Tiger, Rory Competing in Japan Skins Game
The Skins Game is coming back! Well, sort of...
While the old Thanksgiving tradition of the Skins Game isn't coming back to our TVs anytime soon, the event is making a comeback for at least one year, and with a twist.
"The Challenge: Japan Skins" was created by GolfTV in conjunction with the Zozo Championship, the first PGA Tour event to ever be held in Japan. Before history is made with the tournament itself, history will be made a few days before that as a skins game will be held and aired on TV for the first time since 2008.
Tiger Woods, Rory Mcllroy, Jason Day, and Japan native Hideki Matsuyama will all compete in the four-man exhibition. Each of the first six holes will be worth $10,000, while the next six holes will be worth $20,000. In addition, there will be a $20,000 skin through the 17th hole and a $100,000 skin placed on the 18th hole. A player will have to win the hole outright to take a skin. In the event of a tie on a hole, that skin will roll over to the next hole.
The event will take place on Sunday, October 20th at 1 pm local time in Japan. However, due to the time difference, the event will air at Midnight on Sunday morning locally in the United States (9 pm on Saturday night on the west coast). The event will air in the U.S. on the Golf Channel, while GolfTV has the international rights to the event.
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