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Rory McIlroy Wins Capital One’s The Match At The Park

TNT Sports Marquee Golf major winner Rory McIlroy faced history-making, 11-time

Event Served As A Platform LPGA winner Lexi Thompson, rising golf phenom Rose
Zhang, and 2023 Ryder Cup team member Max Homa.
To Promote Greater All four golfers utilized the same tees for the four, par-3
holes in the routing, while the remaining eight holes used
Inclusiveness And Access varying tee boxes and yardages for the men and women.
McIlroy raised the most funds through the skins format at
To The Game Of Golf the end of the event and was declared the winner.
Six-time Emmy Award winner Ernie Johnson returned to
Rory McIlroy won TNT Sports ninth installment of host The Match for the fourth time and was joined by Inside
Capital One’s The Match, a charitable golf competition, the NBA colleague and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of
on Monday, Feb. 26, at The Park in West Palm Beach. The Famer Charles Barkley. This was Barkley’s eighth appearance
Sports Emmy-nominated premier live golf event series – in at the event as a player or commentator. The 2008 Masters Rory McIlroy and Max Homa
conjunction with The Park, First Tee, Warner Bros. Discovery, champion Trevor Immelman made his
and the event’s sponsors – served as a platform to promote seventh event appearance as an analyst,
greater inclusiveness and access to the game of golf. and Kathryn Tappen returned as a course
The Park, West Palm reporter for the third time. Three-time
Beach’s new, reimagined LPGA winner and golfing personality
municipal golf course, Christina Kim made her first event debut.
provides youth programs and Grammy winner, multiplatinum
community outreach through artist, and producer D.J. Khaled joined
its nonprofit organization, the team as a special contributor. Khaled
The Path. This includes provided commentary throughout the
affordable golf instruction, live competition, while following the
classrooms for mentoring participants from a golf cart. Capital
and after-school tutoring, One’s The Match aired live on TNT,
and a two-acre, kids-only truTV, HLN, and B/R Sports Add-On
golf area. on Max. Bleacher Report provided
For the first time, The extensive highlights and content via their
Match featured male and digital and social platforms.
female golfers competing
in a skins format. Four-time Max Homa Photos by John Nowak/TNT Sports Rory McIlroy, Rose Zhang, TNT Sports Representative, Lexi Thompson, Max Homa

Charles Barkley Ernie Johnson Christina Kim

Max Homa, Rose Zhang, Lexi Thompson, Rory McIlroy

Charles Barkley and D.J. Khaled

Rory McIlroy Rose Zhang

Lexi Thompson