Andre Iguodala, # 9; Stephen Curry, #30; and Klay Thompson, #11, of the Golden State Warriors high-five one another throughout the video game versus the Boston Celtics at the Oakland Arena in Oakland, California, on March 8, 2017.
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Some of San Francisco’s greatest sports stars are the brand-new owners of a group with TGL golf, the indoor golf league established by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy.
Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and Andre Iguodala have actually signed up with an effort led by Marc Lasry, Avenue Capital Group Chair and CEO, to buy the San Francisco TGL group.
“Our ownership group is excited to become stewards of TGL San Francisco and to represent Northern California, which is the center of tech innovation and is a perfect location for a TGL team in this extraordinary new sports league,” Lasry stated in a declaration.
Lasry, previous co-owner of the National Basketball Association’s champion group the Milwaukee Bucks, just recently released the Avenue Sports Fund as part of Avenue Capital Group, which handles $125 billion in properties.
The financial investment in TGL San Francisco represents the fund’s very first significant financial investment.
Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy search from the 11 th tee throughout a practice round prior to the 2023 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, on April 3, 2023.
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Lasry’s group represents the fifth of 6 groups to be revealed as part of the start-up indoor golf league that will startJan 9 in Palm Beach, Florida.
The league has actually brought in other huge financiers and group owners, consisting of Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank, Boston Red Sox owners John Henry and Tom Werner, business owner Alexis Ohanian, tennis phenoms Serena and Venus Williams and New York Mets owner and hedge fund supervisor Steve Cohen.
The TGL golf league expenses itself as a tech-forward league that prepares to use a data-rich virtual course, coupled with tech-infused magics throughout.
“Combining the business expertise of Avenue Capital Group with the championship mentality brought by these NBA superstars, this TGL team will generate a lot of energy in the Bay Area and around the world. We’re honored to welcome them to TGL,” stated Mike McCarley, co-founder of TMRW Sports, the group behind the TGL league.
Earlier this month, TGL revealed a multiyear media rights handle ESPN.
Already, 24 PGA Tour stars, accounting for 223 PGA Tour wins in between them, have actually dedicated to TGL’s inaugural season in January.
The league will be divided into four-player groups that will contend in a match-play format over 15 routine season matches, followed by semifinals and finals matches.
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