Fans won’t have to wait until the Masters in April to watch golfers from the PGA Tour and LIV Golf League compete in the same event.
PGA Tour stars Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler have agreed to face LIV Golf’s Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka in a made-for-TV match in Las Vegas in mid-December.
“I’m very excited to be working with Scottie in what promises to be an exciting duel against Bryson and Brooks in Vegas this December,” McIlroy told Golfweek. “This is not just a competition between some of golf’s greatest champions; it’s an event designed to empower the fans. We’re all here to put on a great show and participate in a fun event that brings together the best of the best.”
Blake Smith, who represents Scheffler and Koepka, confirmed the participation of those players to ESPN.
“Brooks and Scottie are very excited to be a part of this unique event and look forward to sharing it with others soon,” said Smith.
There have been nine previous iterations of the made-for-TV show, which began in 2018 with Tiger Woods battling rival Phil Mickelson. NFL quarterbacks Peyton Manning, Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes, former NBA star Charles Barkley, and others have competed in this event.
In the most recent game last Feb. 26, McIlroy and Max Homa compete against LPGA stars Lexi Thompson and Rose Zhang.
The PGA Tour and LIV Golf League have spent the past three years pitting the world’s best golfers against each other. The PGA Tour continues to negotiate with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, which finances LIV Golf, about possible investments, which could include these broken games as well.
The PGA Tour and LIV Golf are expected to be separate entities by 2025. PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan banned LIV Golf League players, many of whom were former PGA Tour members, from competing in events on his circuit.
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