Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler triumphed over LIV Golf stars Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau in The Showdown exhibition match, securing a 2.5-0.5 victory for the PGA Tour.
Top-ranked Scottie Scheffler and third-ranked Rory McIlroy combined to give the PGA Tour a 2.5-0.5 victory over LIV Golf ’s Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau in the Showdown match-play exhibition. The PGA pair captured the $10 million top prize and tour bragging rights over the Saudi-backed upstart circuit in the four-man event at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas. “Scottie and I got off to a pretty good start and then from there it was just about trying to keep the momentum,” said McIlroy.
The event, played mostly after dark under special lighting, pitted four-time major winner McIlroy and two-time Masters champion Scheffler against five-time major winner Koepka and two-time US Open champion DeChambeau. The Showdown joined the majors as one of the few places where top players from the rival tours tested each other since the start of LIV, whose Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund backers remain in talks with the PGA about reuniting. “It was great. I’d love to have another opportunity. Felt like it was a pillow fight from us,” DeChambeau said. The Showdown featured a best-ball format for the duos on the first six holes, an alternate shot format on the second six and a singles format over holes 13 to 18 with McIlroy facing DeChambeau and Koepka against Scheffler for one point each. Northern Ireland’s McIlroy, who last month captured his sixth Race to Dubai crown on the DP World Tour, won the first two holes with five-foot birdie putts. McIlroy sank a 40-foot eagle putt and won the fourth hole when DeChambeau missed an eagle putt from inside five feet, giving the PGA duo a 3&2 best-ball triumph for the first point
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