| By Ben Alberstadt with Gianni Magliocco.
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Good Wednesday morning, golf followers, as we gear up for the WWT Championship.
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1. TGL format, factors system introduced
By way of the Golf Channel Digital workforce…“The format for TGL, which was based by Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and former Golf Channel president Mike McCarley, can be two weekly periods with the primary nine-hole match a 3 vs. three, workforce alternate-shot format. The second session can be a six-hole match of head-to-head competitors with every participant enjoying two holes through the session. (One participant on every workforce is not going to compete every week.)”
- “Additional time can be used to interrupt ties, much like a penalty shootout in soccer, with regular-season factors awarded for an outright victory (two factors), extra time victory (two factors) or extra time loss (one level). No factors are rewarded for a regulation loss. The highest 4 groups on the finish of the common season advance to the playoffs, which can be single elimination within the semifinals adopted by a best-of-three championship.”
- “Every match can be performed at SoFi Heart in Palm Seashore Gardens, Florida, within the roughly 250,000-square foot area. Tee pictures and method pictures of greater than 50 yards can be performed right into a 64-by-46-foot simulator, which is about 20 instances bigger than a normal simulator. Every shot can be performed from actual grass tee containers, fairways, tough and sand.”
- “Photographs inside 50 yards can be performed within the “inexperienced zone” which is the scale of 4 basketball courts and can function the largest-ever adaptable placing floor constructed by Full Swing to create selection for every inexperienced.”
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2. JT joins
Mark Schlabach for ESPN…”Two-time main championship winner Justin Thomas is becoming a member of Atlanta Drive GC, one of many six groups in TGL offered by SoFi, the tech-infused golf league being developed by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, the franchise introduced Tuesday.”
- “Thomas, a 15-time winner on the PGA Tour, is the primary participant to be assigned to one of many six groups in TGL, which is scheduled to start play Jan. 9 at SoFi Heart in Palm Seashore Gardens, Florida.”
- “Three different gamers can be assigned to Atlanta’s roster later, in response to the information launch.”
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3. Nicklaus: Golf isn’t any enjoyable anymore
Tom D’Angelo for the Palm Seashore Submit…”Jack Nicklaus has not swung a golf membership since hitting a tee shot earlier than the primary spherical of the Masters in April whereas serving as an honorary starter together with Gary Participant and Tom Watson.”
- “On Monday, he did not take his golf equipment to a clinic at PGA Nationwide, leaving the ball placing to Annika Sorenstam, Ernie Els and Luke Donald.”
- “And the 83-year-old Corridor of Famer shouldn’t be positive when he’ll decide up a membership subsequent.”
- “I wish to go play once more. I play so poorly anymore it’s simply actually not any enjoyable,” Nicklaus mentioned. “And I run out of golf balls.”
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4. Donald says LaCava overstepped the mark
Our Matt Vincenzi…”Though the notorious Ryder Cup dispute between Rory McIlroy and Patrick Cantlay’s caddie has been resolved, it’s nonetheless being talked about as one of many greatest tales to come back out of the 2023 Ryder Cup.”
- “Whereas doing an interview with The Instances, European workforce captain Luke Donald was requested in regards to the argument.”
- “Rory was upset, fairly rightfully, and these items occur on the Ryder Cup. It’s a passionate occasion. Joe overstepped the mark and tried to achieve out after the very fact and apologize however we simply tried to make use of that as gas for Sunday. I didn’t have to say a lot.”
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5. McIlroy to start out 2024 with consecutive DP World Tour occasions
Reuters report…”Rory McIlroy’s 2024 season begins within the United Arab Emirates with back-to-back occasions on the DP World Tour in Dubai.”
- “He’s set to compete on the inaugural Dubai Invitational Jan. 11-14 at Dubai Creek Resort, adopted by the Hero Dubai Desert Traditional on the Emirates Golf Membership from Jan. 18-21.”
- “McIlroy, 34, of Northern Eire, is the defending champion on the latter, a 1-shot victory over Patrick Reed in January 2023.”
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6. Davis Love III says PGA Tour-PIF deal received’t make deadline
Adam Schupak for Golfweek…“With the self-imposed December 31 deadline looming for the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Funding Fund, PGA Tour veteran Davis Love III has confirmed the chief within the clubhouse for the worst-kept secret in golf – the deal isn’t getting accomplished any time quickly.”
- “The one factor I do know is nothing goes to occur actually quick,” Love mentioned throughout an interview on Friday in Ponte Vedra Seashore, Florida, the place he was assembly on a golf course undertaking.
- Requested if he thought a deal past the framework settlement, which was introduced on June 6, could be consummated by the top of the yr, he mentioned, “I don’t see any means.”
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7. Rose out of captain race for 2025 Ryder Cup
John Turnbull for Bunkered…”4-time Ryder Cup winner Justin Rose has paved the way in which for Luke Donald to retain captaincy and lead Staff Europe in 2025.”
- “In an interview with The Telegraph, Rose dominated himself out of being captain at Bethpage Black in two years, as he eyes enjoying for the seventh time.”
- “The 43-year-old mentioned: “2025 is just too early for me…The captaincy begins subsequent yr, and I really feel like I’ve received some good issues forward of me as a participant.”
- “It’s not a lot that I really feel I ‘want’ to play at Bethpage, it’s extra that I ‘want’ to imagine I can play. That’s vital.”
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