The Match returns: Brady, Mickelson vs. Rodgers, DeChambeau in July

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady, left, shakes hands with Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers after the Bucs defeated the Packers on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020, in Tampa, Fla. (Mark LoMoglio/AP)

Fresh off historic victories in their sports, Tom Brady and Phil Mickelson will team up this July against reigning NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers and 2020 U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau for the right to earn even more bragging rights.

The PGA and Turner Sports announced on Wednesday that The Match will return on July 6 when seven-time Super Bowl champion Brady and six-time major winner Mickelson – who teamed up last May against Tiger Woods and Peyton Manning – will take on first-time participants Rodgers and DeChambeau.

With a foursome that will guarantee to draw plenty of interest, the latest edition of The Match will take place at The Reserve at Moonlight Basin in Big Sky, Montana – a Jack Nicklaus signature course – and will be a modified alternate shot match play format.

And if Brady's first tweet about the event is any indication, the trash talk should be plentiful.

Brady and Mickelson are defying the odds in 2021. In February, the former won his seventh Super Bowl title at age 43 and became the oldest-ever quarterback to hoist the Lombardi Trophy. Then, just last weekend, the 50-year-old Mickelson made history of his own by becoming the oldest golfer ever to win a major at the PGA Championship.

DeChambeau, 27, is a rising star on the PGA Tour who is the longest driver on tour this season and currently sits atop the FedExCup standings. He captured his first career major in September, winning the 2020 U.S. Open, and more recently became part of a hilarious meme after an interview with Tour rival Brooks Koepka went viral earlier this week.

But Rodgers is probably the most interesting participant of the four after reports surfaced ahead of last month's NFL draft that the two-time MVP wanted out of Green Bay after 16 seasons and a Super Bowl victory.

While the Packers' front office has made it publicly known it doesn't want to trade the future Hall of Famer, it's safe to say Rodgers' future in Green Bay is very much up in the air. Whether or not he's traded by the time The Match tees off, it'll be must-watch TV for football fans.

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