kim. It was an emotional win for An, as he got to share the moment with his grandmother for the first time .

At the Maybank Championship in Malaysia, Ruoning Yin of China picked up her 5th career LPGA Tour win. Click here to see her winning moment!

TGL Teeing Off Without Tiger & Rory

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, I’m sure you’ve heard the TGL Golf league is teeing off in early anuary. The debut of the simulator league is a long time coming after last year’s launch was put on hold for a year when their dome structure collapsed in Palm Beach gardens. Since then, TGL built a $50M structure that can withstand Hurricanes and further developed their virtual technology.

The 15 match regular season schedule has been released and you might be surprised to learn that the founders of the league, Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, along with their teams won’t appear during the opening night on January 7th. Tiger’s team, ‘Jupiter Links’ is slated to compete against LAGC on January 14th, while Rory’s ‘Common Golf’ won’t feature until January 27th, when they take on Jupiter Links.

Ryder Cup Volunteers Pay?

Last week, we told you about the Ryder Cup’s inflated ticket prices, with general admission coming in around $750 USD. Now, we’ve learned the pricing that volunteers will need to pay in order to work the tournament. At $350, that price comes in higher than any of the major championships. Is this a fair move or more greed from the PGA of America?

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Female Golfers Voice Displeasure

According to a report from Outkick, the Independent Women’s Forum recently shared with them a letter that was signed by 275 female golfers who were competing in LPGA Q-School pre-qualifying back in August. The letter, which was addressed to the LPGA TOUR, took issue with the LPGA for allowing transgender golfer Hayley Davidson to participate in the competition, saying the spot takes away from a biological female.

“We all know there can be no equal athletic opportunity for women without a separate female golf category. Yet, the Ladies Professional Golf Association continues to propagate a policy that allows male athletes to qualify, compete and win in women’s golf, even as several national and international governing bodies of sport and state legislatures increasingly reject these unjust and inequitable policies that harm female athletes.”

Letter obtained by Outkick.com

Scratch Golfer Stats

You might know that less than 1% of golfers around the world are considered scratch. But did you know that they make bogey or worse on 30% of the holes they play?

In this mega thread courtesy of the Golf Stat Pro himself, Lou Stagner reveals some eye popping data about scratch golfers.

Have a look and be sure to subscribe to his newsletter here!

Golf Gone Viral 🎥 

Each week, we’re recapping the most viral moments from around the world of golf with ‘Golf Gone Viral’.

This week’s feature won’t disappoint! (1M views)

Plus, don’t forget to check out some of the most viral content from our page during the week that was:

NUCLR Bombshell of the week 💣💁‍♀️

This week’s ☢️ Bombshell is Sabrina Mercado. Watch her hit a rocket in the video linked below.

What’s next? ⛳️🗓️

Here’s what’s coming up on the calendar in pro golf!

Tourney

TOUR

Date

TOTU Japan

LPGA

Nov 1-4th

Lotte Champ

LPGA

Nov 6-9th

WWTC

PGA

Nov 7-10th

Abu Dhabi HSBC

DPWT

Nov 7-10th

Butterfield

PGA

Nov 14-17th

DPWT Champ

DPWT

Nov 14th-17th

The ANNIKA

LPGA

Nov 14-17th

That’s all for this week! Be sure to stay tuned for next week’s newsletter when we’re back to recap all the best news & content from the week in golf.

Until then,

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