TGL’s technological wizardry debuted this week with an impressive display of indoor golf.
—
Themassive,64-foot-highTGLscreen.(YahooSports)PALMBEACHGARDENS,Fla.—ThefirstthingyounoticewhenyouwalkintotheSoFiCenter,thesiteofthesoon-to-debutTGLindoorgolfleague,isthatthescreenthatcoversonesideofthearenaishuge.Like,five-stories-highhuge.Bigenoughthatevenyoucouldprobablyhititwithatee-shothuge.
ThesecondthingyounoticeisthatthegreenattheotherendofthearenalookslikeitwasslicedrightoffofaPGATourstopanddroppedinhere.Ringedbybunkers,thegreenrisesandfalls,achallengingsurfacemadeallthemoretrickybythehundredsoftiny,adjustableplatformsjustbeneathitssurface.Thisisn’tsomesporting-goodsturfswatchhere,inotherwords.
TGL,theindoorteamgolfleagueheadlinedbyTigerWoodsandRoryMcIlroy,kicksoffitsdebutseasononJanuary7.Thisweek,TGLopeneditsdoorstogivegolfmediaoutlets,YahooSportsincluded,anup-closelookattheshowplacearenaofthebiggestprime-timegolfendeavorinthesport’shistory.
Thefull@TGLgameplayscreen,withscoreboards
