He expressed his firm belief that LIV Golf had no future. “There’s no one [who will join],” McIlroy said. “It’s dead in the water, in my opinion. I just can’t see any reason why anyone would go.” This was all because the league broke the conventional rules. Team format. 54-Holes. Vision to expand the game. The irony now is that three years later, the Northern Irishman is set to break the stereotypes of the golf world in his collaboration with Tiger Woods.

To which he said, “I think the first thing that I would like people to know is it’s golf, but it’s reimagined. Sort of trying to take golf into the 21st century. And we have teams where there’s a lot of Technology involved trying to bring it into the digital era, a lot of things that we’ve taken from other sports. Um like a shock clock at times. All things you don’t see in regular golf so you know trying to appeal to that. You know, that bigger sports audience right there?”

The re-imagined technology used in TGL

The simulator screen is a rather pivotal part of the venue since the golfers will be teeing up against it. The entire golf world has shown their buzz around it, including the pros. “I believe there is an opportunity to push the envelope for golf fans’ viewing experience,” said Max Homa.

Taking to this, McIlroy also added, “I think the scale of the thing is the thing for me. That blows my mind every time I step in here, I’m just blown away by the size of the screen. The fact that we’re able to put something that looks like golf on a stage like this. It’s really cool. And, we’re obviously very excited about it within the game of golf and I think a lot of you know, other people outside of the game are going to see this and hopefully get excited about it as well”.