How bad do you want that PIP money?
Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka continue to prove they’ll do whatever it takes to get a sizable chunk of the Player Impact Program first reported on by Golfweek, an initiative set to dispense $40 million in bonuses to 10 stars deemed to have most moved the needle in terms of fan engagement.
The two will meet in the latest edition of The Match the day after Thanksgiving. The event will take place at the Wynn Golf Club, which sits just a few big swings from the Las Vegas strip. The pair will face off in a 12-hole showdown with the usual cast of Turner characters — including Ernie Johnson and Charles Barkley — handling the telecast. TNT’s presentation will be simulcast on TBS, truTV and HLN, as well. Live coverage will start at 4 p.m. ET.
A new ad is set to debut with video of the two playing over the Queen classic radio staple, “You’re my best friend.” And this is just the beginning.
In the ad, Koepka says matter-of-factly: “Give the people what they want.” DeChambeau later adds: “Friendsgiving is going to be just a little bit different this year.”
Here’s the ad.
Oh boy. Let the "bromance" officially begin. #thematch pic.twitter.com/JXrO1HZ53p
— Tim Schmitt (@TMSGolfweek) November 6, 2021
As for the course, Steve Wynn purchased the resort in 2000, and the Tom Fazio-designed Wynn Golf Club opened in 2005. But that layout was shuttered in 2017 as the operators of the adjacent Wynn Las Vegas hotel and casino considered other uses for the ridiculously valuable land on which the course sits, and the resort lost millions of dollars in revenue from green fees and other golf-attributable casino earnings.