On Friday you’ll get the chance to catch some pro golf action leading up to football with the return of the Skins Game.
The most recent PGA Tour edition of the Skins Game aired in 2008 and featured KJ Choi, Stephen Ames, Phil Mickelson and Rocco Mediate battling it out on the Celebrity Course in Indian Wells, California. Now, 17 years later, a new crop of contenders will converge on Panther National in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, on Friday, November 28, to revive what was once a mainstay of the Thanksgiving weekend.
Xander Schauffele, Keegan Bradley, Tommy Fleetwood and Shane Lowry (who takes the place of Justin Thomas, who recently underwent back surgery) will play a big-money televised round packed with Ryder Cup re-match vibes. Below you’ll find everything you need to know about the Skins Game format, money and more.
The Skins Game format
Schauffele, Bradley, Fleetwood and Lowry play in one group. They all have caddies and are put on the microphone for the entire round. As with previous editions of the Skins Game, small talk and trash talk are encouraged. The atmosphere is expected to be casual, but let’s not forget that this is still a competition with a lot of money – and pride – on the line.
Each player plays his own ball. The lowest score on a hole wins a ‘skin’, which has a monetary value. If all four players are tied, that skin’s dollar amount carries over to the next hole. And so on. The player with the most money at the end of the round wins the Skins game.
The Skins game money
There is one notable difference from previous years in this year’s Skins Game: instead of starting at $0, players start with $1 million each. Each hole is worth a fixed dollar amount, with the money transferred if there is a tie. So each player’s total will increase or decrease depending on their performance. This ‘reverse wallet’ is designed to create higher stakes moments during the match.
How to watch the Skins game
The Skins Game broadcast begins at 9:00 AM ET on Amazon Prime Video and leads into Prime Video’s Black Friday football game and an NBA doubleheader – making for a wonderfully full day of post-Turkey sports.
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