"Looks terrible","Better than most PGA Tour events"- Fans react to the latest field of 'The Match' ft. Charles Barkley and Mark Wahlberg
The 10th edition of The Match will air on TNT Sports and Max on November 21 and 22. The event will feature a field of eight players, including National Basketball Association (NBA) Hall of Famer Charles Barkley and Academy Award nominee Mark Wahlberg.
Rounding out the field are 23-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer Michael Phelps, hockey Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky, baseball Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr., six-time NBA All-Star Blake Griffin, Academy Award nominee Bill Murray, and comedian and Grammy nominee Nate Bargatze.
Fans have reacted mostly with jokes about the field for the upcoming edition of The Match. One posted the following on X (formerly Twitter):
"Looks terrible"
Another X user said the following:
"This is better than most PGA Tour events."
Let's take a look at some other reactions on X:
"I’ll be washing my hair those two days and I’m bald as a cue ball," one fan posted.
"It keeps getting worse," another user wrote.
"I'd watch Wayne's daughter golf. not Wayne tho," another fan said.
"Oh boy I can't wait to see my favorite golfer Mark Wahlberg hit the links!" another user posted.
The next version of The Match will be the second to be held in 2024. The ninth edition took place in February and featured female participation for the first time in the event's history. That honor went to Lexi Thompson and Rose Zhang, who played alongside Rory McIlroy and Max Homa.
Details on the next edition of The Match
The next edition of The Match has been named "Superstars" due to the illustrious careers of its competitors in both sports and show business.
The event will be played on the Rees Jones Course at the Breakers West Country Club in West Palm Beach, Florida. It is an 18-hole, 7,104-yard, par-72 course with a rating of 74.5 and a slope of 143.
The format will be two rounds. The first round will serve as the quarterfinals and will be played with two matches of two-man scrambles. Barkley and Griffey will face Murray and Gretzky, while Wahlberg and Phelps will take on Bargatze and Griffin.
On the second day, the semifinals and finals will be played in singles. The winner will take home $1 million in prize money.
Seven of the eight players will be making their debut at the event. The only one with previous experience is Charles Barkley, who teamed up with Phil Mickelson to defeat Steph Curry and Peyton Manning in 2020.
According to Palm Beach Sports, the nine previous editions of this event have raised more than $41 million for various organizations and charities. It has also helped donate more than 27 million meals to the Feeding America organization.
Proceeds from this year's event will benefit victims of the recent hurricanes in Florida.