Maybe they'll work out the PPV bugs this time. (Lynne Sladky/Associated Press)There have been better debuts than “The Match,” the pay-per-view golf event in which Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson squared off on the day after Thanksgiving for a $9 million prize, plus whatever they could gamble on the side. The much-hyped banter between the two legends seemed forced, and as the day ground on — Mickelson won it in the dark on the 22nd hole — they weren’t talking much at all. According to Golf World’s Dave Shedloski, Woods and Mickelson signed a three-year deal with Turner when they agreed to stage “The Match,” meaning there likely will be other such events next year and in 2021. A source told Shedloski that it’s “almost a certainty” that the event will become some sort of team competition, whether it be Woods and Mickelson joining forces against two others or Woods picking a partner to go against Mickelson and his partner.

Source: Washington Post December 26, 2018 18:11 UTC