.Sign Schlabach, ESPN Senior Citizen WriterSep 4, 2024, 10:06 AM ETCloseSenior college football author.Author of seven books on university regulation football.Grad of the Educational Institution of GeorgiaFans will not have to hang around until the Professional in April to see golf players coming from the PGA Tour as well as LIV Golf Organization complete in the very same event.PGA Tour celebrities Rory McIlroy and also Scottie Scheffler have consented to deal with LIV Golf's Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka in a made-for-TV complement in Sin city in mid-December." I am actually enjoyed companion with Scottie in what guarantees to be a thrilling battle versus Bryson and Brooks in Vegas this December," McIlroy told Golfweek. "This isn't only a contest in between a number of golf's significant champions it's an activity created to invigorate the supporters. Our team are actually all here to put on a terrific program and also contribute to a goodwill occasion that takes the most ideal together once more." Publisher's Picks1 RelatedBlake Smith, who exemplifies Scheffler as well as Koepka, confirmed those players' engagement to ESPN." Brooks and Scottie are actually incredibly delighted to become a part of this special event and also expect discussing more very soon," Smith said.There have been actually nine previous iterations of the made-for-TV exhibition, which debuted in 2018 along with Leopard Forest combating rivalrous Phil Mickelson. NFL quarterbacks Peyton Manning, Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady and also Patrick Mahomes, past NBA superstar Charles Barkley, and also others have actually contended in the unlikely event as well.In the most latest previous match on Feb. 26, McIlroy and also Maximum Homa took on LPGA superstars Lexi Thompson as well as Rose Zhang.The PGA Scenic Tour and also LIV Golf Organization have invested recent 3 years competing for the greatest golf enthusiasts on the planet. The PGA Trip remains to haggle along with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, which funds LIV Golf, concerning a prospective investment, which may bring the fractured sporting activity with each other again.The PGA Scenic tour and LIV Golf are assumed to become distinct entities in 2025. PGA Excursion commissioner Jay Monahan has actually banned LIV Golf Organization players, much of whom are actually former PGA Excursion participants, coming from competing in his circuit's events.