Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy leave golf fans enraged and making LIV Golf comparison

The Golf League (TGL) volition big 15 regular play game-weeks earlier the apical 4 performing teams volition beforehand to the semi-finals followed by a season-ending finale

Social media has been a buzz with enraged play fans arsenic they tackled the hefty summons prices for Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy's caller golf venture, TGL. The innovative league, set to footwear disconnected connected Jan.7 pursuing a year's delay, didn't triumph fans implicit with its pricey admittance fees.

Golf lovers tin witness 15 crippled weeks of the regular season unrecorded from SoFi Center successful Palm Beach, Florida but the outgo is driving a wedge betwixt fans and the event. General admittance tickets volition deed a steep $160 for entry.

Critics took to Twitter to dependable their disapproval. One disgruntled instrumentality posted: "What are we doing charging thing implicit $40? Nobody is asking for this fto unsocial for $160.. I'd alternatively spell play existent golf," portion different chimed successful with disapproval of their own: "They're charging to ticker SIM golf?".

The backlash didn't extremity there, arsenic different societal media idiosyncratic argued: "$160? Maybe $16. Seems similar a agelong to warrant something. If you privation radical to amusement up and garner support, marque it inexpensive and past you'll find the proviso and demand."

A instrumentality deed retired with a dig, saying: "I paid $165 for Sunday astatine the president's cupful and got to basal 5 feet from immoderate golfer I wanted to follow. Kind of laughable," earlier different play enthusiast shared their 2 cents: "I tin not spot the entreaty for watching this successful person. Love seeing large play courses successful idiosyncratic but this is similar paying to spell to a barroom to ticker a game."

The league has been likened to the PGA Tour's adversary, LIV Golf, having introduced a squad operation and making strides towards revamping nonrecreational golf, echoing the renegade tour's moves. For context, wide admittance tickets for LIV Golfs closing lawsuit of their 2024 play successful Chicago were going for $43 for the opening day, $52 connected the Saturday, and $45 for the expansive finale.

Notwithstanding the flak they've received, TGL masterminds Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy are crossing their fingers that their large task volition instrumentality formation soon, contempt hitting respective unsmooth patches since announcing it past year. Initially, the PGA Tour heavyweights had earmarked January of this twelvemonth for their high-octane league's kickoff.

But, a wrench was thrown into the works past November erstwhile Woods and McIlroy had to hold their archetypal play aft their SoFi Center location suffered extended damage. To toughen up the venue, league chiefs are said to person shelled retired an eye-watering $50 million, arsenic per claims made by The Palm Beach Post.