One of golf’s most popular franchises is officially back. The PGA Tour announced Tuesday the lineup and venue for its reboot of “The Skins Game,” which will take place Nov. 28 (Black Friday) and air exclusively on Prime Video.
Pro Shop, PGA Tour Studios and Propagate Content are behind the relaunch of one of golf’s most beloved and well-received showdowns, which dates back to 1983 when it was an unofficial money event on the PGA Tour. It was last played in 2008.
The return of “The Skins Game” was first announced back in December, although this latest bit of news announced more of the logistics, including the players involved.
The courses, star players, timing and intimacy of “The Skins Game” made it a star decades ago, and this year’s event will be headlined by three major-winners and one of the game’s most popular international players. Keegan Bradley, Justin Thomas, Xander Schauffele and Tommy Fleetwood will face off at Panther National in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., a course that opened in 2023 and which Thomas helped design alongside Jack Nicklaus.
Bradley, the 2011 PGA Championship winner, is coming off a Ryder Cup captaincy, while Thomas and Schauffele have both won two major titles in their career. Fleetwood, a seven-time DP World Tour winner, won his first PGA Tour event in August when he claimed the Tour Championship at East Lake in Atlanta. More recently, Fleetwood earned a team-high four points in last month’s Ryder Cup, helping the Europeans beat the Americans on U.S. soil.
The match begins at 9 a.m. ET on Black Friday and is the first of a parade of live sports events Prime Video has planned for the day, which includes an NFL game (Chicago at Philadelphia) followed by an NBA doubleheader (Milwaukee at New York; Dallas at Los Angeles Lakers).
In “The Skins Game” format, each hole is worth a predetermined dollar value and tied holes carry the cash over to the next hole. Although this year’s reboot will add a twist, a “reverse purse” in which each player begins with $1 million and can add to or lose money from those totals. You can read more about “The Skins Game,” its history and relaunch here.
