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TGL format takes page from basketball with shot clock, timeouts and referees

A 40-second shot clock will aim to slow play in the tech-infused golf league led by Tiger and Rory.

Like a leaking faucet, the slow drip of news from Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy’s new tech-infused golf league continued on Monday with more updates to its unique format.

Last week, TGL released its competition format, but this week the league announced that matches would feature a shot clock, timeouts and a referee. That’s right, slow play haters, a shot clock is coming to golf.

Players will have 40 seconds to hit a shot, or else a shot clock violation will incur a one-stroke penalty. Each team will have four timeouts per match, two for each session of play. Similar to the NFL, there is no rollover of unused timeouts, and teams cannot call consecutive timeouts during a single shot.

The league also stated a referee “with experience with timeouts, shot clocks, and the dynamics of team sports” will be on hand, which would hint at a basketball referee. A rules of golf official will also be in a booth to monitor the action. The referee and booth official will be responsible for managing and enforcing the shot clock.

“Instituting a shot clock and timeouts will help make matches entertaining, fast-paced, and exciting for sports fans,” said Mike McCarley, CEO and founder of TMRW Sports and TGL. “These elements also add another level of strategy for the players in how they approach team decisions similar to other sports,”

Six teams of four PGA Tour players will compete in 15 regular season matches, starting Jan. 9, 2024, followed by semifinals and finals matches all at a high-tech short-game complex that was purpose-built on the campus of Palm Beach State College in Florida.

The two competing teams will name their three players ahead of each match, and all six will be mic’d up during the competition. While some teams have already been announced, full team rosters, names, brands and front-office staff will all be announced later this year.

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Oklahoma HS shot clock debate in focus after 4-2 basketball game (yes, that was the score)

An Oklahoma high school boys basketball game ended with a score of 4-2, renewing debate about the lack of shot clock in the state.

The tweet reads: “Eagles win the offensive shootout against Anadarko.” The graphic in the post shows boys basketball players and a final score of 4-2.

For a moment, you think the graphic editor made a mistake before blasting out the tweet. Either the sport is wrong or the score is wrong. Then you re-read the photo caption and you realize the line is a joke and that the 4-2 score is, in fact, the score of a basketball game.

Twenty-seven days after the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association voted against implementing a shot clock, the Weatherford (Okla.) High School boys basketball team outlasted the Anadarko (Okla.) High School’s team in perhaps the lowest scoring game in the nation this season.

A sped-up video shows the affair, with Anadarko spending the majority of the time holding the ball.

At the end of the first quarter: The score was tied at zero. By halftime, Weatherford had taken a 2-0 lead after a pair of free throws made by sophomore C.J. Nickson with about 7:30 to play in the second quarter, according to MaxPreps. Zero field goals were made in the first half.

In the third quarter, Weatherford broke open the game by taking a 4-0 lead on what looks to be the first possession of the half. Anadarko held the ball for most or all of the rest of the quarter and did not increase its urgency to score in the fourth quarter, continuing to play keep-away. The only time the Warriors scored was on a fast break with about 2:30 to play.

According to MaxPreps, both teams attempted four shots. Three of the Anadarko shots were 3-point attempts. Weatherford had just one rebound, and Nickson scored all four points for the Eagles.

Twitter’s reaction was not unanimous: Some people said that this was proof the state needs a shot clock, while others argued that the two-win Anadarko team was simply implementing the best strategy it could to take down the now-19-1 Weatherford team. Isn’t the point to win? Or is it to challenge the athletes to develop?

On Jan. 11, a motion that would have implemented a shot clock beginning in the 2024-25 season from Classes 3A to 6A in Oklahoma was denied, according to KOCO.

The debate will rage on.

Tipoff Classic to feature first shot clock in Georgia HS hoops history

Georgia will be implementing the first shot clock in the state’s history at the Hawks-Naismith Tipoff Classic.

Come Friday the 12 Georgia-based high school basketball teams competing in the Hawks-Naismith Tipoff Classic will have to be intentional on offense because for the first time in the state’s history, the Georgia High School Association has approved the experimental use of a 30-second shot clock.

The Tipoff Classic, which runs from Nov. 15-16 at Pace Academy (Atlanta), is the first of six events that will implement the shot clock this season.

Currently just eight states – New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Washington, California, Maryland, North Dakota and South Dakota – use shot clocks in high school games.

ESPN National Recruiting Director for Basketball Paul Biancardi has long been outspoken about implementing a shot block in high school basketball and said he was “thrilled” to see another state experiment with it.

“I am excited beyond belief about the progressive and collaborative efforts from both the Atlanta Hawks and The Atlanta Tipoff Club to implement a shot clock during the Hawks-Naismith Tipoff Classic,” said ESPN National Recruiting Director for Basketball Paul Biancardi. “After coaching college basketball for more than 20 years, I am thrilled to see this premier event make this change on behalf of the players, coaches and fans. The high school game is moving towards a national shot clock. In the meantime, I believe that the rest of the country will model this concept.”

Pace Academy coach Sharman White, whose team will host and participate in the event, said he doesn’t anticipate the shot clock being a major adjustment for his team since they regularly implement it in practice to create the uptempo style they like to play.

“I’m confident that our guys will be ready because they’re used to it,” said White, a former ALL-USA Coach of the Year who has won seven state titles. “I love it. I think it’s a move in the right direction for Georgia and even the country.”

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