These events have been hit or miss over the years, with honestly more misses than anything else. These players and this format actually has a decent chance to be good with 4 of the best players in the world on a really good golf course. I have no idea how they will finish unless the last holes are in the dark. I’ll likely tune in for at least a portion of this.


‘The Showdown" format

"The Showdown" will feature an 18-hole match competition between the PGA duo of Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler and the LIV Golf pairing of Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka. Here is a breakdown of the holes:

1-6 Holes are in a Fourballs format: Each player will play their own ball, but only the lowest score from each pair will be counted.
7-12 Holes are in a Foursomes format: The players take turns hitting the same ball until the hole is complete.
13-18 Holes are in a Singles format: The players play singles matchups.

How to watch "The Showdown"

The LIV-PGA Tour match will take place at the Shadow Creek Golf Club in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Dec. 17, with coverage starting at 6:00 p.m. ET. The golf event will be primarily broadcast on TNT. The official tee time for the event has not yet been announced. It will also stream on MAX.

What is the "The Showdown" prize purse?

In an intriguing development, "The Showdown" will award the winner millions in cryptocurrency as prize money. The amount has been reported to be a minimum of $10 million in value.

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Flew too close to the sun on wings of pastrami

If the match is anything close to as good as this Bryson reply, it will be worth watching.

Yeah that is some good stuff. I just think this format will work a bit better. When you throw your random celeb in there things can get a little wonky with some bad play and not great TV. This one should be focused primarily on the golf and we will see how much side commentary there is.

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Flew too close to the sun on wings of pastrami

I'm looking forward to it. Also, Bryson

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Looks like a majority of the match will be under lights. Interesting

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Flew too close to the sun on wings of pastrami

Semi interesting event I guess. No one could figure out the greens. Think it would be a fun format if they could move it around to other courses. Playing in the dark doesn’t do too much for the event in my opinion.

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Flew too close to the sun on wings of pastrami

I think the dark probably had a lot to do with that. Even on TV, with the camera lenses opened wide, it didn't look very bright out there. Guessing it was relatively dark to read greens.

Overall, it was fine. I liked Barkley doing commentary, especially his rant about PGA and LIV figuring their shit out and getting everyone back together. As all the other announcers went silent, he said something like "they can't fire me".

I think 12 holes for these kind of events is the right number. I understand they wanted to do the whole "Ryder Cup" thing, but it just went on too long.

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