GRUDGE GOES A FAIR WAY

BROOKS Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau will take their rivalry on to the course when they go head-tohead in the latest installment of golf’s “The Match” next month.

The American duo – who have been sparring throughout the season – will face off in a 12-hole event at the Wynn Golf Club in Las Vegas on November 26 to coincide with the Thanksgiving holiday, organisers said.

“Finally what the world has been waiting to see,” DeChambeau wrote on Twitter.

The event is the latest incarnation of the match-play golf event that was first held in 2018 when Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson went head-to-head for a $12.3m prize.

DeChambeau and Koepka’s rivalry has rumbled on since 2019, when Koepka complained about DeChambeau’s slow play.

But it was ramped up in May this year when Koepka couldn’t hide his annoyance after DeChambeau photobombed him during an interview following the PGA Championship.

DeChambeau, meanwhile, was subsequently subjected to taunts of “Brooksie” by golf fans at tournaments.

The taunts prompted PGA Tour chief Jay Monahan to issue a warning about fan behaviour at future PGA events.

The two major winners put their differences aside for the US’s victorious Ryder Cup campaign, however, captain Steve Stricker later revealed the duo even asked to be paired together.

“Does this mean we’re having ‘Friendsgiving’?” Koepka tweeted late Tuesday after the announcement of the DeChambeau showdown.