PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLA. — TMRW Sports Group has announced plans for a 250,000-square-foot arena development in Palm Beach Gardens. The project, dubbed SoFi Center, will be the home base for TGL, a new virtual team golf league led by a partnership between golfers Tiger Woods and Rory Mcllroy and sports executive Mike McCarley.
The 1,500-seat complex will occupy 11 acres on the Palm Beach Gardens campus of Palm Beach State College. The arena will include a 75-foot high air-supported dome; a football-field sized playing surface with three sand bunkers; a 46-foot by 64-foot simulator screen; a short-game complex; and two plazas outside the venue for hosting pre-match activities.
The TGL season, which commercial partner SoFi Technologies will present, is set to begin with a series of matches on primetime television in January 2024. To date, 12 PGA players have committed to playing in the TGL: Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Collin Morikawa, Justin Thomas, Matt Fitzpatrick, Justin Rose, Adam Scott, Xander Schauffele, Max Homa, Rickie Fowler and Billy Horschel.
Six teams of three players will compete in 15 head-to-head matches, followed by semifinals and finals matches. Team names, brands, front office staff and assigned players will be unveiled later this year.
Four teams have been announced so far: TGL Atlanta, led by Arthur Blank and AMB Sports and Entertainment (Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta United, PGA TOUR Superstores); TGL Boston, led by John Henry, Tom Werner and Fenway Sports Group (Boston Red Sox, Liverpool FC, Pittsburgh Penguins); Los Angeles Golf Club, led by Alexis Ohanian (Angel City FC), Serena Williams and Venus Williams; and TGL New York, led by Steven Cohen (New York Mets) and Cohen Private Ventures.
A construction timeline for the arena was not disclosed.
SoFi (NASDAQ: SOFI) is a digital financial services group and is also the sponsor of SoFi Stadium, which is home to the NFL’s Los Angeles Chargers and Los Angeles Rams.
TMRW Sports Group was founded by Woods, Mcllroy and McCarley with a focus on harnessing technology to build progressive approaches to sports, media and entertainment. The TGL is the firm’s first project.
—Katie Sloan