Tom Kim is part of Tiger Woods’ TGL team: “I really like our chances, we have the best player who ever played the game. Tiger’s role is going to separate us.”
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NAPLES—TigerWoodslooksforanylittleedgewhenhe’sonagolfcourse.
Or,inthiscase,inagolfarena.
WhenTomKimwastoldWoods’team,JupiterLinksGolfClub,hasthelongestoddstowinTGLinitsinauguralseason,heguaranteedthatwouldbemotivationforthe15-timemajorchampionandtherestoftheteam.
“IthinkTigerwillbeverygladtoseethat,”saidKim,whoalongwithWoods,MaxHomaandKevinKisnercompriseJupiterLinks.“Ithinkwe’regoingtoprovealotofpeoplewrong.”
TGL,theleaguewhosetechnologycombinesvirtualgolfwithrealchippingandputting,startsJan.7.Whileitremainsanunknownastowhattoexpect,andhowindoorgolfinvolving24PGATourprofessionalswillbeaccepted,thoseinvolvedareexcitedaboutthechallenge.
TGL,whichisownedbyTMRWSports,includessixfour-manteamsinwhichthreeplayersareactiveforeachofthe15regularseasonmatches.ThatteamaspectisonereasonKimbelieveshi
