TGL played for the first time on Monday night instead of Tuesday, and it allowed McIlroy, the No. 3 player in the world, time to get a decent night’s sleep—he lives five minutes from the SoFi Center—and then fly to the west coast for the $20 million signature event.

McIlroy said Woods was as intense as ever for their Week 4 match, the first close one so far in the indoor sim league.

You can only imagine how the TGL technicians felt when Rory McIlroy walked into his 90-minute practice session last week with two launch monitors from his personal collection. The four-time major champion and TGL co-founder needed to put his concerns to rest before he debuted in the league: Is the simulator used for golf’s new indoor league accurate?

In an interview with BBC Sports, Rory McIlroy listed 3 things on his to-do list for the rest of his career. And yes, one of them is a green jacket.

Rory McIlroy has declared finally winning an elusive Masters crown as his “main focus” for 2025 as the Northern Irishman sets out three goals he hopes to complete to cap his career. The 35-year-old is now more than a decade into his hunt for a fifth major after joining Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus as the only man to win four of golf’s biggest prizes before turning 25.