TGL expands to seven teams and 35 players for its third season
Motor City Golf Club joins the indoor golf league as each team moves to a five-player roster. The season is scheduled to open on December 27.
TGL announced its third-season rosters on October 20, expanding the indoor golf league to seven teams and 35 players for a season scheduled to begin December 27 at the SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Each team will carry five players, giving the league 11 more players than last season, The Palm Beach Post reported.
Motor City joins TGL as rosters expand
Motor City Golf Club is the new team. Brooks Koepka, Jackson Koivun, Jake Knapp, Si Woo Kim and Bud Cauley make up its roster; all five are entering TGL for the first time, according to The Palm Beach Post. The six existing teams previously carried four players each, CBS Sports reported. TGL was co-founded by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, who remain on the Jupiter Links and Boston Common rosters respectively.
The Palm Beach Post reported that 20 of the 35 rostered players are currently in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings. It identified McIlroy, Matt Fitzpatrick, Cameron Young, Wyndham Clark and Chris Gotterup as ranked second through sixth. The expanded field also brings together players with a combined 38 major championships, 257 PGA Tour victories and 114 Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup appearances, the Post reported.
Shane Lowry and Ryan Fox move in TGL’s first trade
Shane Lowry has moved to McIlroy’s Boston Common in TGL’s first trade, with Ryan Fox going to The Bay Golf Club, The Palm Beach Post reported. Boston also adds Michael Thorbjornsen. Jupiter adds Akshay Bhatia and Keith Mitchell; CBS Sports reported that Mitchell takes the place of Kevin Kisner on Woods’ team.
Atlanta Drive’s additions include Gotterup and Michael Brennan. Ben James joins Los Angeles Golf Club, while New York Golf Club adds Alex Fitzpatrick and Ben Griffin. The Bay also adds Blades Brown. Alongside Kisner, the departing players are Lucas Glover, Adam Scott and Xander Schauffele, according to The Palm Beach Post.
All seven TGL teams for the new season
- Atlanta Drive GC: Michael Brennan, Patrick Cantlay, Chris Gotterup, Billy Horschel, Justin Thomas.
- Boston Common Golf: Keegan Bradley, Shane Lowry, Hideki Matsuyama, Rory McIlroy, Michael Thorbjornsen.
- Jupiter Links Golf Club: Akshay Bhatia, Max Homa, Keith Mitchell, Tom Kim, Tiger Woods.
- Los Angeles Golf Club: Tommy Fleetwood, Ben James, Collin Morikawa, Justin Rose, Sahith Theegala.
- Motor City Golf Club: Bud Cauley, Si Woo Kim, Jake Knapp, Brooks Koepka, Jackson Koivun.
- New York Golf Club: Alex Fitzpatrick, Matt Fitzpatrick, Rickie Fowler, Ben Griffin, Cameron Young.
- The Bay Golf Club: Blades Brown, Ludvig Åberg, Wyndham Clark, Ryan Fox, Min Woo Lee.
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Sources and context
- TGL unveil rosters for 2027 season: A look at the new additions and departures from simulator golf leagueCBS Sports
- TGL 2026-27 rosters: Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Brooks Koepka headline expanded Season 3The Palm Beach Post (Tom D’Angelo), republished by Yahoo Sports; the article identifies Golfweek/USA TODAY as the reporting provider
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