World No 2 Jon Rahm will partner Tony Finau against six-time European Ryder Cup team member Ian Poulter and 2010 US Open champion Graeme McDowell in a new nine-hole team matchplay exhibition match.
The new charity-focused event will take place on Wednesday of Tournament week as a nine-hole team matchplay exhibition.
Team Rahm/Finau will be playing for the Memorial Tournament Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Nationwide Children’s and team Poulter/McDowell will represent the Hospital’s On Our Sleeves national behavioural health movement.
The new exhibition will be contested on the back nine at Muirfield Village Golf Club and will be a special presentation of PGA Tour Live and will be simulcast on Golf Channel and other PGA Tour media platforms, including PGA Tour social channels. GOLFTV powered by PGA Tour will cover it internationally.
Skins will be worth $10,000 to $50,000 per hole, totaling $150,000 for the match.
Additionally, the players will participate in three special skills challenges, on holes No 14, 16 and 17 – that will add another $150,000 to the giving amount for a total of $300,000.
