TGL presented by SoFi, the team indoor golf league launched in 2024 in partnership with the PGA TOUR, has announced that leading golf course architect Gil Hanse will join the league’s returning group of designers to create the full catalogue of holes for Season 2.
Hanse joins Beau Welling Design, Pizá Golf and Nicklaus Design as TGL’s design groups that work with Full Swing to create TGL’s catalogue of holes.
The holes are purpose-built for TGL’s fast-paced, team match play format and are designed specifically to force risk-reward decisions, heighten scoring volatility, challenge TGL’s six teams and amplify in-venue and broadcast energy for fans.
The first Hanse-designed hole is a 590-yard par five called Stone & Steeple. Tee shots will navigate Sahara-type fairway bunkers similar to those Hanse used in his restoration of Baltusrol Golf Club’s Lower Course, while approaches must carry large fairway bunkers to a green guarded on the left by a rock wall, which is marked as a penalty area. This New England-based design features a church steeple and graveyard left of a rock wall — reminding players that anything too far left is ‘dead.’
Hanse said: “Designing holes for TGL has given us an opportunity to step out of our comfort zone and step into other aspects of golf course design in the virtual world. On a few of our TGL holes, we decided to honour the concepts, thoughts, and styles of some of the greatest designers from golf history like A. W. Tillinghast, Allistair MacKenzie and Donald Ross. It will be gratifying to see virtual representations of those concepts and theories broadcast, not only on television, but on this huge screen as our designs challenge the best players in the world.”
Scott Armstrong, Vice President, Competition Technology and Operations for TGL presented by SoFi, said: “Adding Gil Hanse — widely regarded as a standard-bearer in modern golf architecture — will bring fresh ideas to our collection of hole designs,” said “Based on feedback from our players and analysis of hole data, our Season 2 catalog will again challenge teams to be strategic, force shot-making and to bring more of the memorable match-changing moments that highlight TGL.”
Season 2 will include brand new hole designs, as well as returning holes like Quick Draw, Temple, Pick Yer Plunder, The Spear, Alpine, The Plank and Flex, many of which have been updated based on analytics and player feedback to continue to bring excitement and drama. Holes will continue to mix authentic links, canyon, desert and coastal environments, while also introducing new and less common backdrops and locations.
Created by TMRW Sports, TGL presented by SoFi features six teams of top PGA TOUR players, including co-founders Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, competing in a season-long, fast-paced competition that brings team golf to primetime. TGL’s home is the custom-built SoFi Center, a tech-infused venue on the campus of Palm Beach State College in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. TGL’s teams include Boston Common Golf, Jupiter Links Golf Club, Los Angeles Golf Club, New York Golf Club, and The Bay Golf Club.
To find out more, visit TGLGolf.com