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TGL Golf Stars Share Their New Year’s Resolutions Ahead of Season

TGL Golf Stars Share Their New Year's Resolutions Ahead of Season
TGL starts the year with honest New Year's resolutions from its stars – from coffee machines to character reflections. (Source: X@TGL)

At the turn of the year, TGL reveals the New Year’s resolutions of its star players before their match day.

Entering its second season, the TGL continues its innovative approach: six teams, each with four top PGA Tour players, compete in a 3-on-3 format. Matches take place indoors at the SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, a nearly 250,000-square-foot high-tech facility seating about 1,600 spectators. Instead of traditional 18-hole rounds, each match consists of 15 holes, divided into two segments: nine holes in team play (‘Triples’) and six in direct singles competition (‘Singles’). The season features five regular matches per team followed by playoffs including semifinals and a best-of-three final. Scoring is modeled after the NHL, including bonuses for overtime.

New Year’s Resolutions: Coffee, Character, and Continuity at TGL

This platform also brings familiar faces together on the course, and at the start of the new season, TGL offers insights into players’ personal resolutions, ranging from small lifestyle tweaks to significant self-improvement goals. Chris Gotterup adopted a practical resolution: to make coffee at home instead of visiting Starbucks or Dunkin’ daily. The machine is ready, but he’s still learning how to use it. Billy Horschel set a broader goal to become a better version of himself, particularly off the golf course.

Xander Schauffele Prefers No Resolutions

Xander Schauffele kept it brief. ‘I don’t do resolutions. I’m just me,’ he said dryly, embodying a no-show attitude. Horschel was impressed: ‘We’d all like to be Xander,’ he joked. Schauffele replied deadpan: ‘I’m not sure… maybe you’d be happier.’

Michael Thorbjornsen expressed a clear wish: to play more tournaments with Collin Morikawa. Morikawa liked the idea but had no resolution of his own yet. Sahith Theegala was concise: ‘Stay injury-free. Don’t play badly.’ And Justin Rose? He reflected on past resolutions that didn’t stick and vowed to change that this year: ‘No more years where I fail to keep my resolutions.’