.Mark Schlabach, ESPN Elder WriterSep 4, 2024, 10:06 AM ETCloseSenior college football author.Author of 7 manuals on university football.Graduate of the Educational Institution of GeorgiaFans won't must hang around until the Expert in April to enjoy golf players from the PGA Tour and also LIV Golf Game compete in the same event.PGA Tour superstars Rory McIlroy as well as Scottie Scheffler have actually consented to encounter LIV Golf's Bryson DeChambeau and also Brooks Koepka in a made-for-TV match in Las Vegas in mid-December." I am actually thrilled to partner with Scottie in what guarantees to become an interesting battle versus Bryson and Brooks in Las Vega this December," McIlroy informed Golfweek. "This isn't only a contest between some of golf's significant champions it's an activity created to energize the followers. Our company are actually all right here to apply an excellent series and result in a goodwill occasion that carries the most ideal all together again." Publisher's Picks1 RelatedBlake Johnson, who works with Scheffler and also Koepka, affirmed those gamers' involvement to ESPN." Brooks and Scottie are incredibly excited to become a component of this distinct occasion and look forward to sharing much more quickly," Smith said.There have been actually 9 previous iterations of the made-for-TV show, which debuted in 2018 with Tiger Forest fighting rivalrous Phil Mickelson. NFL quarterbacks Peyton Manning, Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes, former NBA star Charles Barkley, as well as others have actually contended in case as well.In one of the most recent previous suit on Feb. 26, McIlroy as well as Max Homa competed with LPGA celebrities Lexi Thompson as well as Rose Zhang.The PGA Trip and also LIV Golf Game have spent the past three years competing for the best golfers worldwide. The PGA Trip remains to negotiate along with Saudi Arabia's People Mutual fund, which pays for LIV Golf, concerning a prospective expenditure, which could carry the broken sport all together again.The PGA Scenic tour as well as LIV Golf are actually expected to be separate bodies in 2025. PGA Trip administrator Jay Monahan has actually banned LIV Golf League players, a number of whom are actually past PGA Tour members, coming from competing in his circuit's occasions.