PGA Tour gamers Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler will face LIV Golf stars Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka in a televised match later this yr, in line with studies.
The information of the competition between 4 of the most important names within the sport comes because the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Funding Fund (PIF) – which funds LIV – proceed to debate a merger.
Negotiations between the PGA Tour and the PIF have been going down for over a yr in an try to finish a cut up within the recreation.
Details about the all-star match have been revealed on Wednesday by Golfweek,, external which stated Northern Eire’s McIlroy had confirmed the main points.
“I am thrilled to accomplice with Scottie in what guarantees to be an thrilling duel towards Bryson and Brooks in Vegas this December,” McIlroy informed Golfweek.
“This is not only a contest between a few of golf’s main champions, it is an occasion designed to energise the followers.
“We’re all right here to placed on a fantastic present and contribute to a goodwill occasion that brings one of the best collectively once more.”
Reigning Masters champion Scheffler and McIlroy are ranked as the primary and third greatest males’s gamers on this planet, whereas American pair DeChambeau and Koepka have received seven main titles between them.
This could be a uncommon and thrilling alternative for golf followers to see the big-name PGA and LIV stars go head-to-head in a focused tv occasion.
Conferences between all the world’s greatest – exterior of the majors – have been uncommon since LIV, which has been financed to the tune of $2bn (£1.6bn) by the PIF, was shaped in 2022.
PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan has banned LIV gamers, a lot of whom are former members of the US-based tour, from competing in his circuit’s occasions.
When requested concerning the participation of McIlroy and Scheffler, the PGA Tour stated it was “not affiliated with that occasion”.
BBC Sport has contacted LIV and participant representatives for remark.
