.Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior Citizen WriterSep 4, 2024, 10:06 AM ETCloseSenior college football article writer.Author of seven books on university football.Grad of the College of GeorgiaFans won't need to hang around until the Expert in April to check out golf enthusiasts coming from the PGA Excursion and LIV Golf League complete in the exact same event.PGA Trip superstars Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler have actually accepted encounter LIV Golf's Bryson DeChambeau and also Brooks Koepka in a made-for-TV match in Sin city in mid-December." I'm enjoyed partner along with Scottie in what guarantees to be an amazing duel against Bryson as well as Brooks in Vegas this December," McIlroy said to Golfweek. "This isn't merely a competition between a number of golf's significant champions it's an occasion created to invigorate the fans. Our team're all here to apply an excellent show as well as add to a goodwill activity that brings the most ideal together once again." Publisher's Picks1 RelatedBlake Smith, who works with Scheffler and Koepka, confirmed those gamers' participation to ESPN." Brooks and Scottie are extremely delighted to be an aspect of this one-of-a-kind event and eagerly anticipate sharing more soon," Smith said.There have actually been actually 9 previous versions of the made-for-TV event, which debuted in 2018 with Tiger Woods fighting competing Phil Mickelson. NFL quarterbacks Peyton Manning, Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes, previous NBA superstar Charles Barkley, and others have actually contended in the unlikely event as well.In the most latest previous suit on Feb. 26, McIlroy and also Max Homa took on LPGA superstars Lexi Thompson and also Rose Zhang.The PGA Trip and also LIV Golf League have invested recent three years competing for the very best golf enthusiasts on the planet. The PGA Excursion continues to negotiate along with Saudi Arabia's Community Mutual fund, which funds LIV Golf, regarding a possible assets, which may take the fractured sport with each other again.The PGA Tour as well as LIV Golf are assumed to be distinct entities in 2025. PGA Tour Jay Monahan has actually banned LIV Golf Organization gamers, a lot of whom are previous PGA Trip participants, from completing in his circuit's activities.