The WTGL has secured another headline name for its inaugural season of simulation golf.
Michelle Wie West, the 2014 U.S. Women’s Open champion, is “coming out of retirement” to join the WTGL according to the league.
A five-time winner on the LPGA Tour and a part owner of the Los Angeles Golf Club, Wie West, 35, has been retired from professional golf since 2023. She gave birth to her second child in 2024.
Wie West joins Jeeno Thitikul, Charlye Hull, Lydia Ko, Lottie Woad, Brooke Henderson, Rose Zhang and Lexi Thompson among the WTGL’s roster.
LPGA commissioner Craig Kessler and TMRW Sports CEO Mike McCarley announced the formation of the WTGL in a press conference on Tuesday, Jan. 6, unveiling a plan to bring together the world’s best female golfers for a televised, modern take on competition golf.
McCarley said the WTGL will be a very similar product to what golf fans have gotten to know through the first two seasons of the TGL. Franchises will have city-based names and McCarley said owners from existing TGL teams have already reached out regarding WTGL opportunities.
Eric J. Wallace is deputy sports editor for The Palm Beach Post. He can be reached at ejwallace@gannett.com.
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Reporting by Eric J. Wallace, Palm Beach Post / Palm Beach Post
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