“This is golf. But it’s not traditional golf,” said Tiger Woods, one of the co-founders of TMRW Sports that created the new simulator-based stadium golf concept that premiered Tuesday night on ESPN and other media outlets around the world. “It’s hard to believe this dream came to reality, and we’re going to take golf into the next stratosphere.”

The Bay GC claimed the first match of the inaugural TGL season, a 9-2 win over New York GC, with Shane Lowry, Ludvig Åberg and Wyndham Clark playing like they were in a major. Xander Schauffele, Matt Fitzpatrick and Rickie Fowler, meanwhile, played like they were hitting into a simulator.

The first match of the new TGL was a one-sided affair lacking true suspense. But there wasn't any disappointment or sad faces to be found after Bay Golf Club rolled to a 9-2 victory over New York Golf Club on Tuesday night in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

Xander Schauffele leads New York Golf Club vs The Bay Golf Club and Wyndham Clark in the TGL opening match. Here are betting odds in Tiger Woods' golf league.

After a one-year delay, the new tech-infused indoor golf league created by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy finally launched on Tuesday in Florida under bright lights in primetime, ushering in what organisers hope is a new chapter for the sport.