A few days ago Rory McIlroy said he was "frustrated" by the fact that golf "does not offer the best possible product." He blamed this on the fact that an agreement between the PIF (Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia) and the PGA Tour has not been reached.
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The Northern Irishman is aware that several of the best players in the world are on the rival team, LIV Golf, and at the moment it is only possible for all of them to coincide in the 'majors'
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In fact, as LIV does not score in the world ranking nor do its winners receive exemptions to play in the so-called majors, at the moment we cannot speak of 'all' either.
McIlroy, in particular, argued that it was necessary to reach an agreement so that more duels can take place like the one he himself fought with Bryson DeChambeau at the last US Open. Now, the well-known matches organised under the name 'The Match' have prompted a duel between players from the LIV and the PGA, according to the website golfweek.usatoday.com, in what could be the seed of a new Ryder Cup-type competition that pits both circuits against each other.
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For the time being, The Match will promote a televised match in December between Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler (PGA) against Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka (LIV). The match will take place in Las Vegas. Rory has insisted on his message at Golf Week: "It is an event designed to transmit energy to the fans.
We are all here to offer a great show and contribute to a goodwill event that brings the best together again." Let us remember that The Match was born in 2018 with the Tiger vs. Phil, in which even a championship belt was at stake.
The event continued in successive years and the team format became the most popular. In 2021 we had a Bryson vs. Brooks and in this edition they will form a duo. This same year there was already a The Match, in Florida, of a mixed type, with Max Homa, Rory McIlroy, Lexi Thompson and Rose Zhang.
