ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Falcons and Atlanta United proprietor Arthur Blank is including one other group underneath his umbrella.

TGL, the brand new tech-forward, primetime, group golf league developed by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy’s TMRW Sports in partnership with the PGA TOUR, has introduced the formation of the third of six group possession teams with Arthur M. Blank.

“It’s connected to a sport we love and a business we are connected to,” Blank advised Atlanta News First sports activities director Baillie Burmaster. “It’s also a sport in an area where diversity has not always been a strength and it’s becoming a strength and promoting diversity in the sport is important to me.”

His TGL group, representing Atlanta, shall be a part of his AMB Sports and Entertainment (AMBSE) portfolio, alongside the Falcons and Atlanta United, and compete in TGL’s first season launching in January 2024.

With TGL’s prior bulletins of Los Angeles Golf Club; led by Alexis Ohanian, Serena Williams and Venus Williams; and TGL Boston, led by Fenway Sports Group; TGL’s group house owners’ portfolios of groups at the moment spans the NFL, MLB, NHL, Premier League, NASCAR, MLS, and NWSL.

Here is the setup from the TGL press launch:

TGL shall be staged in a purpose-built enviornment in Palm Beach, Fla. on the campus of Palm Beach State College. Technology is a foundational ingredient of TGL, providing followers a cutting-edge, shorter format presentation of group golf, that includes a number of the PGA TOUR’s largest superstars. Currently, 12 gamers dedicated to taking part in in TGL have been introduced, together with Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Justin Thomas, Collin Morikawa, Matt Fitzpatrick, Justin Rose, Adam Scott, Xander Schauffele, Max Homa, Rickie Fowler, and Billy Horschel. With at the moment 5 of the highest 10 gamers on this planet, this preliminary listing of dedicated gamers has gained 28 main championships, 190 PGA TOUR wins, and collectively has ranked because the World No. 1 for 886 weeks.

• Teams: Six groups of three PGA TOUR gamers in head-to-head, match play. Three group possession teams have been finalized with TGL Atlanta, led by Arthur Blank’s AMB Sports and Entertainment; TGL Boston, led by the Fenway Sports Group; and Los Angeles Golf Club, led by Alexis Ohanian, Serena Williams, and Venus Williams.

• Tech-Forward Venue: A primary-of-its-kind expertise for golf enabled by a data-rich, digital course paired with a tech-infused, short-game complicated.

• Tech-Enabled Fan Experience: High-energy, greenside fan expertise with each shot reside inside a two-hour, primetime televised match.

• Season: 15 common season matches adopted by semifinals and finals matches. “Atlanta and the surrounding areas are home to some of the biggest golf tournaments in the world and tens of thousands of golfers, so we are proud to have this golf-rich part of the country represented in the original TGL ownership group,” mentioned Dick Sullivan, CEO of PGA TOUR Superstore who wil

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