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TNT Sports’ ‘The Match’ returns later this week with another star-studded golf showdown. While previous editions of The Match have featured some of the best professional golfers in the world, The match: Superstars will lean heavily on the celebrity side of the sport.

The 10th edition of the TV event will feature actor Bill Murray, actor Mark Wahlberg, comedian Nate Bargatze, NBA Hall of Famer and The Match veteran Charles Barkley, MLB Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr., NHL Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky , Olympic legend Michael Phelps and NBA six-time NBA All-Star Blake Griffin.

While each member of the eight-team field has a unique background, they all have a connection to golf. For example, Phelps has competed in the WM Phoenix Open pro-am. Both Barkley has competed as a member of the broadcast team for The Match, while Bargatze and Griffin both competed in this year’s American Century Championship.

While The match: Superstars will feature many components of the series that fans have come to know and love, the eight-person field will require some rule changes. Here’s how to watch and what to expect during the two-night event.

Where: Breakers West Country Club in West Palm Beach

Time: 7:30 PM ET both nights

TV and livestream: TNT and Max

Murray/Gretzky vs. Barkley/Griffey

Wahlberg/Phelps vs. Bargatze/Griffin

Although The Match traditionally used a team format, this changed in The Match IX. At the February event, Rory McIlroy outlasted Max Homa, Rose Zhang and Lexi Thompson in a fee-for-all under the lights in West Palm Beach.

The competition will return to West Palm Beach later this week – albeit at Breakers West Country Club instead of the Park City Municipal Golf Course – with some additional adjustments to the format.

Thursday’s competition consists of two team matches using scramble play. For those unfamiliar, scramble is a team format where each golfer plays his or her own shot, but teams choose the best lie from which to make consecutive shots after teeing off. Once a lie is chosen, both players will hit from the selected spot.

Scramble places more emphasis on teamwork and communication than on best ball formats, which typically involves individual performance, with teams achieving the lowest score on each hole.

The Match VIII, in which Mahomes and Travis Kelce defeated Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry, featured scramble play.

After Thursday’s round ends, the winning teams will be split. The remaining four golfers will compete in the semifinals and final rounds of individual match play.

The quality of the competition may not be comparable to, for example, the first edition of The Match, with Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. However, other celebrity-focused editions were extremely entertaining.

For example, the Match VI showed a fun battle between Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers against Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen.

TNT Sports will keep the fun factor high with a fantastic broadcast team led by presenter Ernie Johnson, analyst and 2008 Masters champion Trevor Immelman, course correspondent and two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson and course reporter Kathryn Tappen.

Fans who have enjoyed The Match’s unique, up-close and personal broadcast format will get more of the same on Thursday and Friday.

From Warner Bros. Discovery:

“TNT Sports will deploy a number of technological innovations during the recorded production that will take the fan experience to the next level, including the Sports Emmy nominated Cart Cam, drone cameras and unprecedented access where participating players communicate with each other and the broadcast team via open microphones. the course.”

To complement TNT and Max’s reporting, Bleacher Report and House of Highlights will offer social and digital content The Broadcast Boys, Fat Perez and Joey Cold Cuts.

Anyone who has ever wanted to see a member of the Dream Team compete against a star of Caddyshack in golf will get an all-access pass later this week.

And while The match: Superstars will undoubtedly rely heavily on the celebrity aspect of this field, but that doesn’t mean fans won’t see some compelling and tightly contested competition. These are eight players who thoroughly enjoy the sport and will compete for bragging rights and a first prize of $1 million.