Woods' team absorbed the second consecutive rout to kick off TGL's inaugural season, following Bay Golf Club's 9-2 victory over New York Golf Club on Jan. 7. That match drew nearly a million viewers, and eclipsed the audience numbers for any LIV Golf broadcast on The CW over the past two years.

The return of a legend did not go as planned, albeit through much anticipation. Former Stanford legend, Tiger Woods, had not played a single match of competitiv

TGL is a mix of simulator and traditional golf. Players tee off from a platform into a 64-by-53-foot screen that will include 30 different hole layouts, with fairway, rough and sand surfaces to hit from depending on where the shot lands on the screen.