Tiger Woods’ TGL golf league postponed until 2025 after roof collapse

Following final week’s roof collapse of the TGL’s dome enviornment, Tiger Woods’ forthcoming golf league won’t kickstart in early January, as scheduled. The league will now look to launch on a 12-month delay, circling early 2025 as its new aim. 

It was at all times going to be a tightrope stroll to make schedules of 24 gamers match properly on Mondays and Tuesday nights through the PGA Tour common season and end earlier than Masters week in early April. Any vital delay would trigger a disruption with different facets of the development, and even primetime tv schedules. 

And although it was initially reported there can be no challenge from the in-construction enviornment’s roof deflating, the influence of the delay was sufficient that the league wanted to push again its begin in a big manner. Last week’s first assertion from the league mentioned that not one of the know-how within the enviornment was broken, however Monday’s assertion from the league modified tune to “most of the technology was not impacted.” 

“Although the events of last week will force us to make adjustments to our timelines, I’m fully confident that this concept will be brought to life by our great committed players,” Woods mentioned in a press launch. 

“The postponement brings mixed feelings of disappointment and excitement,” mentioned Rory McIlroy, fellow player-investor within the product. “Above all, we are happy that no one was injured. We are looking forward to the launch of TGL. Given the circumstances, while the delay is disappointing, the postponement will allow us to regroup, refocus and return stronger.”

Last week’s dome collapse was because of a short lived lack of energy. On a windy evening in southern Florida, the air-supported canvas roof deflated, forsaking a tattered skeleton of what’s finally a really costly roof membrane. Dome specialist firm Broadwell Air supplied GOLF.com with an estimate of what whole alternative would price: $2.1 million.

More pricey, on this state of affairs, was the time it will take. Broadwell estimated a complete alternative would take three months. And whereas TGL had a singular restore/alternative to tackle, it didn’t have three months. It didn’t have two months. It had seven weeks. 

The league was going to host 18 totally different matches between its six groups, and get all of them accomplished between January 9 and the top of March. Even beginning the league a month later would have pushed the timelines right into a battle with the key championship season, when gamers are most explicit about their schedules. 

Instead, golf followers who have been anxious for the mixed-reality golf league must keep affected person. Officials of the league have already coordinated an optimistic perspective concerning the scenario. Take this quote from Rosalyn Durant, Executive Vice President of Programming at ESPN, which had signed on to broadcast the league.

“The additional time to plan, test and rehearse will only make it better,” Durant mentioned within the press launch. “We look forward to launching the inaugural season on ESPN.”