Follow along here for live updates and analysis of each hole of The Match: Tiger vs. Phil. The action begins at 3 p.m. EST
Hole 1 – Par 4, 379 yards (All square)
Samuel L. Jackson introduced the two golfers on the opening tee, because we need to fit in as many celebrities as possible. Both Tiger and Phil hit iron off the tee, and then we had to watch 2 or 3 minutes of forced conversation as they walked to their shots. There’s going to be a lot of awkward filler time in this round.
Both players hit solid second shots to give them reasonable birdie putts. Tiger went first and just missed, so Phil faced a putt with a $200,000 side bet on the line — and it failed to drop. Both players par it but Tiger wins $200K. Not a bad take for one hole of golf.
Pre-round
The pre-match commentary featured an odd mix of personalities: PGA golfer Pat Perez, comedian Ben Stiller and NBA legend/wacky analyst Charles Barkley. They’re clearly trying to give this a NBA on TNT feel (Turner owns Bleacher Report, which is running the broadcast). There’s $200,000 on the line on the very first hole, so let’s get started.
The Match
Two men enter, one will leave slightly more filthy rich than before. Golf superstars Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson will duke it out for a winner-take-all $9 million prize in “Capital One’s The Match” live from Las Vegas’ Shadow Creek Golf Course. It’s a high-stakes matchup between two of the sport’s all-time greats who have won a combined 19 major championships (14 of them for Tiger) and collected a boatload of other tournament titles and awards through the years.
Sure, it feels like this matchup is taking place about 15 years later than we’d all hoped, but what the heck! This might just be fun seeing a couple of 40-somethings going at each other for 18 holes in front of a live TV audience of anyone who’s willing to shell out the $19.99 pay-per-view cost.
The event is being broadcast by Bleacher Report, and they’ve promised plenty of trash talking and side bets throughout the match. I bet you $100,000 you won’t make this putt. That sort of thing. The players have indicated they’ll donate the side bet winnings to a charity of their choice.
Both players will be mic’d up, and both are highly competitive so we should hear plenty of zingers, personal jabs and probably a bunch of dad jokes. Other than that, it’s hard to know what to expect from this first-of-its-kind event. The sports books have Tiger as a decent betting favorite at -205 (bet $100 to win roughly $49). May the best man win.
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