Phil Mickelson beat Tiger Woods in overtime Friday in their $9 million pay-per-view match in Las Vegas.
Mickelson won on the 22nd hole, making a 4-foot birdie putt on a specially set up 93-yard, par 3. The match at Shadow Creek Golf Club finished under floodlights.
Mickelson said to Woods after the match: "Just know I will never let you live that down. It's not the Masters or the U.S. Open, but it is nice to have a little something on you."
Woods said he enjoyed the match, even if he was on the losing end.
"You couldn't have made this event any better than it was," he said. "It was back and forth and very competitive on a golf course that was playing on the tricky side."
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Good afternoon and welcome to The Independent's live coverage of Tiger Woods vs Phil Mickelson from Las Vegas.
'The Match' sees two of golf's most famous names battle it out for nine million dollars (£7million) in a winner-takes-all showdown.
It's not been without its controversy with many onlookers critical of it going ahead at all.
We will have all the latest for you right here with our coverage getting underway at 7pm.
The last time Tiger Woods played in a televised event was in September in Paris where, arguably, the most talented golfer in history played for nothing but pride alongside Phil Mickelson. Together, they walked away with nothing.
Two months on and the pair are reunited in Las Vegas for their ludicrously lucrative winner-takes-all $9m match.
Just one hour remains until we make that final irrevocable turn from the greatest event to the most vulgar exhibition in golf.
'The Match' is taking place behind closed doors at Shadow Creek Golf Club just 15 minutes away from the Vegas strip. And it was amongst the MGM casinos where this pay-per-view golf come gambling monstrosity was constructed.
Appearing on surface level as a typical game of match-play for an almighty prize, the showdown will actually be dominated by $50,000 side-bets such as closest to the pin and longest drive competitions - Mickelson promising that the monetary incentive will make the exhibition so very real for the pair who boast a combined wealth of $2.5bn.
And now the betting will begin on the very first hole as, in their bizarre boxing-style press conference earlier this week, Mickelson challenged Woods to a $100,000 wager on birdieing the first hole. Woods' response? "Double it."
And if you can't bear the anticipation, you can delight in Mickelson's astute salesmanship and Woods' uncomfortable retorts from that press conference here:
But considering there will be five minute intervals between each exchange of shots with only two players on the course, Woods, Mickelson and their caddies will be mic'd throughout and have promised to entertain viewers with a host of trash-talking, because that's golf's prized etiquette for you.
Tiger Woods has arrived and at least if he looked a little embarrassed at the press conference he will be more at home on the course in his Sunday red - on a Friday.
'The Match' has been widely castigated both in the UK and overseas, and it's a point which can't be ignored. Orientated around gambling, while capitalising on the wilful celebrity of golf's two biggest stars, it's an amoral money-spinner which only serves to profit at the expense of the sport.
Click here to see The Independent's take on the exhibition.
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"There's nothing better than beating Phil," says Tiger, having already done so almost incessantly for the past two decades.
Tiger and Phil are now warming up alongside one another on the range. The pair feigning a steely sense of competition, but as we already know they are in fact "damn good friends"...and bad actors.
AT&T have now roped in pay-per-view sensations Floyd Mayweather, Mike Tyson and Oscar De La Hoya - boxers who put their lives literally on the line in this city - to tell us about how special a box-office golf event this will be.
Phil Mickelson:
"The first ten years he [Woods] owned me. The last ten years I've got the better of him."
Seven-time PGA Tour winner Peter Jacobsen:
I favour Phil because it means more to him than it does to Tiger. It's hard to put a probability on passion and desire, and that's the one thing we know about Phil. He rises to the occasion, especially when there's something to play for and he knows that Tiger has been the guy to keep him from ascending to the No1 position in the world ranking so Phil is looking for payback.
And now over to Tiger by the first-tee on how his relationship with Phil has developed over the years:
I think that we've got to know each other the last few years. I was out for a couple of years and I was vice-captain and we really got to plan and strategise all the cups. We've gone from not really knowing each other to knowing each other really well, and we find that we have a lot of the same interests and a lot of the same likes and dislikes.
Phil talks about the challenges of going head-to-head with Tiger:
So the tough thing when you play against Tiger is you'll get into his game, you'll watch what he does and in match-play it's important to know what he's doing but I've got to be at my best so I've got to block that out and focus on hitting shots, making putts and birdies. Worrying about executing at my end because I think why Tiger is so intimidating to so many players and why they're not at their best when they're with him is because they get caught up in what he does.What I've been doing over the last few years when I've had a minuscule amount of success is to block that out and focus on my own game.
Samuel L. Jackson is now introducing the players on the first tee
And we're underway. Both players have teed-off comfortably and are now dabbling in some very forced and lukewarm conversation. First we debate the merits of going first or second from the fairway. Then the condition of the course. Only a weather forecast awaits. Oh wait, we've got that now too.
It's Woods to go first having just trickled into the right rough but his approach is pinpoint and lands within birdie range. A reminder that this first hole has $200,000 waged on it.
Mickelson follows very closely and is just inside Woods with an uphill putt.
Tiger's putt slips by. Mickelson now has a $200,000 putt on the first hole. He's taking an absolute age over it but leaves it outside the hole. The astronomical headline-grabbing bet comes to nothing.
Both players walk, talk and swear their way to the second hole and both bomb a driver down the fairway.
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Preview
When does it start?
The contest takes place on November 23 with the two players set to tee-off at 20:00 UK time.
What is at stake?
As well as the $9m winner takes all prize, the pair will set each other a number of side challenges with $200,000 said to be wagered between them on birdieing the first hole alone.
Can you watch it on TV in the UK?
Sky Sports Golf acquired the rights to the event late on Thursday evening and the live broadcast is set to begin on Friday at 20:00 UK time. Subscribers will be able to stream the whole event live via SkyGo.
In the US, the event is being broadcast on pay-per-view at the price of $19.99 by Bleacher Report Live and other cable service providers.
Odds...
Tiger Woods (4/9)
Phil Mickelson (7/4)
