Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy's new Tomorrow's Golf League debuted with a focus on entertainment over traditional golf, using massive simulators and embracing a campy aesthetic. The players, including multiple major winners, appeared to be having fun with the absurdity, engaging in joking and lighthearted interactions. However, critics compare the event to past attempts at infusing seriousness into campy concepts like Farrah Fawcett's and Scott Baio's competition against Mr. T, questioning the seriousness of Woods' efforts to modernize golf.
Tiger Woods, right, talks with The Bay Golf Club's Wyndham Clark during warmups for the inaugural match of the Tomorrow's Golf League, between New York Golf Club and The Bay Golf Club, on Jan. 7, in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.After many centuries of existing pretty much the way it was invented, Tiger Woods and pals have figured out the problem with golf – too much exercise.
The difference is that one thing understood that it was camp, while the other is under the misapprehension that it is serious business. Ahead of TGL’s debut, one of its co-founders, Rory McIlroy, twisted himself in knots trying to explain why a new golf was necessary, and how it was any different from the Saudi version, which he hates.He got the r-sound out – presumably, the beginning of “real golf” – but thought better of it and stopped. After some dithering, he settled on “not the traditional golf that you see week in and week out.
The traditional arts understand this process and have hierarchies in place to manage it. Stephen King is the money; Jenny Offill is the art. It’s pretentious, and often wrong, but it keeps the whole thing puttering along.
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