This week's debut of Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy 's indoor golf league drew nearly a million viewers on ESPN, according to Nielsen numbers reported Thursday by Front Office Sports. Even though the TGL co-founders were not in action, Tuesday night's broadcast attracted an average of 919,000 viewers during the 9-11 p.m. ET time slot.

TGL, the tech-infused indoor golf league brought to you by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, has teed off at last. And the verdict: Good start! The Bay GC claimed the first match of the inaugural TGL season over New York GC,

After years of anticipation, the high-tech indoor golf league spearheaded by two of the sport’s modern greats is finally ready to tee off Tuesday night.