LIV Golf's and will have to settle for being the underdogs when they take on and in Las Vegas.

Billed and booked in at Shadow Creek on December 17, duo McIlroy and Scheffler will do battle with two of biggest names in DeChambeau and Koepka in a matchplay clash. The crossover event will give fans the chance to see two leading names from each side of golf's recent civil war go head-to-head for the first time.

There is no doubt on their day all four golfers prove hard to beat. Currently, Scheffler has announced himself as the best player on the planet, ending 2024 with the Players Championship title, and as

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McIlroy meanwhile is arguably the greatest player of his generation, and wherever he goes, crowds - and usually quality - follows. On the LIV side it is often hard to look past both Koepka and DeChambeau too. The former a five-time major champion and the latter one of the most in-form players in the world, fresh off his US Open win in June.

For many it would prove hard to split them, but two months out a favourite has emerged. According to McIlroy and Scheffler are favourites to come away with victory, with the bookmaker pricing them at 4/6 to claim bragging rights for the PGA Tour.

Koepka and DeChambeau's ego meanwhile will have to settle with second best in the betting, with the LIV pairing slight underdogs at 6/5. And according to the experts, if you were to take one look at the world rankings, you would expect the LIV duo's chances to be evens slimmer. Betway spokesperson Mike Reading told Mirror Sport: “On paper it's the world No. 1 and 3 against the world No. 9 and 65.

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"Based on that information the odds for Scheffler and McIlroy should be much shorter, but because of the LIV world ranking situation, DeChambeau and Koepka should be far higher in the world rankings." For now though, the edge still remains with McIlroy and Scheffler. "This contest will be much closer than the rankings suggest, with the PGA players, Scheffler and McIlroy, holding a slight advantage," he added.

One man who is looking forward to the match-up is McIlroy, with the Northern Irishman keen to give golf fans a taste of what could come further down the line form a peace deal between the PGA Tour and LIV bosses. "You've got the best player in the ," he commented at the Irish Open last month.

"You've got two guys in Bryson and Brooks that have won majors in the last two years. You've got me in there who-I haven't done what those guys have done the last couple years but I've definitely been I feel one of the best players in the world." It's a way to show golf fans in the world that this is what could happen or these are the possibilities going forward. I've been saying this for a long time. I think golf and golf fans get to see us together more than four times a year."