Invoice Murray earlier this month on the Alfred Dunhill Hyperlinks Championship.
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Charles Barkley’s again. However he’s the one returnee. There gained’t be professionals, both.
The golf’s being performed over two days, too.
These have been among the many fast takeaways from Thursday’s announcement of the tenth enjoying of the Match, which might be contested Thursday, Nov. 21 and Friday, Nov. 22 at Breakers West Nation Membership in West Palm Seaside, Florida. As for what else it is best to know?
Let’s ask and reply 9 pertinent questions.
1. So who’s all enjoying?
As famous, Barkley is, for the second time since he teamed with Phil Mickelson to play Peyton Manning and Steph Curry in 2020. Becoming a member of the NBA Corridor of Famer this time are seven sports activities and leisure celebrities — actor Invoice Murray, maybe finest identified amongst golf followers for his enjoying of greenskeeper Carl Spackler within the film “Caddyshack;” actor Mark Wahlberg, who has an enviable yard golf setup; hockey corridor of famer Wayne Gretzky, who’s additionally the father-in-law of professional Dustin Johnson; comic Nate Bargatze, the star of this current golf skit on “Saturday Night time Stay;” swimmer Michael Phelps; baseball corridor of famer Ken Griffey Jr.; and former basketball all-star Blake Griffin.
2. Wow, eight gamers. What’s the format?
On Thursday, Nov. 21, the group of Murray and Gretzky will play the group of Barkley and Griffey, and the group of Wahlberg and Phelps will play the group of Bargatze and Griffin in scramble matches. The successful pairings will then play singles matches on Friday, Nov. 22.
3. What are they enjoying for?
A million bucks.
4. Why no professionals?
There are in all probability a couple of causes. Celeb golf has all the time been a factor, and YouTube golf is certainly ascending. Notably, the PGA Tour might be enjoying its last event of the 12 months that week — the RSM Basic — although the larger names will possible be sitting out.
5. Wait, wasn’t there one other Match introduced?
There was — but it surely gained’t be utilizing the Match branding, although it is going to be produced by the group that developed the Match. This match — lowercase — will pit PGA Tour stars Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler in opposition to LIV Golf stars Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau, and it is going to be performed on Tuesday, Dec. 17 at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas.
6. Talking of LIV Golf, will the league have any participation on this Match?
Sure, by way of an on-course analyst. LIV’s Bubba Watson might be a part of the printed group, and becoming a member of him might be analyst Trevor Immelman and announcers Ernie Johnson and Kathryn Tappen.
7. It will actually be the tenth enjoying of the Match?
Sure, with the primary one being performed 5 years in the past. Right here’s a rundown:
Match one: Mickelson vs. Tiger Woods in 2019 (Our story will be discovered right here.)
Match two: Woods and Manning vs. Mickelson and Tom Brady in 2020 (Story right here.)
