Rickie Fowler, Xander Schauffele, Shane Lowry Headline First Match In TGL Golf League

The lineups for the first TGL match have been announced, and the No. 2 player in the world will play in the debut match.
On Tuesday, January 7, the New York Golf Club will be taking on the Bay Golf Club.
New York Golf Club will roll out Rickie Fowler, Matt Fitzpatrick and Xander Schauffele while the Bay Golf Club will go with Shane Lowry, Wyndham Clark and Ludvig Aberg.
Lineups are set, we're ready to go. 🚀
— TGL (@TGL) January 3, 2025
Tuesday 9pm ET on @ESPN pic.twitter.com/yDpDYhxfVd
This means Cameron Young will be sitting for New York and Min Woo Lee will be benched for the Bay. In each TGL event this season, three of the four players on each team will compete.
𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗧𝗚𝗟 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 @SoFi.
— TGL (@TGL) March 25, 2024
Coming January 2025 on @espn.
Listen to TGL's own @RickieFowler talk match format, rules, and team golf. ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/MwL74ZgBqF
The match will take place at the new, tech infused, SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida in front of 1,500 fans.

Matt Vincenzi is a contributor to the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated, covering golf. Before joining SI in October 2024, he worked as a golf writer for GolfWRX and the Action Network. He is a graduate of Bridgewater State University and has been covering professional golf for five years.