While selling limited tickets for $160 to watch a new golf league in Palm Beach Gardens, the league is also paying people to fill seats.
A spokesperson for TGL, Tomorrow’s Golf League, said the league is looking for “seat fillers” who will be compensated with payments and free gear.
According to an online page to ask the actors, the practice is used for awards or television special exhibitions, so the audience does not see any empty seat.
“We have a small and intimate place and, as an awards exhibition, we use seat fillings for, you know, fill the seats,” said Adam Freifeld, a league transmission communications spokesman, in a text message for WPTV .
He also said that the headquarters will be used for 3 days of practice session matches for transmission tests. Also “actors” in the stands to register an opening for the matches on Monday night.
The league, created by a company called TMRW Sports, along with Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, is starting its inaugural season on Monday. It features six teams of PGA Tour golfers with owners worth billions, including the co-founder of Home Depot, Arthur Blank; the co-founder of Reddit, Alexis Ohanian; and hedge fund manager Steven Cohen.
Players include various PGA Tour players including well-established popular golfers like Rickie Fowler, Collin Morikawa and Justin Thomas. The league also features younger stars like Tom Kim, Sahith Theegala and Ludvig Åberg.
Mcilroy and Woods, possibly the maximum popular players on the tour, also play in the league. Mayos are also owners of their respective groups.
All of the games for the league are hosted at the SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens. The arena includes a 64-foot x 53-foot golf simulator where players hit shots from areas with real grass, fairway, rough and sand for tee and approach shots.
Once a player is less than 50 meters away, it is becoming green. According to TGL, the green is 22,475 square feet with a 41 -yard plate. This allows the simulator of its topography and replaces the angles of the technique.
WPTV contacted the league after a 3rd party, a corporate founded in Orlando called Penguin Entertainment, published advertisements for “enthusiastic golfing spectators” for a live sporting occasion in Palm Beach Gardens.
People who want to apply to become a seat filler can email [email protected].