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Tiger Woods Lures in Four Other F1 Drivers in Addition to Champ Lewis Hamilton As Latest Golf Venture Takes Off

Published 11/03/2022, 5:08 AM EDT

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F1 is a widely popular sport and the craze continues to increase with every passing year. More and more groups, businesses and ventures want the F1 drivers to join hands with them.
The latest one is TMRW sports. Hamilton was the first F1 driver to join the company as an investor, but now a handful of F1 drivers are getting lured by the TMRW sports and want to invest in their future plans.

The golf star duo Tiger woods and Rory Mcllroy announced their startup in August. Many athletes were quick to join them. The likes of Stephen Curry, Serena Williams, Sidney Crosby came on the list which was released by the company Wednesday morning.

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With Lewis Hamilton already having joined in as an investor, there are four more F1 drivers who want to join in as the investors for the group. Carlos Sainz, Mark Webber, Lando Norris and Alex Alben are the ones to show their interest. Stars from NFL are also on the list, there’s Josh Allen of Buffalo Bills and future NFL Hall-of-Famer Larry Fitzgerald.

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The figures of investments are still not disclosed but one thing is clear that each of them wants to encourage more and more athletes. Appreciating the investors, Mike McCarley, TMRW CEO said, “From the very beginning our plan has been to partner with the best-in-class in every way imaginable. Tiger, Rory, and I value the support of this unrivaled team of investors, advisors, and ambassadors who believe in our vision to harness technology to create progressive approaches to sports.”

When the major sporting stars are coming in together to invest, the company must have something really special to offer.

Mike McCarley explains major reason why Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy started TMRW sports

The idea to start the company was solely the growth and development of sports, the area of progress being, sports, media and entertainment. TMRW sports will organize a high-tech golf league which will have six teams of three PGA tour players competing one on one. The setting will involve a live audience and full swinging shots.

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The series will set afloat in January 2024. To make it more interesting, the series would have semi final and finals on a regular season basis. The third founder of the company who’ll also serve as a CEO, Mike McCarley explains the major goals by saying “to make the sports more accessible for as many people as possible.”

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He further added to expand potential opportunities with the help of athletes. He said, “Their combined broad reach and cultural relevance will expand potential opportunities and fanbases for TMRW projects. Plus, many share a passion for golf that only adds more fuel to TGL, our first project in partnership with the PGA Tour.”

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The great initiative is welcomed by every sports fan and the TMRW sports will hope to get much more investors to achieve what they have aimed for.

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Aditya Srivastava is an F1 Author at EssentiallySports. Although he has completed his undergrad in History, due to his passion for the field, he couldn't hold himself back from entering the world of Sports Journalism. Being a huge fan of Formula 1, Aditya has taken up multiple internships and freelancing gigs where he got to pen down his thoughts about the most prestigious form of motor racing in the world.
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