Next month’s Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black won’t be the last time Scottie Scheffler and Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy go head-to-head this year.
According to a Sports Business Journal report, Scheffler and McIlroy have agreed to be the marquee leaders of a made-for-TV, all-star event slated for December in Florida.
Versant, the new media company spinoff of Comcast that controls USA Network, Golf Channel and some NBC-branded networks, will broadcast the event. Per the report, Scheffler is expected to captain a four-man Team USA squad while McIlroy would do the same for an international side.
All of the golfers involved will hail from the PGA Tour, which is a switch from last December’s made-for-TV night that pitted Scheffler and McIlroy against LIV Golf stalwarts Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka.
Scheffler and McIlroy combined to win three of golf’s four majors this year, with McIlroy’s triumph at the Masters enabling him to complete a career slam. Scheffler, who has four major titles on his resume, has yet to win the U.S. Open.
Scheffler and McIlroy also rank 1-2 in the official World Golf Rankings. If Versant and the event organizers wanted to round out the teams with the highest-ranked players, then Scheffler’s team would feature No. 3 Xander Schauffele, No. 4 Russell Henley and No. 5 Justin Thomas. McIlroy’s crew would include No. 6 Tommy Fleetwood of England, who just won the Tour Championship, No. 9 Robert MacIntyre of Scotland and No. 12 Justin Rose of England.
–Field Level Media
