Top stars from the PGA Tour and LIV Golf are coming together … at least for one mid-December night in Las Vegas. The PGA Tour’s Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy are set to take on LIV Golf’s Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka in a made-for-TV match dubbed The Showdown.
The 18-hole match-play competition is scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 17 at Shadow Creek Golf Club in Las Vegas.
This won’t be the first time the venue will be in the spotlight as it has hosted both PGA Tour and LPGA events as well as the first edition of The Match between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson.
“The Showdown in Vegas is designed to provide fans with the excitement of head-to-head match play, like the intense competition seen in team events like the Ryder Cup,” McIlroy said in a statement. “We all want to see more of the best golfers in the world going head-to-head, battling it out on the back nine of a tournament. At a time where the professional game has felt divided, we believe this event can bring fans an incredible day of entertainment.”
Las Vegas has been the site for many iterations of exhibition golf from The Netflix Cup this past fall, which saw PGA Tour players and F1 drivers join forces, to numerous editions of The Match,…
