The Match – the $9-million winner-takes-all exhibition between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson – is likely to see two further events.
As speculation mounts that the made-for-TV duel is set for replays in 2019 and 2020, Woods’ agent has suggested the deal is not yet 100% done.
Mark Steinberg said reports about the follow-up encounters ‘are not true at this point’, with a number of details still to be ironed out.
The 2019 and 2020 events could yet see Woods and Mickelson partnered in a team event, or even an expanded field at the Las Vegas’ Shadow Creek layout.
‘We ‘- and that’s a very big we when I say the Woods camp, the Mickelson camp, the Turner camp – have a lot to talk about,’ Steinberg said. ‘We don’t have any specifics on what it might look like, whether it’s Tiger-Phil, two others, four others.’
Despite technical glitches in the pay-per-view product, Steinberg was pleased with the reception.
‘I think the viewership was pretty large,’ said Steinberg, who did not cite any specific numbers. ‘Take away the glitch, and it was pretty big. That’s certainly one of the measures of success. You have to look at what the internet was doing, and seemed like people were quite interested.’
