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The TGL will use paid seat fillers for its inaugural season. A representative for the league, led by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, confirmed this Friday, January 3, that the practice will be implemented.
Adam Freifeld, TGL broadcast communications spokesman, confirmed to local media outlet WPTV in West Palm Beach that the league will take this step for the same reasons some award shows do.
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According to the WPTV report, Freifeld said this via text message:
"We have a small, intimate venue and like an awards show we use seat fillers to, you know, fill seats."
WPTV and Golf Digest reported on an Instagram post from Penguin Entertainment calling for "enthusiastic golf spectators" for "immediate hiring." The post also alluded to several available dates between January and March 2025.
Payments to be received by seat fillers were not disclosed. The aforementioned Instagram post is unavailable at the time of this writing. Penguin Entertainment is an Orlando, Florida-based company hired by TGL to recruit talent.
According to the WPTV report, the seat-fillers will also take part in trials to fine-tune television broadcast procedures.
TGL will tee off on January 7 with the inaugural match between New York Golf Club and The Bay Golf Club. Xander Schauffele, Matt Fitzpatrick, and Rickie Fowler will be on the New York team, while Shane Lowry, Wyndham Clark, and Ludvig Aberg will be playing for The Bay.
TGL: Teams, players, schedule and more
TGL stands for Tomorrow Golf League and is an indoor golf tournament. It will be played on a virtual course thanks to a simulator created especially for the competition.
The league consists of six teams of four players each. Only three players are called up for each match, while the fourth is declared to be resting.
These are the six teams and the rosters of the TGL:
Atlanta Drive GC
- Patrick Cantlay
- Justin Thomas
- Billy Horschel
- Lucas Glover
Boston Common Golf
- Rory McIlroy
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Keegan Bradley
- Adam Scott
Jupiter Links Golf Club
- Tiger Woods
- Max Homa
- Tom Kim
- Kevin Kisner
Los Angeles Golf Club
- Collin Morikawa
- Sahith Theegala
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Justin Rose
New York Golf Club
- Xander Schauffele
- Rickie Fowler
- Matt Fitzpatrick
- Cameron Young
The Bay Golf Club
- Ludvig Åberg
- Wyndham Clark
- Min Woo Lee
- Shane Lowry
The league will play its regular schedule between January and March 2025. This is the schedule for the inaugural season:
- Match 1: New York Golf Club vs. The Bay Golf Club: Jan 7
- Match 2: Los Angeles Golf Club vs. Jupiter Links Golf Club: Jan. 14
- Match 3: New York Golf Club vs. Atlanta Drive GC: Jan. 21
- Match 4: Jupiter Links Golf Club vs. Boston Common Golf: Jan. 27
- Match 5: Boston Common Golf vs. Los Angeles Golf Club: Feb. 4
- Matches 6-8: Presidents’ Day Tripleheader: Feb. 17
- Match 9: Jupiter Links Golf Club vs. New York Golf Club: Feb. 18
- Matches 10-12: Feb. 24; Feb. 25
- Matches 13-15: March 3; March 4
- Semifinals: March 17; March 18
- Finals series: March 24 March 25
All games will be televised on ESPN and ESPN2.
