The Match is returning, and this yr’s edition may be probably the most star-studded of all of them. What started again in 2018 on Thanksgiving with Tiger Woods enjoying Phil Mickelson in a head-to-head spherical has endured for 4 years in many various variations. This one — with Woods and world No. 1 Rory McIlroy dealing with Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas — options 24 main championships and 4 of the perfect golfers of the final 30 years all on the course collectively.
This seventh edition of The Match might be performed on Saturday, Dec. 10 at 6 p.m. ET at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Florida, and can function a platform to profit Hurricane Ian aid efforts. Unless Woods performs in the Hero World Challenge, which he hosts Dec. 1-4, this might be his first public golf look since this summer season’s Open Championship at St. Andrews. It might be his third look in The Match general.
Woods has principally been absent from the golf world since lacking the lower on the Old Course in July, although he does have some enjoying alternatives developing. Between this, his Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas and the PNC Championship, which he and his son have performed in the final two years, we may see lots of Tiger earlier than the top of the yr.
Though McIlroy and Thomas appeared in an exhibition with Woods at Big Cedar Lodge after the 2020 U.S. Open, neither they nor Spieth have appeared in any edition of The Match. Here’s a take a look at the primary six iterations of The Match.
The Match outcomes
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2018 - Advertisement -
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Tiger Woods vs. Phil Mickelson |
Mickelson |
Las Vegas - Advertisement -
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2020 |
Tiger Woods & Peyton Manning vs. Phil Mickelson & Tom Brady |
Woods & Manning |
Florida |
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2020 |
Phil Mickelson & Charles Barkley vs. Steph Curry & Peyton Manning |
Mickelson & Barkley |
Arizona |
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2021 |
Bryson DeChambeau & Aaron Rodgers vs. Phil Mickelson & Tom Brady |
DeChambeau & Rodgers |
Montana |
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2021 |
Bryson DeChambeau vs. Brooks Koepka |
Koepka |
Las Vegas |
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2022 |
Tom Brady & Aaron Rodgers vs. Josh Allen & Patrick Mahomes |
Brady & Rodgers |
Las Vegas |
| 2022 | Tiger Woods & Rory McIlroy vs. Jordan Spieth & Justin Thomas | Florida |
This model of The Match might be restricted to 12 holes, which because the DeChambeau-Koepka match taught us, is the proper size for a made-for-TV golf occasion like this one. As with all different variations of this exhibition occasion, it is going to be broadcast by Turner Sports on TNT.
Woods and McIlroy lately co-founded TMRW Sports, an organization that’s “harnessing technology to build progressive approaches in sports, media and entertainment” and introduced their spectacular investor record on Wednesday. This model of The Match shouldn’t be affiliated with TMRW Sports regardless of the enterprise companions’ involvement.