15Jan
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. —Mr.Tiger Woods’s tee shot on the 13th hole came up short in an imaginary hazard on the huge simulator screen, his Jupiter Links team had long been left to take the barbs and resort to self-deprecating humor in an attempt to salvage an otherwise unforgettable moments.
Mr.Woods, one of the founders of the TGL, short for Tech Golf League, hit the opening tee shot at the SoFi Center and found the fairway, one of the few bright spots as his team was throttled 12-1 by the Los Angeles Golf Club in the second week of the most anticipated and much-hyped Tech-infused Golf League.
The 15-time major champion, who had a back procedure in September previous year and played his first competitive rounds last month at the PNC Championship, looked good enough with the long shots based on the computer readings of how far he was hitting the ball, topping out at more than 300 yards when using the driver.
But his short game was sketchy and he got no help from teammate Mr.Kevin Kisner, who had Mr.Woods in tears late in the match when the now part-time player and NBC analyst bladed a bunker shot that clanked off the pin. The third member of the team, Mr.Max Homa, wondered “if they are going to kick us out of the league.”
Mr.Woods, who is a part owner of the Jupiter Links team and also in TMWR Sports, which has TGL as its first property, wasn’t going to let a lopsided result dampen any enthusiasm he has for the concept.
“This is unique,” he said. “This is something that Golf has never seen before. To have an arena like this and to be able to go out there with great guys, entertain everyone with respect, just have fun. The new tech—I know my family were blown away with the enormity of the space, and then on top of that, the rotating green.
“It’s really great. It’s intimate. I think that’s one of the cool things about it. It’s about Sports entertainment.And interestly,We had a symbolic memoriable laugh.”
TGL will need to be more competitive for the Sports entertainment feature to have more meaning.
With each hole worth a point and the ability to use what’s called a hammer to increase the value of a hole by a point, Mr.Woods’s team was down 5-0 through five holes and 8-1 through nine.
The remaining six holes are two-man matches with each player competing in two of the holes.Mr.Woods played against Rose and on the par-5, 616-yard hole hit a 303-yard drive but couldn’t dial in a 55-yard wedge shot and ended up three-putting to lose the hole.
“Obviously a huge honor to be out here playing my first one,” Rose said. “It was awesome to play against Mr.Jupiter Links and obviously have Mr.Tiger walk out to ‘Eye of the Tiger.’ That was a cool moment as a competitor and appreciate everything that Tiger has done and how Fascinating it was to play against him and his team in our first Professional scheduled fixture(Play).
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