Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy’s TGL venture is going from strength to strength.Fresh off the back of a $1 billion-plus valuation for the parent company in a funding round, ESPN has agreed a multi-year extension to its TV deal.Woods can compete more frequently indoorsGetty“TGL has given golf something genuinely new, with top PGA Tour players competing in a fast-paced, made-for-primetime team format that puts fans closer to the action than ever before,” said ESPN executive vice president of programming and acquisitions Rosalyn Durant. “Our extended agreement ensures we will continue to showcase the best players in the game and continue the momentum of the league’s first two seasons together.”Indoor golf in a giant simulator had its doubters, but they have been quickly silenced and the names keeping coming.While LIV Golf is on life support, TGL is flying and Brooks Koepka is the latest star to sign up.Season three has seen the Motor City expansion franchise added, with Koepka joining the team.Women will also feature for the first time in their own league as Charley Hull, Lexi Thompson, and Jeeno Thitikul add to a star-studded field.TGL averaged just over 500,000 viewers in season two — a slight dip from its debut.Over the course of the campaign 21.782 million people tuned in, which was an eight percent increase over 2024.When is the next season of TGL?ESPN clearly saw enough to sign up for more, especially as the indoor league fills a gap ion the calendar.Season three gets under way on December 27 at the SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens.The great is still the biggest draw in golfGettyMcIlroy’s bet on indoor golf has paid offGettyWTGL begins on November 8 and concludes on December 22.Woods’ appearances have been a massive draw for TGL and may soon be his main focus.The all-time great is extremely unlikely to meet the PGA Tour’s new requirements to play at the highest level in 2028.A Career Milestone Exemption allows top 50 players from the all-time money list to choose a one-time, one-year exemption to play in the Championship Series .Woods is second, but there is also a minimum requirement of playing in 15 PGA Tour events in 2027 – a tough ask for the 50-year-old afetr numerous major surgeries.“I think Tiger might be SOL. There ain’t no chance Tiger’s playing 15 or more events in 2027,” Golf Insider’s Dan Rapaport said.“I don’t think that Tiger would be eligible to play in, I don’t really see a path to him playing in the Championship Series in 2028.“There’s no chance in hell he plays 15 events in 2027. So I guess, I mean, Tiger might be finished playing the top-level PGA Tour events.”