Billy Horschel suggests some viewers ‘may not like’ what is going to happen between the players in TGL

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While the new PGA Tour season is just a couple of weeks away, perhaps it would be fair to say that the event in early 2025 golf fans are most intrigued about is TGL, with the league set to make its debut in the new year.

TGL has the potential to be an incredibly positive addition to the golfing calendar. 24 of the PGA Tour‘s best players are set to compete amongst six teams in an extremely different format to the average tournament on tour.

The players will be hitting into a giant screen, while the SoFi Center also provides players with the facilities to play out of various lies, as well as putt on an actual green. And of course, the team dynamic could add to the drama of the league.

Billy Horschel is one of those set to compete in TGL’s inaugural season, with the 38-year-old part of Atlanta Drive GC alongside Justin Thomas, Patrick Cantlay and Lucas Glover.

Billy Horschel suggests what some may not like about TGL

And speaking on the Golf Channel Podcast, Horschel explained why TGL may not win over all of the traditional golf fans as he suggested a key difference between the league and the tournaments they play most weeks on the PGA Tour.

“This is going to be different. We’re still going to be competitive, we still want to win. Last thing we want to do is give bragging rights to someone like Tiger, who we all know can put the needle in to you at any given point. But we have to lean into the entertainment side, show more of ourselves that people won’t get to see when we’re on the PGA Tour,” he said.

“Be vulnerable a little bit, and not afraid to say certain things that may rub your playing competitor wrong, like it’s okay to say Wyndham Clark hitting that tee shot on one that hole, ‘hey Wyndham, don’t wipe it right like you did at LACC on 18, because this fairway’s only 30 yards wide instead of 70 on that hole’. That’s okay, that’s going to be fun.

“Listen, some viewers may not like that, but I think that’s what the viewers want to see, they want to see what they would see playing with their buddies on the weekend at their local club. What is going to be said between us, they want to hear. They want something similar to what’s said between their buddies at the local club on the weekend.”

The two teams to really look out for in TGL

Atlanta Drive certainly have the potential to be the team everyone is desperate to beat. Thomas is certainly no stranger to trash talking, and he is a phenomenal competitor – as is Cantlay. And of course, Cantlay absolutely embraced his role as pantomime villain at the 2023 Ryder Cup.

Elsewhere, Jupiter Links could be another force to be reckoned with. Tiger Woods, Max Homa and Kevin Kisner could provide so much entertainment on the microphones, while Tom Kim needs little encouragement to get hyped up.

And New York have the big advantage of having Xander Schauffele in their side. The world number two seems to have the ability to get under any player’s skin.

If the players actually go for it, the trash talking could be even more enjoyable than the golf itself for many viewers.