The Bay Golf Club

What The Bay Golf Club does

The Bay Golf Club is a professional golf franchise and one of the six inaugural teams in TGL (Tomorrow's Golf League), a tech-driven indoor team golf league presented by SoFi. Founded in 2024 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the team represents the Bay Area market and fields four PGA TOUR players — Ludvig Åberg, Wyndham Clark, Min Woo Lee, and Shane Lowry. The franchise competes at SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, using a simulator-based format rather than a traditional outdoor course.

The franchise does not develop or sell independent products, software platforms, or proprietary technology; its commercial identity is built on its brand, geographic affiliation with the Bay Area, and its player roster within the centralized TGL league structure. The TGL format itself relies on simulator technology for shot execution and scoring, but the technology stack is owned and operated at the league level rather than by individual franchises. The Bay Golf Club has no disclosed mobile applications, APIs, or integrations.

Revenue mechanics are not disclosed in available sources. The franchise received a single funding round from APEX Capital (undisclosed amount) in 2025 and operates with 11-50 employees. Its go-to-market is structurally embedded in the TGL broadcast, live-event, and league-sponsorship ecosystem, with SoFi as presenting partner and merchandise distributed via the league-operated TGL shop. The franchise's economic capture depends on league-level revenue-sharing arrangements that are not publicly documented.

Name

The Bay Golf Club

Legal name

The Bay Golf Club

Website

https://tglgolf.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Bay Golf Club is a professional golf franchise founded in 2024 as one of the inaugural teams in TGL (Tomorrow's Golf League). Headquartered in San Francisco, it represents the Bay Area and fields PGA TOUR players Ludvig Åberg, Wyndham Clark, Min Woo Lee, and Shane Lowry.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Sports Franchise

NAICS

Sports Teams and Clubs (711211), Spectator Sports (71121)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997)

akta.pro primary industry

Golf Clubs & Tournament-Host Clubs (Professional/Elite Golf Clubs) (MPAKABAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Golf Tours & Professional Circuits (MPAKAAAK)

Keywords

• Professional golf team
• Team golf league
• Sports franchise
• Golf competition
• TGL franchise

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Core offering

The Bay Golf Club is a professional golf team franchise that competes on behalf of the San Francisco Bay Area in TGL, an indoor team golf league presented by SoFi. The club fields four PGA TOUR professionals (Ludvig Åberg, Wyndham Clark, Min Woo Lee, and Shane Lowry) who play league match-play fixtures at the SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The club itself does not market or sell independent commercial products or services beyond its franchise participation in the league.

Product overview

The Bay Golf Club is a professional golf team competing in TGL (Tech Golf League), a tech-driven indoor team golf league that uses a golf simulator for competition. The Bay Golf Club represents the Bay Area of California and features PGA TOUR players Ludvig Åberg, Wyndham Clark, Min Woo Lee, and Shane Lowry. The team competes at SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The Bay Golf Club does not appear to offer independent products or services — it is a sports franchise team within the TGL league structure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• TGL League Team Competition (The Bay Golf Club franchise) Fielding four PGA TOUR professionals (Ludvig Åberg, Wyndham Clark, Min Woo Lee, Shane Lowry) to compete in TGL indoor team match-play fixtures at SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, on behalf of Bay Area fans and viewers of the TGL broadcast product.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Atlanta Drive GC: Atlanta-based founding TGL team. Direct peer in the same league format, representing a different major U.S. metro market with comparable elite PGA TOUR roster economics.
• Jupiter Links Golf Club: Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy's TGL franchise based in Jupiter, Florida. It is a direct peer as a fellow founding TGL team competing in the same league with the same format, player-pool structure, and centralized Florida venue model.
• Motor City Golf Club: Detroit-based TGL franchise introduced alongside The Bay Golf Club as part of the league's expanding team lineup. Direct peer operating under identical league economics and format.
• New York Golf Club: New York-based founding TGL franchise. Direct peer with same league structure, targeting a marquee U.S. metro and overlapping national sponsorship inventory.
• Los Angeles Golf Club: Los Angeles-based founding TGL franchise. Direct peer competing in identical TGL format with comparable elite PGA TOUR player roster, vying for similar West Coast sponsorship and fan monetization.
• Boston Common Golf: Boston-based founding TGL franchise. Direct peer in league, format, and franchise economics, competing for the same audience and sponsorship pools.

Broad incumbents

• LIV Golf: Saudi-backed rival professional golf league with team-based format. Broad incumbent competing for elite players, sponsorships, and fan attention that directly shapes TGL's growth runway and player-pool economics.
• PGA TOUR: The dominant professional men's golf organization and the parent tour for The Bay Golf Club's players. Broad incumbent governing the sport's calendar, prize pools, and broadcast rights that frame TGL's competitive landscape.
• Topgolf: Largest tech-enabled, social indoor golf entertainment operator. Broad incumbent in the tech-meets-golf consumer category that TGL is attempting to professionalize, providing a comparable but consumer-facing precedent.

Emerging players

• Drive Shack: Owner-operator of indoor golf entertainment venues (Puttery, Drive Shack). Emerging player in the tech-driven indoor golf space that shares TGL's underlying thesis of monetizing golf through entertainment formats.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/thebaygolf

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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