Tiger Woods drops the hammer on the first TGL hole to a wild reaction
Tiger Woods made his TGL debut on Tuesday night. Woods joined Max Homme and Kevin Kisner at Jupiter Links Golf Club face Los Angeles Golf Club in week two of the league. Woods and Rory McIlroy founded the league as part of TMRV Sports. In his TGL debut, Woods dropped the hammer it doubled the stake loophole that caused social media reactions.
Woods dropped the yellow flag before hitting the putt. He wasted no time making an impact on the league he helped create. Fans spotted the first shot Woods hit in a tournament in more than six months.
@M94947Photos was on fire on social media, “This is an amazing party! Tiger tiger tiger!”
@c_hess23 loved it from the beginning, “I love the hammer on the first hole.”
Jupiter Links and LAGC birdied the first hole, returning the hammer to Los Angeles. Both teams were lucky in the first few holes and that skewed the score towards LA. Woods, Homa and Kisner struggled to start the match.
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In the meantime, the likes of Justin Rose, Colin Morikawa and Sahit Tigala have been shooting.
Tiger Woods will be the reason people watch as TGL moves forward. He is arguably the greatest golfer of all time and will play more in the simulator league than on the PGA Tour moving forward. While it’s not the same as watching him compete at Augusta, he still moves the needle more than anyone.
TGL started off with solid ratings in its first week. Nearly a million people tuned in to ESPN without Woods, and the league should expect more numbers this week.
Jupiter Links returns to the TGL stage on Monday, January 27 against Rory McIlroy’s Boston Common. Jupiter’s fourth member, Tom Kim, could play in that match, but is likely to include Woods again.
Christopher Hennessy is Associate MLB Editor at ClutchPoint, with additional expertise in NHL and golf. He graduated from Fordham University in 2022 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and has work experience at Spectrum News One in Albany, New York and with The Hockey Writers as a New York Islanders reporter.
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