The league hopes to do that with the players mic’d up with hopes there’ll be some good trash talk and chatter among the players. There, too, is a shot clock to keep the proceedings moving — unlike the glacial way the game is at the moment with slow play an epidemic.

So why not make virtual golf the next big thing? That’s what TGL is hoping to do starting this week. Maybe TGL (no, that doesn’t stand for Tiger’s Golf League) isn’t trying to replace the PGA Tour. But a new golf platform that might attract new fans to the game certainly demands at least a little look from the casual and even the hardcore fan.