After an emotional 2024 season, four-time major champion Rory McIlroy seems to be enjoying some time off. The golfer was recently spotted at the Las Vegas Grand Prix qualifying on Friday as he hung out with the Alpine F1 team.
Last year, McIlroy expanded his net worth by investing in the Alpine F1 team. He would join other notable athletes such as Anthony Joshua, Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, Trent Alexander-Arnold, and Juan Moto to invest in this sport.
At that time, the golfer claimed he was a big fan of F1 and claimed golf could “learn” a bit from F1 in terms of some of the set-up stuff. At the Las Vegas Grand Prix, he was seen spending time in the Alpine garage before the race on Saturday.
🚨📸🏎️ #PHOTOS — Rory McIlroy, an @AlpineF1Team investor is in Vegas for Las Vegas Grand Prix. @TrackingRory pic.twitter.com/WnXx3Y6q4s
— NUCLR GOLF (@NUCLRGOLF) November 23, 2024
In the qualifying race, Pierre Gasly secured third place on the grid while Esteban Ocon took 11th place. Unfortunately, they were unable to keep up the momentum on Saturday night.
Gasly had to retire from the race and got a did not finish result. Whereas, Ocon came in 17th place. George Russell clinched the Las Vegas Grand Prix with an amazing performance while Max Verstappen claimed his fourth world title.
Rory McIlroy offers first glimpse of TGL simulator ahead of inaugural 2025 season
The 2025 season will be an important one for Rory McIlroy. While he will resume his chase for a fifth major championship, one of his projects will also kick-off. The TGL Golf owned by McIlroy and Tiger Woods will kick off in January next year. Ahead of this anticipated event, McIlroy offered the first glimpse of the TGL simulator.
In a video shared by the Boston Common Golf, the team of McIlroy, the North Irishman could be seen describing the hole and called the pools cool.
He would later try out several shots and seemed impressed with his shots and the technology.
a sneak peek at @McIlroyRory’s first thoughts after playing a @TGL hole this past summer 👀
📍TGL Performance Lab pic.twitter.com/ddRUZwMEtN
— Boston Common Golf (@commongolf) November 21, 2024
McIlroy will team up with Adam Scott, Hideki Matsuyama, and Keegan Bradley in the first season of the TGL. They will take part in five regular matches with their first game being against Woods’ Jupiter Links Golf Club.
The TGL was originally scheduled to take place in January 2024. However, damages to their roof last year saw the event being delayed by one year.