Former US women’s soccer star Alex Morgan’s Trybe Ventures will be the lead capital partner for the Women’s Team Golf League (WTGL), a newly announced women’s indoor team golf league set to debut in winter 2026–27. The investment brings together an all-female collective.
TMRW Sports, co-founded by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, has secured Trybe Ventures as the lead capital partner for its women’s indoor team golf league. The announcement positions women’s golf for significant growth through an innovative format that mirrors the successful men’s TGL (Team Golf League) launched in 2025.
From pitch to boardroom
Alex Morgan, 36, is one of the most decorated players in US women’s football history, with two World Cup titles (2015, 2019) and an Olympic gold medal (2012). Since retiring from professional football, she has moved into sports investment through Trybe Ventures, which she co-founded. She was already an investor in TMRW Sports and TGL’s Los Angeles Golf Club.
Morgan sees women’s golf positioned for the same explosive growth that women’s basketball and football have experienced in recent years. “I really do think women’s golf has this massive opportunity to just blow up in the way that – over the last few years – we’ve seen in basketball and soccer in the US,” Morgan told Front Office Sports. “Just with the valuations of the teams, the expansion.”
Financial details of the initial WTGL investment round were not disclosed. TMRW Sports was valued at $500 million (€479 million) during a 2024 investment round.
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Investment collective spans business and sports
Beyond Morgan, Trybe Ventures’ investment group includes notable figures from finance, technology and sports: Linnea Roberts of GingerBread Capital (a former Goldman Sachs partner), Jenny Just of Peak6 Investments, Susan Lyne of BBG Ventures (a former media and entertainment executive), Jen Mackesy of World Sevens Football and co-owner of Gotham FC and Chelsea Football Club, and Ellie Rubenstein of Manna Tree.
Mia Hamm and Abby Wambach, both US football World Cup and Olympic champions, round out the investment group. Hamm is widely considered one of the greatest players in women’s football history, while Wambach is the former all-time leading scorer in international football (men’s and women’s) with 184 goals.
The investment group’s composition signals a shift in how women’s sports properties attract capital – through networks of female investors with deep pockets and strategic expertise, rather than relying primarily on male-dominated investment firms.
Franchise model mirrors TGL structure
Like TGL, WTGL plans to sell franchises to individual ownership groups. The men’s league attracted major businesspeople who own teams across top US sports leagues, including Arthur Blank (Atlanta Falcons owner), Steve Cohen (New York Mets owner), David Blitzer (Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils owner) and Marc Lasry (former Milwaukee Bucks owner). Some TGL owners could potentially purchase WTGL franchises.
Morgan left the door open for additional investment at the team level. “I wouldn’t rule out anything at the team level right now,” she said, though her initial focus will be building WTGL at the league level.
