The one place you may see 4 of the final 5 NFL MVPs competing on the identical time and identical place this yr is on a golf course.
This yr’s model of Capital One’s The Match will function a foursome of Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen. The 12-hole exhibition will happen on June 1 (6:30 p.m. ET on TNT) at Wynn Las Vegas, the one golf course on the Las Vegas Strip.
It is going to be the outdated guard in opposition to the children with Brady and Rodgers versus Mahomes and Allen, Turner Sports activities introduced on Monday.
Brady and Rodgers performed in The Match final yr however as opponents. They had been paired with PGA Tour stars Phil Mickelson and Bryson DeChambeau final July in Massive Sky, Montana. Rodgers and DeChambeau received the match, with Rodgers clinching the victory by making a 12-foot putt on the sixteenth gap.
There have been 5 earlier editions of Capital One’s The Match which have raised almost $33 million for numerous charitable organizations, in accordance with Turner Sports activities.
Rodgers, the two-time reigning NFL MVP, and Brady each determined this offseason to proceed their NFL careers after considering retirement. Brady really retired from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after which modified his thoughts, whereas Rodgers signed a three-year, $150 million contract to return to the Inexperienced Bay Packers.
Rodgers is listed as a 4.6 handicap by the Wisconsin State Golf Affiliation, and Brady was reportedly an 8.1 handicap earlier than final yr’s match. Rodgers can also be an everyday participant within the American Century Championship movie star golf match, and Mahomes took half within the occasion final summer time.
Buffalo Payments quarterback Josh Allen performed within the PGA Tour’s AT&T Pebble Seashore Professional Am in February as a 9.0 handicap.
Mahomes is reportedly a 7.7 handicap, in accordance with Golf.com. Mahomes could not assist however take a playful jab at Brady and Rodgers when requested in regards to the occasion on Monday.
“The rationale we’ll win is that we’re going to have the ability to play the course in a different way than outdated Tom and outdated Aaron over there,” Mahomes mentioned. “They could get us on a few par 3s and stuff like that however every time we are able to actually open it up and use the drivers . . . it will be good to have the ability to use our little wedges like they use their 6-irons.”