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Betting: Will Tom Brady beat Aaron Rodgers in golf on Tuesday?

Jay Busbee previews Capital One's The Match in which Tom Brady and Phil Mickelson face off against Aaron Rodgers and Bryson DeChambeau.

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"The Match," America's favorite celebrity golf battle, tees off again this Tuesday in Montana. I'm Jay Busbee, here to bring you everything you need to know about this tag-team match on a golf course.

This version of "The Match" features Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady, veterans of a previous one against Tiger Woods and Peyton Manning. But this time around, we've got a new couple of challengers for them; Bryson DeChambeau and Aaron Rodgers. Now at the moment, DeChambeau and Rodgers are about 2 to 1 implied odds to win. And there's a lot of reasons for that, which we'll go through here.

But let's dig in a little further on this overall tournament here. It's a best ball alternate shot format, which means they'll play the best ball off the tee and then they'll alternate shots thereafter. It's match play and there's no carryover from hole to hole. You just take a half, if they manage to split the hole.

Now, Moonlight Basin in Montana can play as long as 8,000 yards for the pros, and the par-5 17th can play 777 yards. That's about half a mile. Now, the quarterback's are not going to be playing from that level, but the pros might. You just you never know. They might use that to take out Bryson DeChambeau's distance advantage.

Let's dig in a little bit on the players here. Mickelson, as you know, won the PGA Championship in May. DeChambeau was eight holes from winning the US open a couple of weeks ago. Brady and Rodgers are the ones that you got to wonder about. And Brady has a handicap, apparently, of 8.1. Rodgers has said his handicap is about 3.5. Obviously, a clear advantage for both DeChambeau and Rodgers there.

The question comes up in terms of how the intangibles come into play here. It's a made-for-TV match. It's the first time to DeChambeau and Rodgers are playing in this kind of format. Can they handle it? That's the big question.

DeChambeau focuses deeply on his guidebook and his caddie when he's playing, is he going to be able to handle the kind of constant jabs that he's going to be getting from Mickelson and Brady? Mickelson's been in all three of the previous matches. He won two and lost the third one to Tiger and Peyton by a single hole.

In terms of numbers, obviously, it's a clear favorite for Rodgers and DeChambeau. But if you were looking for something more, if you're looking for the intangibles, you want to look at Brady and Mickelson. You're not going to find any better trash-talkers this side of Michael Jordan. And DeChambeau and Rodgers have given them plenty of targets.

So there you go. Bet with your numbers or bet with your heart. Either way, the match is going to be a lot of fun. It plays this Tuesday at 5:00 PM Eastern. Have a good time with it.

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