NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy by no means trailed and wanted solely 14 holes to beat Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau of LIV Golf in a made-for-TV exhibition Tuesday evening that gave followers an opportunity to see PGA Tour and LIV stars collectively for the primary time outdoors the majors.
Chalk one up for the PGA Tour, though it was laborious to take this severely as a result of it was extra in regards to the present, below the lights at Shadow Creek in temperatures that bought so chilly DeChambeau had an outsized puffer jacket even earlier than the solar went down.
There was little banter, sounding extra like an everyday foursome on the weekend.
As for the golf, it was one-sided. The LIV Golf gamers by no means led any of the matches.
The format was one level for a six-hole fourballs match, one level for a six-hole foursomes match and one level every for singles during the last six holes.
McIlroy got here out firing and delivered the shot of the match with a 40-foot eagle putt on the par-5 fourth gap with DeChambeau already in tight in two. However then DeChambeau missed his eagle try to the PGA Tour aspect was on its method, successful in 4 holes.
“Rory getting off to a fantastic begin was massive for our workforce,” Scheffler mentioned.
The foursomes was tight and the match seemed as if it’d finish in a draw till DeChambeau despatched a protracted birdie putt on the final gap about 10 toes by, and Koepka missed it coming again for a three-putt bogey that gave the PGA Tour the purpose it wanted.
Scheffler and McIlroy by no means trailed in singles and the match ended on the sixteenth gap with out viewers getting an opportunity to see the signature par-3 seventeenth at Shadow Creek.
What it proved was nothing greater than the wealthy getting richer. Scheffler and McIlroy every gained $5 million paid in cryptocurrency, including to Scheffler’s wonderful 12 months through which he gained simply over $62 million. Scheffler and McIlroy had been every coming off victories — Scheffler within the Bahamas two weeks in the past, McIlroy within the European tour finale in Dubai final month.
Neither DeChambeau and Koepka had competed since LIV Golf ended its season on Sept. 22.
“I’d like to have one other alternative,” DeChambeau mentioned. “It was a little bit of a pillow struggle for us.”
