The Golf Channel has a pre-holiday gift for golf fans.

That’s the Golf Channel Games, a made-for-TV event the network officially announced Wednesday. To be held Dec. 17, the event will feature captains Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy leading their four-player teams in what is being called a “rapid-fire” team competition.

It will be held in prime time at Trump National Golf Links in Jupiter, Fla., and televised on both the Golf Channel and USA Network.

The players who will team with Scheffler and McIlroy, the top two golfers in the world, will be announced later.

The Golf Channel Games have four innovations not seen in traditional competitions. This won’t be stroke play or match play, as in other team events. Instead, the event is made up of the following:

–Timed drive, chip and put

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