PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Tiger Woods was the sixth and final player to emerge from the tunnel and onto the field in his TGL debut Tuesday night.

Nobody announced his name. Wasn’t necessary.

Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger” blared and that was more than enough introduction for perhaps golf’s greatest player. It’s not that anyone at Palm Beach State College’s SoFi Center didn’t know who Woods was, and most probably even knew how he, Rory McIlroy and others spent years trying to make this idea of ​​indoor golf on television a reality let.

“It’s a reality now,” Woods said.

Week 2 of the TGL was Tuesday night – Woods, along with Jupiter Links Golf Club’s Kevin Kisner and Max Homa, competed against Los Angeles Golf Club’s Justin Rose, Collin Morikawa and Sahith Theegala.

The final result: Los Angeles 12, Jupiter 1 in 15-hole team play, designed specifically for television and featuring nine holes of three-way play with alternate shots, followed by six holes of singles play – two holes for each player on each team. Woods was smiling the entire time, despite the lopsided score. The format is such that he only took 20 shots over the course of the game, which lasted just over two hours.

Woods’ team quickly found itself on the wrong side of the scoreboard, losing 5-0. Things could have been worse if Woods hadn’t made an 8-footer for par to help his team to a tie on the fifth hole. That putt came one hole after Woods missed a 7-footer to the left.

“It’s about time, Tiger,” tennis legend Serena Williams said on the ESPN broadcast. Williams is a longtime friend of Woods, so she campaigned for him – and she’s part of the Los Angeles Golf Club ownership group, so she campaigned against him at the same time.

There were classic Woods moments, like staring down shots he liked while the super-high-tech video boards told where the ball would have gone outdoors. There were also frustrating ones; He shook his head after throwing a 101-yard wedge into the water on the second hole of the 15-hole game – while son Charlie, sitting in one of the seats in the arena overlooking the golf course, couldn’t help but laugh could resist.

Williams sat in the Los Angeles box just to the right of the players’ teeing areas and enjoyed the spectacle of walk-out introductions, light and smoke shows and blaring music.

“It’s so wild,” Williams said. “It’s something you see a little bit in tennis. We see it all the time in basketball, right? We don’t see it that often in golf. Actually, we never see that in golf. It’s so good, kind of.” See their personality and see how they shine as golfers… It’s so cool to see a new aspect.