{"id":444842,"date":"2026-01-29T09:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T09:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/444842\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T09:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T09:30:11","slug":"why-nelly-korda-feels-womens-tgl-indoor-league-is-an-unbelievable-miss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/444842\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Nelly Korda Feels Women\u2019s TGL Indoor League Is an \u2018Unbelievable Miss\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5j\">Nelly Korda didn\u2019t hold back.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5m\">The world No. 2 was asked about joining <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/golf\/lpga-announces-launch-wtgl-womens-indoor-golf-league\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WTGL, the tech-infused women\u2019s golf league<\/a> that mimics TGL and is set to debut next winter. However, as she weighs her decision, she feels the league has missed a big opportunity to grow women\u2019s golf.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5s\">\u201cI have mixed feelings on it if I\u2019m being very honest,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/golfweek.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/golf\/lpga\/2026\/01\/27\/nelly-korda-tgl-wtgl-split-huge-unbelievable-miss\/88379482007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Korda told Golfweek<\/a> ahead of the LPGA\u2019s season-opening Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions, \u201cand I\u2019m surprised no other girls have, or no one\u2019s really spoken out about it. I think it\u2019s a huge and unbelievable miss that we\u2019re not playing alongside the men. There\u2019s no greater way to grow the game, and it would have been revolutionary. It would have been the first time, I think, that men and women are on the same playing field, playing for the same exact amount of money. But I also think it&#8217;s great that we are getting this opportunity, so that\u2019s my mixed feelings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5v\">Some of WTGL\u2019s early commitments are world No. 1 Jeeno Thitikul, Charley Hull of England, Lydia Ko of New Zealand, Brooke Henderson, Lexi Thompson, Rose Zhang and Lottie Woad.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5y\">TGL, founded by Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and former NBC Sports executive Mike McCarley, is in its second season and has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/golf\/tgl-ratings-down-season-2-context-needed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">yielded a steady audience on ESPN and ABC<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"61\">WTGL, like TGL, will be played at the SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., a few hours from Korda\u2019s home. But she\u2019s undecided if she\u2019ll join the league.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"64\">\u201cI\u2019m just still weighing out the time commitment,\u201d Korda said. \u201cI just haven&#8217;t really thought about it too much, because I&#8217;ve been really focused on trying to get ready for this season. I think logistically, they&#8217;re still trying to figure some stuff out, so I will just weigh out my options in the near future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"67\">Despite the sour taste in her mouth about not playing alongside the men, though, Korda still believes WTGL will add exposure to the LPGA.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6a\">\u201cI don&#8217;t think that there&#8217;s a downside,\u201d she said, \u201cI just think that it would have been even greater to have both of them together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More Golf on Sports Illustrated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nelly Korda didn\u2019t hold back.\u00a0 The world No. 2 was asked about joining WTGL, the tech-infused women\u2019s golf&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444843,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-444842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}