Regardless of a historical past of acrimony between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf, one of many unique defectors to the rival league made supportive feedback on the conclusion of the inaugural TGL season on Tuesday evening.
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Phil Mickelson, who left the PGA Tour in June 2022 for upstart LIV Golf, responded to a publish on X praising TGL, an indoor simulator golf league based by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy that additionally options different PGA Tour stars.
“Buy a ticket, walk miles and see a fraction of the action,” he continued, “but this could allow the golf fan to buy a ticket, sit down and watch 100 of the action just like other sports. It could really be good for the game if it’s compelling.”
Atlanta Drive GC received the primary TGL championship, 4-3 over New York Golf Membership on Tuesday evening in Palm Seaside Gardens, Fla. The winners Justin Thomas, Billy Horschel and Patrick Cantlay cut up a handbag of $9 million, with New York receiving half that quantity.
Atlanta received the primary match of the best-of-three collection on Monday, which left the New York group of Xander Schauffele, Rickie Fowler and Cameron Younger needing to comb each scheduled matches on Tuesday.
Mickelson, 54, received 45 PGA Tour occasions, together with six main titles, en path to a World Golf Corridor of Fame profession. His exit for LIV Golf, bankrolled by Saudia Arabia’s Public Funding Fund, in addition to the defection of different stars, together with Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm, put Mickelson in opposition to his former tour and its gamers.
The PGA Tour and PIF have been in deliberations since coming to a “framework agreement” in June 2023 to merge belongings and coexist.
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