{"id":417683,"date":"2026-01-20T00:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T00:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/417683\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T00:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T00:36:07","slug":"world-no-1-highlights-first-five-players-named-as-part-of-wgtl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/417683\/","title":{"rendered":"World No. 1 highlights first five players named as part of WGTL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The WTGL is getting something the TGL doesn\u2019t currently have: the world No. 1.<\/p>\n<p>Thailand\u2019s Jeeno Thitikul was announced Monday as one of five initial players for TMRW Sports\u2019 new women\u2019s indoor golf league. She\u2019ll be joined by Lexi Thompson, who was part of the WGTL\u2019s unveiling, as well as Lydia Ko, Charley Hull and Brooke Henderson.<\/p>\n<p>The inaugural WGTL season is set to begin this winter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWTGL will be a global stage to showcase LPGA Tour stars, and this first wave of committed players represents that opportunity with some of the world\u2019s best,\u201d said Mike McCarley, founder and CEO of TMRW Sports. \u201cThese players will thrive in WTGL\u2019s competitive environment as fans will witness their skill and connect more deeply with their personalities through the unprecedented access the league delivers with every player mic\u2019d in the modern match play team format.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The WTGL is getting something the TGL doesn\u2019t currently have: the world No. 1. Thailand\u2019s Jeeno Thitikul was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417684,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-417683","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}