2024 Showdown: Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler beat Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka

Rory McIlroy and world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler power out for PGA Tour team over LIV golf star Bryson De Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka.

The unprecedented match marks the first time PGA Tour players have competed against LIV Golf players outside of a major championship and the Olympics, with both DeChambeau and Koepka unable to compete on the PGA Tour 2022 since joining the Saudi-backed tour. Year.

Scheffler and McIlroy never trailed, taking just 14 holes to claim victory at Shadow Creek Golf Course in Las Vegas.

With a total of 4 points (2 in singles) and 2 1/2 needed to win, McIlroy/DeChambeau’s final match was not completed, a pair well ahead of the PGA Tour The group won in dominant fashion.

The format is one point for six-hole fourball matches, one point for six-hole foursomes, and one point for each of the final six holes of singles.

McIlroy made the first shot of the match with a 40-foot eagle putt on the par-5 fourth hole, with DeChambeau already within two shots. But then DeChambeau missed his eagle attempt and the PGA Tour team won in four holes.

“Rory’s strong start means a lot to our team,” Scheffler said.

The foursomes were tight and the match looked like it might end in a draw until DeChambeau made a long birdie putt from about 10 feet on the final hole, and Koepka missed the chance and ended up with a three-putt bogey. , which gave the PGA Tour the title. Click what it takes.

Scheffler and McIlroy never trailed in the singles match, which ended on the 16th hole without spectators getting a chance to see Shadow Creek’s signature par-3 17th hole.

Facts have proven that the rich just get richer. Scheffler and McIlroy each won $5 million in cryptocurrency prize money, adding to Scheffler’s impressive run of winnings of more than $62 million this year. Scheffler and McIlroy have both won – Scheffler in the Bahamas two weeks ago and McIlroy at the European Tour final in Dubai last month.

Neither DeChambeau nor Koepka has competed since the LIV Golf season ended on Sept. 22.

“I would love to have another chance,” DeChambeau said. “It was kind of like a pillow fight for us.”

Will this help with the PGA Tour/LIV deal?

As the rift between the tours melts, some believe the match in the Nevada desert could eventually be the prelude to a full-fledged Ryder Cup-style contest between the two tours taking place throughout the weekend.

“Ideally, I think the ultimate goal is to bring golf back together,” Scheffler said ahead of the unprecedented PGA Tour crossover event with LIV Golf.

In August, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said he was encouraged by “intensified” talks with the Saudi Public Investment Fund but warned that no deadline had been set for a deal.

The PGA Tour, DP World Tour and PIF (funder of the independent LIV Golf Federation) signed a framework agreement in June 2023 that will merge their respective tours and seek to combine more than $1 billion in Saudi Invest in introducing golf.

Nearly a year out from the original Dec. 31 deadline, the PGA Tour and PIF are still negotiating a proposed agreement, and Monahan could not commit to a date when negotiations would end.

The lack of a timeline for a potential resolution seems to prompt players to take action and set up something like a “showdown.”

“It’s really about us taking this into our own hands and doing something outside of the Tour not just to give back to the fans but to show them, or at least let them know that we’re working on it,” McIlroy said. “.

“The players want to play together more often. I feel like we’re all on this shelf because of negotiations and deals, and that’s not a good thing for anyone.”

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