"Total borefest"; "Tough watch" - Fans slam the LIV x PGA Showdown, calls for changes right after conclusion

Fans have reacted to The Showdown, which was held on Tuesday, December 17, at Shadow Creek Golf Club in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event was a direct competition where PGA Tour's Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy went up against LIV Golf's Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka.

The event was held on 18 holes over three stages. In the first six holes, a Fourball was played. McIlroy and Scheffler easily won the round with 3 and 2. In the next six holes, the duo again clinched the foursomes by 1 up.

A singles format was played in the last six holes, where players faced each other as McIlroy took on Bryson DeChambeau while Scottie Scheffler went up against Brooks Koepka. McIlroy was one up after four holes while Scheffler was two up with two holes to play.

Popular Golf account NUCLR Golf took to X to share its opinion about the event, writing:

"WINNER — Scottie Scheffler & Rory McIlroy defeat Brooks Koepka & Bryson DeChambeau at The Showdown. Overall a very uneventful match with little trash talking or drama…"

Fans took to the comments section to slam the event and called for changes.

"Total borefest...shut it off!," a fan wrote.

"What a tough watch," another fan wrote.

Some fans pointed out the timings for the event while some said that a better performance by LIV Golf players could have enhanced it.

"Awfull in a word . Dec night golf and golf in general is a dead sport for tv . ratings were probably like watching, the old USFL FOOTBALL IN THE 1980 s . zero interest." one fan wrote.

"LIV guys rusty and lucky PGA missed a few puts to keep it interesting. Nice format but needs quality golf from everyone to enhance it." another fan jotted.

The LIV Golf and PGA Tour clash was held amid the negotiation between the rival tours for a merger.

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Rory McIlroy said that he and Scottie Scheffler were "lucky" to win the foursomes at The Showdown

Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler played foursomes from holes 7 to 12 at the Showdown. The PGA Tour stars took the lead on the ninth hole after McIlroy's strong tee shot. The LIV Golfers Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau tied the match on the 11th hole with a birdie. However, McIlroy holed his putt after Koepka missed on the 12th hole to secure the win in foursomes.

Talking about the event, McIlroy said (via Golfweek):

"It got cold pretty quickly, but obviously Scottie and I got off to a really good start, and then from there it was just about trying to keep the momentum. It was a bit of a battle in the alternate shot and we were lucky to scrape a win over those six holes."

Scheffler and McIlroy won The Showdown and took home $5 million each in cryptocurrency.