More Watch Woods' TGL Debut Than NBA

Over a million tune in to witness legend's return to competitive golf since July's Open

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MIAMI - Tiger Woods was routed at his own game on Jan 14, but his defeat was still more appealing to sports fans than the National Basketball Association (NBA).

The golf great's Tomorrow's Golf League (TGL) debut was watched by more than one million viewers, up 9 per cent from the league's first match last week and more than the NBA viewership on TNT.

For the second consecutive week, the TGL produced a one-sided match with Woods' Jupiter Links Golf Club falling 12-1 to the Los Angeles Golf Club. Albeit in the new virtual golf league, it marked the 15-time Major champion's first competitive golf event since missing the cut at the British Open in July 2024.

The match peaked at 1.13 million viewers from 8.30pm to 8.45pm Eastern Time, according to the Sports Business Journal. It technically ended at 8.50pm and the telecast ended at 9.18pm.

Head to head, the NBA game between Cleveland Cavaliers and Indiana Pacers on TNT attracted 956,000 viewers, followed by 853,000 tuned in to the Denver Nuggets v Dallas Mavericks game that started at 9.35pm.