Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy’s tech-infused TGL is set to begin in 2025, with 24 of the PGA Tour’s very best golfers preparing to do battle.
Six teams of four players have been preparing for more than a year, with the competition having been postponed due to damage to the specially-designed stadium roof in Florida.
However, with repairs now completed and all six team names – plus their updated rosters – rubberstamped, the much-anticipated league is set to get underway.
And while the golfers included have managed to collect 33 Majors, 230 PGA Tour victories, and 834 weeks as World No.1, there remains a number of omissions who would undoubtedly add to the already stratospheric star power.
Here are nine big names from the PGA Tour who are not playing TGL in 2025…
SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER
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The first name missing from the TGL roster is World No.1, Scottie Scheffler. Even before a seven-win season in 2024, Scheffler topped the OWGR for most of 2023 and had been named Player of the Year in consecutive seasons.
Most likely, he would have been asked but opted to turn it down in order to spend more time with wife Meredith and his growing family.
JORDAN SPIETH
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Three-time Major winner Jordan Spieth is another player whose increased family commitments possibly prevented him from agreeing a TGL spot, with his wife, Annie giving birth to the pair’s second child shortly before the 2023 Ryder Cup.
Spieth would undoubtedly add a welcome dimension to the TGL, though, as his friendship with Justin Thomas and camaraderie with the other Americans – plus their Ryder Cup rivals – would surely create an extra layer of entertainment for fans.
VIKTOR HOVLAND
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Continuing the Ryder Cup theme, Norway’s Viktor Hovland does not belong to any of the six teams in TGL – all of which are theoretically situated pretty much on the east or west coast.
Hovland has relocated from Stillwater, Oklahoma to South Florida, so would be very close to TGL’s base in Palm Beach. However, he has battled some rollercoaster form since winning the 2023 FedEx Cup and could be relieved at having more time to refine his game again anyway.
RUSSELL HENLEY
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Henley’s career has been on the up and up of late, moving into the world’s top-20…
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