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McIlroy, Scheffler to encounter DeChambeau, Koepka in PGA Tour-LIV showdown

.Sign Schlabach, ESPN Senior Citizen WriterSep 4, 2024, 10:06 AM ETCloseSenior college football article writer.Author of 7 books on college soccer.Grad of the College of GeorgiaFans will not have to wait until the Masters in April to see golfers coming from the PGA Tour and LIV Golf Game contend in the very same event.PGA Scenic tour stars Rory McIlroy and also Scottie Scheffler have accepted encounter LIV Golf's Bryson DeChambeau as well as Brooks Koepka in a made-for-TV suit in Las Vegas in mid-December." I'm enjoyed companion with Scottie in what promises to become an amazing battle versus Bryson and Brooks in Las Vega this December," McIlroy informed Golfweek. "This isn't only a competition between several of golf's significant champions it is actually a celebration designed to vitalize the followers. Our experts're all listed here to apply a fantastic program and result in a goodwill activity that brings the most effective with each other once more." Editor's Picks1 RelatedBlake Johnson, who represents Scheffler and also Koepka, verified those players' involvement to ESPN." Brooks and Scottie are actually really excited to be a component of this unique event as well as expect discussing more soon," Johnson said.There have actually been 9 previous models of the made-for-TV show, which debuted in 2018 with Tiger Forest battling rival Phil Mickelson. NFL quarterbacks Peyton Manning, Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady and also Patrick Mahomes, past NBA star Charles Barkley, and others have contended in the unlikely event as well.In one of the most current previous suit on Feb. 26, McIlroy and Maximum Homa took on LPGA stars Lexi Thompson as well as Rose Zhang.The PGA Scenic Tour and LIV Golf League have spent the past three years competing for the best golf enthusiasts in the world. The PGA Scenic tour continues to bargain along with Saudi Arabia's Public Mutual fund, which finances LIV Golf, about a potential expenditure, which may deliver the broken sporting activity together again.The PGA Trip and LIV Golf are anticipated to become different facilities in 2025. PGA Trip commissioner Jay Monahan has actually forbidden LIV Golf Game gamers, a number of whom are past PGA Scenic tour members, from contending in his circuit's celebrations.