“Tiger Woods Sees Me Like A Little Brother”: Rory McIlroy Reveals Just How Close He Is to Legendary Golfer

Rory McIlroy almost matched the legendary Tiger Woods skillset during his early professional golf career years. He recorded 24 PGA Tour and 16 DP World Tour titles including four major titles. Both of them had been pretty vocal about each other in public and backed them during their respective worst times.

The Northern Irishman recently gave an interview in a podcast, , on YouTube. McIlroy spoke about multiple topics such as his major victories, his stance on , his relationship with Tiger Woods, and their upcoming tech based league called TGL. Advertisement described his bond with the 15 time major champion, .

He shared how the legendary golfer had been nice to his family and him. He stated that Woods had been so influential on him that he sometimes felt that the latter looked out to him as a “little brother”. Advertisement Rory McIlroy recalled his interactions with the legendary golfer at the home of Tiger Woods.

He said that learning golf skills from the 82 time PGA Tour champion was real luck and he was fortunate to have him on his side. “It’s Going to Replace What the NFL” – Rory McIlroy Digs Deeper About His Upcoming TGL With Tiger Woods Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods were all set to launch the first season of their upcoming tech based league, the in January 2024.

However, after a power supply failure in the SoFi Center caused the arena to collapse, the planned league was postponed to 2025. While speaking in the podcast, , on YouTube, Rory McIlroy revealed that the TGL would aim to kick off the PGA Tour weekend and will be a “Prime Time” show in America. It would run exactly after an NFL match stops on television.

Advertisement Rory McIlroy explained how the upcoming TGL would have six teams with four players each. He added that it would be played in an indoor arena and that the technology would make it more interactive for the Television viewership. With the kind of bond, Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods share with each other, it would be interesting to see how their newly planned tech based TGL would perform when it commences.

In a press release shared by them earlier in November 2023, they revealed that the tech based league would have its inaugural season sometime around early 2025. Advertisement.