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NBC Sports
21-05-2025
- Automotive
- NBC Sports
TGL indoor league adds Detroit team for 2027 season
Two months after the inaugural TGL season, the indoor golf league has expanded. Motor City Golf Club representing Detroit will be the seventh team in TGL, the league founded by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy as part of their TMRW Sports entertainment company. Motor City will not start playing until 2027. It will join teams that represent Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Boston, Atlanta and Jupiter, Florida. Atlanta, with Billy Horschel and Justin Thomas, won the inaugural title. The Motor City ownership group is led by Middle West Partners. The principals are Michael Hamp, Peter Hamp and Kevin Kelleher, all with Detroit roots. The Hamp family has been longtime co-owners of the Detroit Lions. 'This is a great moment for Detroit sports and a proud moment for me personally,' Michael Hamp said. 'My grandfather, William Clay Ford Sr., was an avid golfer, and I believe bringing a new format of the game he loved would make him really proud.' The ownership group includes Denver Broncos owner Rob Walton and Jordan Rose, president of Arizona-based Rose Law Group. Each team features four players (Woods is with Jupiter, McIlroy with Boston). A group representing Dallas was working on a bid last month. With Detroit not starting until 2027, it was unlikely for TGL to start next year with more than its current six teams.
Newsweek
21-05-2025
- Business
- Newsweek
Tiger Woods' TGL Officially Lands New Team with a Catch
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy's Tomorrow Golf League (TGL) is here to stay, and the proof is in the pudding - not only has it just announced the addition of a new team, but it will debut in two seasons. The move moves the high-tech indoor league's expansion plans from idea to fact. The new team will be called Motor City Golf Club and will represent the city of Detroit, Michigan. Its primary investors are the owners of the NFL's Detroit Lions and Denver Broncos. However, its debut is not scheduled until the 2027 season. PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 04: Tommy Fleetwood of Los Angeles Golf Club warms up before their TGL presented by SoFi match against Boston Common Golf at SoFi Center on February 04, 2025 in... PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 04: Tommy Fleetwood of Los Angeles Golf Club warms up before their TGL presented by SoFi match against Boston Common Golf at SoFi Center on February 04, 2025 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. More Photo by Megan Briggs/TGL/TGL via Getty Images Other investors in the team include venture capital firms Middle West Partners, Present Ventures and Ronin Capital Partners; the Rose Law Group; technology entrepreneur Kal Somani, co-owner of the Rajasthan Royals of the Indian Premier League cricket team; and sports investment firm RHC Group, among others. "This is a great moment for Detroit sports and a proud moment for me personally," said Michael Hamp, a co-owner of Middle West Partners and Motor City Golf Club's new team governor. "My grandfather, William Clay Ford Sr., was an avid golfer, and I believe bringing a new format of the game he loved would make him really proud. I'm incredibly grateful for our partners at MCGC – it's an honor to build this team together." "Detroit's fans are the most loyal in sports, and we're excited to represent our city in TGL and build a team that Detroit fans will be proud to support." Detroit is represented in every major sports league in the country as the home of the Detroit Tigers (MLB), Detroit Lions (NFL), Detroit Pistons (NBA), and Detroit Red Wings (NHL). The city is not represented in Major League Soccer, but is represented in the second-tier USL Championship (Detroit City FC). Introducing Motor City Golf Club, TGL's newest team. Debuting in 2027. Details: — TGL (@TGL) May 20, 2025 Now, the Motor City Golf Club adds to the city's strong sports presence. Of course, with one season to go before their debut, the players who will make up the team have yet to be announced. TGL has been vocal about plans to expand the league almost since its debut. There has been talk of both adding new teams and building new SoFi Center-style venues in other parts of the country. The latter has sparked interest from players like Jordan Spieth, who live far from Florida and have said they would play if they didn't have to travel so far to get to the venue. Expansion plans also include adding female stars to the league. The LPGA Tour already has a presence, with Michelle Wie West and Rose Zhang investing in the Los Angeles Golf Club and The Bay Golf Club, respectively. TGL has not yet announced the schedule for the second season. The inaugural season was played between January and March 2025 with six teams. Atlanta Drive GC defeated New York GC in the final to win the inaugural season title. The other four teams were Los Angeles GC, The Bay GC, Boston Common Golf and Jupiter Links GC. More Golf: Scottie Scheffler's Son, Bennett, Steals PGA Championship Show
CBS News
21-05-2025
- Automotive
- CBS News
TGL bringing golf club to Detroit with support from Lions, Broncos owners
A new TGL team named the Motor City Golf Club is coming to Detroit. The league, founded by Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and media executive Mike McCarley, will launch its seventh team in 2027, according to a news release. Middle West Partners, which includes the Detroit Lions owner, the Hamp family, and the Denver Broncos owner, Rob Walton, will be the ownership group to lead the team. Other members of the ownership group include Jordan Rose, president and founder of Rose Law Group; Kit Hawkins and Vansa Chatikavanij of Present Ventures; technology entrepreneur Kal Somani, co-owner of the Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League; Ronin Capital Partners, which is led by former Rocket Companies CEO Jay Farner; and RHC Group, an active sports investment firm and early supporter of TGL. "This is a great moment for Detroit sports and a proud moment for me personally," said Michael Hamp in the news release. "My grandfather, William Clay Ford Sr., was an avid golfer, and I believe bringing a new format of the game he loved would make him really proud. I'm incredibly grateful for our partners at MCGC – it's an honor to build this team together. Detroit's fans are the most loyal in sports, and we're excited to represent our city in TGL and build a team that Detroit fans will be proud to support." The Motor City Golf Club will join six other teams: Atlanta Drive GC, Boston Common Golf, Jupiter Links GC, Los Angeles Golf Club, New York Golf Club, and The Bay Golf Club. Each team has four PGA Tour players and three competitors in each match. According to the league's website, the teams face off in two-hour matches across 15 holes in hybrid and real life. The matches are played at the SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The inaugural season began in January 2025, with Atlanta Drive GC named champions. "We are excited to be a part of innovating the great game of golf. TGL finds a terrific balance between honoring the tradition of the sport while adding elements that will grow its appeal and fan base. We look forward to being a part of Motor City Golf Club," Walton and Rose said in a joint statement.
Associated Press
20-05-2025
- Automotive
- Associated Press
TGL indoor golf league to add Detroit team for 2027
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Two months after the inaugural TGL season, the indoor golf league has expanded. Motor City Golf Club representing Detroit will be the seventh team in TGL, the league founded by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy as part of their TMRW Sports entertainment company. Motor City will not start playing until 2027. It will join teams that represent Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Boston, Atlanta and Jupiter, Florida. Atlanta, with Billy Horschel and Justin Thomas, won the inaugural title. The Motor City ownership group is led by Middle West Partners. The principals are Michael Hamp, Peter Hamp and Kevin Kelleher, all with Detroit roots. The Hamp family has been longtime co-owners of the Detroit Lions. 'This is a great moment for Detroit sports and a proud moment for me personally,' Michael Hamp said. 'My grandfather, William Clay Ford Sr., was an avid golfer, and I believe bringing a new format of the game he loved would make him really proud.' The ownership group includes Denver Broncos owner Rob Walton and Jordan Rose, president of Arizona-based Rose Law Group. Each team features four players (Woods is with Jupiter, McIlroy with Boston). A group representing Dallas was working on a bid last month. With Detroit not starting until 2027, it was unlikely for TGL to start next year with more than its current six teams. Hogan award The amazing year of Luke Clanton hit another high note when the Florida State junior was selected for the Ben Hogan Award as the top college player based on performances in college, amateur and professional events. Clanton is the No. 1 player in the amateur ranking and No. 1 in the PGA Tour University, already securing a PGA Tour card after the NCAAs end next week. Clanton already has two runner-up finishes on the PGA Tour, at the John Deere Classic and the RSM Classic, and he has two other top 10s playing on sponsor exemptions. Not since Jack Nicklaus in 1961 has an amateur had at least three top 10s on the PGA Tour in the same season. He has four wins this year at Florida State, most recently at the NCAA regional. The NCAA Championship starts later this week at La Costa Resort north of San Diego. Clanton is the second Florida State player to win the award, joining John Pak in 2021. LIV logo Most of the LIV Golf League players at the PGA Championship had a logo on their sleeve that suggests a new sponsorship for the Saudi-funded league. Sports Business Journal and Athlon Sports are reporting that Salesforce, a Dow 30 company, is signing an umbrella partnership. LIV Golf does not resume until June 6 in Virginia. The reports say Salesforce, which specializes in customer relationship management technology, would be the largest deal for LIV since it began in 2022. Asked about the logo at the PGA Championship, Bryson DeChambeau told Athlon, 'It's the first of many potential sponsors that are looking at LIV, LIV's not going anywhere for a long time. 'And I think that Salesforce sees the potential partnership with LIV and what we can do globally, around the world.' Major streaks Sergio Garcia took bogey on his final hole of U.S. Open qualifying on Monday that cost the Spaniard a spot in what turned out to be a 7-for-1 playoff for the last of seven spots at Bent Tree in Dallas. That ends a streak of 25 consecutive U.S. Open appearances for Garcia that began in 2000 at Pebble Beach. His streak nearly ended last year, but he got into the field at Pinehurst No. 2 as an alternate. He had played in 82 consecutive majors — dating to Carnoustie in 1999 — until he tested positive for the coronavirus and missed the 2020 Masters. He was eligible for 94 straight majors until joining LIV, dropping in the world ranking and missing the 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill. Adam Scott has played 93 straight majors dating to the 2001 British Open at Royal Lytham & St. Annes, and he is guaranteed to be in the next three majors. Still safe is the streak set by Jack Nicklaus. He played in 146 consecutive majors, and he was eligible for 154 in a row. Global hot streaks A couple of players on different continents are piling up victories. One of them is Mimi Rhodes of England, who helped Wake Forest to the NCAA title in 2023 and played on the winning Curtis Cup team for Great Britain & Ireland last year. She turned pro after the Curtis Cup, earned a Ladies European Tour card and now has won three of her last four starts on the LET. She has moved up nearly 1,000 spots to No. 88 in the women's world ranking. And then there's Luis Carrera of Mexico, who was his country's No. 1 junior before going to Sam Houston State and then finishing at Central Florida. He is listed as a LIV Golf alternate, though he has yet to play. Carrera went down to the Sunshine Tour in South Africa and has won the last two tournaments. Coming to America The U.S. Open again held a qualifying site in Japan. Now the Japan Golf Tour is coming to America. The Japan Golf Tour will hold first and second stages for its 2025 qualifying school in the United States for the first time. The tour anticipates about 100 players going to first stage on June 29 at Oak Valley in Beaumont, California, 72 holes with no cut and roughly 35 players advancing. The second stage, also at Oak Valley, is July 7. Between 15 and 20 players advance out of the second stage. The third stage is Dec. 2-5 at three sites in Japan, with the final stage at Chiba Isumi the following week. 'This is part of our initiatives to create new playing opportunities and easier access for golfers in the Americas to take the first steps to qualify and compete on the Japan Golf Tour in 2026,' said Yutaka Morohoshi, the tour's chairman. 'The journey for aspiring golfers can now begin in California next month.' Divots Bryson DeChambeau is now on a list with Dustin Johnson, Jack Nicklaus and Sam Snead for being a runner-up in the PGA Championship in consecutive starts. ... Hideki Matsuyama missed the cut at the PGA Championship to end his streak at 19 consecutive cuts in the majors. The current active streak now belongs to Xander Schauffele at 13 straight. Scottie Scheffler is next at 12 in a row. ... ESPN said its live telecast of the second round at the PGA Championship averaged 1.3 million viewers, with a peak of 1.8 million in the final 15 minutes when Scheffler was capping off his five-hole stretch at 5 under. That was down from an average of 1.6 million viewers for the second round last year, when coverage included Tiger Woods' entire round. It also was the day Scheffler was arrested. ... Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley tied for eighth in the PGA Championship and made $454,781, enough to make him the 21st player to surpass $50 million in career earnings. Stat of the week Dating to 2017, every winner of the PGA Championship is a multiple major champion — Justin Thomas, Brooks Koepka, Collin Morikawa, Phil Mickelson, Xander Schauffele and Scottie Scheffler. Final word 'I've got to learn how to be a little more precise with the wind, not let the wind affect the ball as much. It's a tough task to do because I hit it so high and the ball just kind of moves in the air. I've got to figure that out.' — Bryson DeChambeau. ___ AP golf:
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy's TGL golf announces Detroit expansion team Motor City Golf Club
A new team is coming to TGL — the golf league co-founded by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy. Detroit was awarded the league's first-ever expansion team with the Motor City Golf Club, TGL announced Tuesday. While the news was announced Tuesday, Motor City Golf Club won't begin playing in TGL until 2027. Because of that, the announcement did not feature any news about the team's roster or any branding information about the club. The owners are known, however. The team will be co-owned by Middle West Partners and members of the Hamp family, which also co-owns the Detroit Lions. Sheila Ford Hamp and her husband Steve are co-owners of the club. Denver Broncos owner Rob Walton is also part of the ownership group. TGL — which combines golf and technology — completed its first season in March. Six teams made up of PGA pros competed over the course of two months in three-on-three and singles events. The Atlanta Drive — which features Justin Thomas, Patrick Cantlay, Billy Horschel and Lucas Glover — won the league's first SoFi Cup. Six cities were represented during the first season of the league — Atlanta, Boston, Jupiter, Los Angeles, New York and The Bay. Jupiter — which features Tiger Woods — represents Florida. The Bay represents the San Francisco Bay Area. Tuesday's news also confirms there will be multiple seasons of the league. While that was assumed after the conclusion of the TGL's first season, nothing was set in stone. The expansion to Detroit suggests TGL expects to play seasons in both 2026 and 2027. The league did not announce additional details about its second season.
