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 Br