The TGL is officially blowing up for its third season, bringing in more players and more teams than any time before in the simulator golf league created by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy. Both founders are locked in for the third campaign, but get ready, because their squads and the whole league are about to look different with an insane influx of young talent stepping up while some of the league’s seasoned pros are walking away.
The Roster Shake-Up Is Real: More Players, New Blood
First off, the league is expanding the rosters. Instead of just four players with three in the lineup for each match, TGL teams will now carry five players throughout the 2027 season. That’s a massive shift in strategy, right?
With that expansion comes some big goodbyes. Four former participants aren’t teeing it up this season: Jupiter’s Kevin Kisner, New York’s Xander Schauffele, Boston’s Adam Scott, and Atlanta’s Lucas Glover. That’s a lot of experience gone, but their spots are getting filled by a wave of “young guns.” We’re talking about names like Michael Brennan, Ben James, Blades Brown, and Jackson Koivun, all ready to light up the SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
Koivun, who we heard about a couple weeks back as part of Brooks Koepka’s Motor City Golf Club, is now officially joined by Si Woo Kim, Bud Cauley, and Jake Knapp to round out that expansion team. That’s a serious lineup. Other fresh faces hitting the league include Alex Fitzpatrick, who’s linking up with his brother Matt on the New York Golf Club. And get this: Ben Griffin is joining them, and his background in the financial world has New York fans buzzing. James is headed to the defending champions, LAGC, while Brown is tacking onto the other California squad, The Bay Golf Club.
Big Moves and Key Returns Across the League
The guy who just became the youngest Korn Ferry Tour graduate a couple weeks ago? He’s bringing his skills to TGL alongside Ryan Fox, who’s fresh off parlaying his Open championship victory into a spot in the league. Talk about earning your way in!
Shane Lowry’s trade to Boston Common was already announced, but now Michael Thorbjornsen’s inclusion on that roster is official too. Chris Gotterup, a regular contributor for Atlanta Drive in 2026, is also making a move, joining his fellow multiple-time PGA Tour winner Michael Brennan over there. And for Tiger Woods’ team, while Kisner is out, Keith Mitchell is in, joining fan favorites like Max Homa, Akshay Bhatia, and Tom Kim, who are all returning.
This whole lineup change is shaping up to be epic. Get ready, because the third season of TGL kicks off on Sunday, December 27. You won’t want to miss seeing these new rosters in action!
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Originally reported by CBS Sports.
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