Woods-Mickelosn $9 million showdown will be back in 2019

Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, the biggest prize pot show will be back in 2019. According to Golf Digest, Turner the broadcaster of ‘The Match’ in 2018 has singed 2 more years deal with Woods & Mickelson for a return show.

Turner Sports streamed the original head-to-head contest between Woods and Mickelson through its B/R Live streaming platform. The event was played at Shadow Creek Golf Course in Las Vegas over Thanksgiving Weekend and awarded a $9 million prize to Mickelson, who won on the 22nd hole. However, the live stream went through some technical glitches that prevented some paying customers from watching the showdown.

Neither Turner nor its parent company WarnerMedia released official figures for The Match, but Golf Digest reports that nearly one million people paid the $19.95 fee to stream the pay-per-view showdown. Turner immediately issued a refund to everyone who paid to watch the event after technical malfunctions forced Turner and Bleacher Report representatives to send out links on social media that directed people to the B/R Live webpage, allowing fans to stream the match for free on computers and mobile devices. Charter Spectrum, Cox Communications, Dish/Sling TV, and AT&T were among the other media companies to broadcast the event, and also to offer a refund due to B/R Live’s malfunctions.

The format for the 2019 and 2020 editions of The Match is still being decided, according to Golf Digest. Tiger and Phil will certainly still play, but adding other golfers to the event to create a team competition opposed to a one-on-one format is being considered.

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