The Match: Koepka vs. DeChambeau
Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau will finally get their match, even if it’s just 12 holes.
After butting heads in a dispute driven largely on social media for the better part of two years, Koepka and DeChambeau will face each other in the latest edition of “Capital One’s The Match” the day after Thanksgiving at Wynn Golf Course on the Las Vegas Strip.
The Nov. 26 exhibition will be shown on TNT and give everyone plenty of time to relive their back-and-forth that began at Liberty National in August 2019 and appeared to cool when they were teammates on the winning U.S. team at the Ryder Cup.
Both will have open mics during the 12-hole match.
More golf
Next year will be the final leap into “Poppie’s Pond,” ending 40 years of the only LPGA major held on the same course and still known in some corners simply as the Dinah Shore. The LPGA Tour announced that Chevron is taking over as title sponsor of the year’s first major starting in 2023 with plans to move it from Mission Hills in Rancho Mirage, Calif., to company headquarters in Houston.
Soccer
The MLS All-Star Game will have another first-time host next season with the summer showcase awarded to Allianz Field, home of the Minnesota United, where the MLS All-Stars will face a to-be-determined opponent Aug. 10.
• UEFA opened investigations into allegations of racist abuse by Czech children and antisemitism by German fans at Europa League games. UEFA opened disciplinary cases against Sparta Prague and Union Berlin but gave no timetable for its decisions.
• Brazilian soccer player William Ribeiro was arrested after kicking a referee in the head during a seconddivision game, knocking him unconscious, authorities said.
Colleges
No. 16 Pitt scored three goals in the second half and rolled past Cleveland State, 4-0, in a men’s soccer match at Urbanic Field. Guilherme Feitosa, Bertin Jacquesson, Michael Sullivan and Lucas Matuszewski scored for the Panthers (7-3).
• Rick Byrd, who retired in 2019 after leading Belmont to eight NCAA tournament appearances, will receive the John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching award in April. He coached at the school from 1986-2019 and won 658 games (805 in his career).
Auto racing
The IndyCar future of twotime Indianapolis 500 winner Takuma Sato was in doubt after Rahal Letterman Lanigan said the Japanese driver won’t return to the team next year. Sato has raced in IndyCar since 2010 following seven seasons in Formula One. The Tokyo native has driven for Rahal the past four years, winning four races including the Indy 500 in 2020.