Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy's TGL golf announces Detroit expansion team Motor City Golf Club

A new team is coming to TGL — the golf league co-founded by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy — next season. Detroit was awarded the league's first-ever expansion team with the Motor City Golf Club, TGL announced Tuesday.While the news was announced Tuesday, Motor City Golf Club won't begin playing in TGL until 2027. Because of that, the announcement did not feature any news about the team's roster or any branding information about the club.AdvertisementThe owners are known, however. The team will be co-owned by Middle West Partners and members of the Hamp family, which also co-owns the Detroit Lions.

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Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy TGL golf league announces first expansion team – for 2027

TGL is expanding, but not until 2027.The indoor, high-tech golf league that completed its first season in March, will add a seventh franchise, Detroit's Motor City Golf Club, starting in 2027. The league, played at SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, will continue with six teams for its second season, which starts in January.AdvertisementMotor City Golf Club's ownership group is led by Middle West Partners, which includes the Hamp family. Sheila Hamp, principal owner of the Detroit Lions, and her husband, Steve, are co-owners of Motor City Golf Club; along with Rob Walton, owner of the Denver Broncos; and Jordan

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TGL, golf league formed by Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, may be expanding to Chicago, Dallas, Detroit

TGL, the  indoor, high-tech golf league based in Palm Beach Gardens, apparently is expanding.According to Sports Business Journal's Josh Carpenter, there recently have been trademark filings from TGL Holdings for potential franchises in Chicago, Texas (likely Dallas) and Detroit. Those new teams would join the six original teams and compete in the league's second season, which gets underway in January.AdvertisementThe trademark filings were for 'Chicago Links Golf Club,' 'Texas Golf Club' and 'Motor City Golf Club.'TMRW Sports founder Mike McCarley, who along with Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy founded TGL, told The Palm Beach Post in March that the league

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