2026 TGL season

2026 TGL season
LeagueTGL
SportGolf
DurationDecember 28, 2025 – March 25, 2026
Matches15
Teams6
TV partnerESPN/ESPN2
Streaming partnerESPN+
Finals championsLos Angeles Golf Club
  Runners-upJupiter Links Golf Club

The 2026 TGL season was the second season of TGL, a simulated indoor golf league that features players from the PGA Tour and employs a match play-style team format. The regular season began on December 28, 2025, and ran through March 3, 2026, followed by single-elimination semifinals matches on March 17 and a best-of-three championship round held between March 23–24. Just as in its first season, six teams competed, and all matches were contested at SoFi Center, located on the campus of Palm Beach State College in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.[1]

Atlanta Drive were the defending champions, but they were knocked out in the semifinals by Los Angeles.

Course changes

In October 2025, TGL announced "enhancements" to the SoFi Center's virtual and real-world playing areas for its second season:[2]

Hole design
  • TGL's technology partner, Full Swing Golf, upgraded game engine software to allow for more realistic improvements to each hole's virtual design environment.[3]
  • Each of TGL's six teams were assigned a redesigned hole that virtually depicts backdrops from the real-world cities or regions they represent. For example, Jupiter Links Golf Club will play on a par-5 nicknamed "The Jup Life" that features a depiction of Jupiter, Florida's Jupiter Inlet Light, while Boston Common Golf will play on "Storrowed," a hole framed by Boston's Charles River and Storrow Drive.[4]
ScreenZone surface
  • Each of the three trays from where competitors play their tee, fairway, rough, and bunker shots toward the virtual screen were enlarged.
  • The bunker tray was also lowered to accommodate "bunker lips" aimed at increasing the difficulty of fairway bunker shots.[3]
  • Surface-level towers that track a ball's trajectory and speed were relocated to allow better sight lines for spectators.[2]
GreenZone surface
  • Though its turntable remains the same diameter, the putting surface was enlarged from 3,800 sq. ft. to 5,720 sq. ft., a number approximately equal to the average PGA Tour putting surface.[5]
  • The number of physical hole locations on the green was increased from 7 to 12.
  • One greenside bunker was eliminated, while the remaining two bunkers were enlarged by 50%.[3]
  • The turntable's highest point was reduced by 18 inches to allow better views for fans and more natural putting slopes.[6]

Team rosters

TGL features 24 players assigned to one of six teams representing different cities or regions in the United States. The teams and their rosters for 2026 remain unchanged from 2025.[5]

Jupiter Links Golf Club
United States Max Homa
South Korea Tom Kim
United States Kevin Kisner
United States Tiger Woods

Regular season

Date Team Result Team Broadcast U.S. viewers
(millions)		 Rating
(18–49)
Dec 28New York Golf Club46Atlanta Drive GCABC
Jan 2Boston Common Golf75Los Angeles Golf ClubESPN2
Jan 6The Bay Golf Club47Atlanta Drive GCESPN
Jan 13Jupiter Links Golf Club38New York Golf ClubESPN
Jan 20Jupiter Links Golf Club48Los Angeles Golf ClubESPN
Jan 26Boston Common Golf91The Bay Golf ClubESPN2
Feb 2Atlanta Drive GC68Jupiter Links Golf ClubESPN
Feb 9The Bay Golf Club115Los Angeles Golf ClubESPN2
Feb 23Atlanta Drive GC52Boston Common GolfESPN
Los Angeles Golf Club73Atlanta Drive GCESPN2
Feb 24New York Golf Club35The Bay Golf ClubESPN
Boston Common Golf92New York Golf ClubESPN
Mar 1Jupiter Links Golf Club67Boston Common GolfESPN
Mar 2Los Angeles Golf Club63New York Golf ClubESPN2
Mar 3The Bay Golf Club69Jupiter Links Golf ClubESPN

Sources:[7]

Standings

Team MP W L OTL Pts HW
Boston Common Golf 5 4 1 0 8 30
Los Angeles Golf Club 5 3 2 0 6 26
Atlanta Drive GC 5 3 2 0 6 23
Jupiter Links Golf Club 5 2 2 1 5 24
The Bay Golf Club 5 2 3 0 4 23
New York Golf Club 5 1 4 0 2 19

The top four teams in the standings advance to the playoffs.
2 points for a win, 1 point for an OT loss, 0 points for a regulation loss; tiebreaker based on holes won[8]

Postseason

Semifinals

Date Match Team Result Team Broadcast U.S. viewers
(millions)		 Rating
(18–49)
Mar 17Semifinal #1LA Golf Club64Atlanta Drive GCESPNTBDTBD
Mar 17Semifinal #2Boston Common Golf59Jupiter Links Golf ClubESPNTBDTBD

Note: Jupiter Links mathematically clinched finals at 9–3 after 13 holes, but a 14th hole was played for prize pool purposes and payouts for 3rd place (between Boston and Atlanta), which Boston won while throwing their final hammer.

SoFi Cup Finals

Date Match Team Result Team Broadcast U.S. viewers
(millions)		 Rating
(18–49)
Mar 24Championship Match #1Jupiter56LA Golf ClubESPN2TBDTBD
Mar 25Championship Match #2Jupiter29LA Golf ClubESPNTBDTBD
LA Golf Club wins the Finals, 2 matches to 0

Records

  • On February 9, 2026, while playing for the Bay Golf Club, Neal Shipley made the first TGL hole in one during his debut match, with the Bay Golf Club going on to win the match 11–5.[9]
  • On March 3, 2026, playing for Jupiter Links Golf Club, Tom Kim made the 2nd TGL hole in one during the winner take all regular season finale for the last playoff spot against The Bay Golf Club. After trailing 6–3 with 3 holes to go, Kim's heroics on 14 helped Jupiter take the lead (thanks to their final hammer being used on the tee box, following a won tee box hammer on the previous hole), leading to a 6–9 win for Jupiter when they won the 15th hole on The Bay's tee box hammer.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Higham, Paul (December 24, 2025). "TGL Season 2 Preview: Full Schedule & TV Coverage Details". Golf Monthly. Retrieved December 27, 2025.
  2. 1 2 D'Angelo, Tom (October 22, 2025). "Bigger green, customized hole designs among TGL changes announced for 2026". The Palm Beach Post. Palm Beach, Florida. Retrieved December 27, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Higham, Paul (October 23, 2025). "TGL Announces Big Changes For Second Season". Golf Monthly. Retrieved December 27, 2025.
  4. ↑ Sens, Josh (December 23, 2025). "What TGL's new hole designs reveal about golf and travel". Golf.com. Retrieved December 27, 2025.
  5. 1 2 Stanley, Adam (December 23, 2025). "TGL Preview: Changes make Season 2 bigger and better". Sportsnet. Retrieved December 27, 2025.
  6. ↑ "TGL PRESENTED BY SOFI ANNOUNCES ENHANCEMENTS FOR SEASON 2" (Press release). Golf Business Technology. October 22, 2025. Retrieved December 27, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Season 2 Schedule for TGL presented by SoFi | TGL". tglgolf.com. Retrieved October 14, 2025.
  8. ↑ "How it works: TGL". PGA Tour. January 2, 2025. Archived from the original on December 8, 2024. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
  9. ↑ ESPN (February 9, 2026). "Bay Golf Club's Neal Shipley records first TGL hole-in-one". ESPN. Archived from the original on February 10, 2026. Retrieved February 10, 2026.
  10. ↑ "2026 BAY VS JUP Matchup Live | TGL". tglgolf.com. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
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