Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau tease PGA Tour vs LIV match

Could we really see a Ryder Cup-style match between the best players on the PGA Tour and the LIV Golf League?

Well, Brooks Koepka has certainly hinted as much.

The five-time major champion and his foe-turned-friend Bryson DeChambeau are taking on Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler in ‘The Crypto.com Showdown’ at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas next week.

And while it is not being sanctioned by either circuit, the high-profile match is being billed as a rivalry between the traditional tour and the Saudi-backed breakaway league.

• LIV Golf reveal first signing ahead of 2025 season

• ‘I was wrong’ Brooks Koepka makes Bryson DeChambeau U-turn

“Let’s be real — wouldn’t you want to see a LIV versus PGA Tour Ryder Cup-style thing?” Koepka said ahead of the made-for-TV match. That is what it is. This is growing into a big thing. That’s what will draw the fans.”

DeChambeau also suggested this contest can be a precursor for a future Ryder-Cup style event.

“The showdown is a great showcase for bringing the two tours a bit together,” DeChambeau said.

“And I think what we’re doing to do next year, all of us aligned, is bringing something a little bigger and badder, so we can have a couple of times — at least one more time — where we can see most of the best players on both sides competing.”

• Report: PIF “in advanced talks” to buy stake in PGA Tour

• These LIV Golf stars give telling response to PGA Tour return

Promoting the showdown, Koepka also stressed that this is more than just an exhibition against two of his former PGA Tour rivals in Scheffler and McIlroy.

“We don’t want to lose,” he added. “This isn’t anything other than just us being competitive and wanting to beat those guys and, and show them who, who the best players in golf are.”

“I truly think you’ve got the biggest figure in golf in Bryson and then one of the (golfers with the) most majors. We’ve got a lot going on our side.

“We want to beat them, we want to showcase the world we’re the top two dogs.”

Ben Parsons joined bunkered as a Content Producer in 2023 and is the man to come to for all of the latest news, across both the professional and amateur games. Formerly of The Mirror and Press Association, he is a member at Halifax Golf Club and is a long-suffering fan of both Manchester United and the Wales rugby team.