Rory McIlroy’s LIV Golf prediction comes true with | Golf News

Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy’s revolutionary golf project, TGL, made a sturdy debut earlier this week with its inaugural match, drawing tens of millions of viewers and validating the Irish golfer’s predictions.

On Tuesday evening, over 3.2 million viewers tuned in to watch The Bay Golf Club trounce New York Golf Club 9-2 within the first match, in line with Zoomph.

This viewership surpassed all different sports activities occasions within the United States that night, together with NBA and faculty basketball video games. The occasion averaged over 1.2 million viewers all through all the ESPN broadcast, suggesting the format may very well be a resounding success.

Meanwhile, LIV Golf, backed by Saudi buyers, doesn’t but have a TV deal, though rumors recommend a deal with U. S giant Fox could also be imminent.

Currently, LIV depends on viewers streaming occasions through its official app or watching free broadcasts on YouTube. Their opening occasion in January 2023 attracted an average viewership of more than 537,000 people, considerably much less than TGL’s spectacular debut figures.

“Fenway owns the team so plugging into the Red Sox fans and everyone else, whether it be the Celtics or the Bruins or the Patriots. That to me gives you a connection to something which is great.”

McIlroy additionally talked about Keegan Bradley’s satisfaction in representing his home space. “I think that is what TGL have done maybe a little bit better – to connect with certain fan bases than let’s say LIV for example.

But I see this all being complementary. There are only so many weeks in the year, there is only so much golf we can all play, but I see this as being complementary to everything else going on in the game of golf.”