At long last, TGL—the long-anticipated tech golf league from the minds of Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy—is here. After a delay of nearly a year due to the collapse of league’s dome last winter, TGL will debut Tuesday night when New York Golf Club, led by Rickie Fowler, Matthew Fitzpatrick and Xander Schauffele, takes on Shane Lowry, Wyndham Clark and Ludvig Arbeg of The Bay Golf Club at the SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, Fl. You can, of course, watch the whole thing from the comfort of your couch at 9 p.m. on ESPN, or you could GET PAID real, non-Monopoly money to attend TGL matches in person.
According to WPTV, West Palm Beach’s NBC News affiliate, the upstart league—which will combine stadium-scale simulator golf with actual grass, bunkers and a 360-degree rotating green—is currently looking for golf-crazy seat-fillers to, you guessed it, fill seats at the SoFi Center throughout TGL’s inaugural season. The “actors” selected for “the role” will be compensated with free gear and payments ranging from $150-250, according to an Instagram post by Penguin Entertainment, the third-party agency hired by TGL to source talent for the upcoming matches.
Obviously, TGL’s need to hire paid actors to fill a 1,500-seat arena for their inaugural season isn’t the greatest look for the league, but Adam Freifeld, a spokesperson for TGL, assured WPTV it’s common practice. “We have a small, intimate venue,” Freifeld said in a text exchange with the news outlet, “and like an awards show we use seat fillers to, you know, fill seats.”
Even if this reflects the current appetite, or lack thereof, for a big-budget simulator golf league, TGL’s loss could be your gain. If you’re interested in applying to be a paid seat-filler for the upcoming TGL season (and making a little money while you’re at it) inquiries can be sent to [email protected].
