Tiger Woods suddenly appeared in a plume of red smoke with Tiger eye Lanting during his beginnings in the infused TGL of technology and although he followed this boxing entrance with a performance that left his team flat on the canvas, the public certainly appreciated.
Serena Williams, an investor in the indoor simulation league, was part of a crowd of 1,500 people gathered at the Sofi Center, the stadium specially built at $ 50 million near the house of Woods in southern Florida.
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Indeed, the Jupiter Links Golf Club is essentially the local team in this concept – partly owned by Woods and Rory McILroy – but the support was quickly disappointed. The Woods trio-with Max Homa and Kevin Kisner in support-was eliminated by a score of 12-1 by the Golf Club with the Englishman Justin Rose. Jupiter was so bad that Homa asked, “Will they expel us from the league?
The answer, of course, is naturally a deafening “no”. Woods is shamelessly the main attraction, bringing out other known names during his own opening evening, notably the governor of Florida Ron Desantis, without forgetting Woods’ son, Charlie, and his mother, Kultida. The latter applauded when Woods finally achieved a putt on the last one, while Serena, theoretically owner of LAGC, joked: “Well, it was time”.
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Woods has taken everything in a good mood, falling almost hysterical when Kisner has set off from a bunker who, fortunately, did not inflict damage on any spectator. Woods, 49, appreciates that his status as an icon is at the heart of TGL’s success and was ready to give up his bad game.
“I think we may not exceed 100,” said Woods on the ESPN show. “We had about five bullets in the obstacle. I missed a bunker shot, Kiz almost killed someone … “
It will be interesting to know the audience figures when they are published on Thursday. The first match attracted a million people and it was considered a decent return, but they will expect much more with the involvement of the 15 times major winner. While Woods always fights to recover from a sixth operation on the back in September, it is feared that his apparitions in competition on the Tour proper are severely limited and that TGL (which means Tomorrow’s Golf League) is not as good as possible.
“It is not the walk that poses a problem, it’s my game that is not very good”
Subsequently, Woods expressed doubts about its ability to play the Genesis Invitational next month, promoted by its charity. “Regarding the game, I traveled the three laps in the PNC [the Tour’s father-and-son event, last month]And I had a great time there, “he said. “It is not the walk that is in question, it is my game that is not very good.”
Of course, it is extremely doubtful that the Genesis takes place in its traditional home of the Riviera Golf Club in Los Angeles, which is near the epicenter of forest fires that are raging.
“We are just trying to understand everything and ensure that everyone is safe and we have scheduled meetings in the future,” said Woods. “But for the moment, we are not really focused on the tournament. This is more of what we can do to help all those who are in difficulty, who have lost their house and whose life has changed.
“It’s just sad. Max and I grew up there. We are children of So Cal. To see what happened, I knew a few people who lost everything, so it’s just difficult.