Gareth Bale and John Terry are among the many footballing greats taking to the golf course for this week’s Reignwood Icons of Soccer, a particular crew event stay on Sky Sports activities.
Staff England and Staff World meet in Bangkok for the second version of the two-day occasion, the place previous Premier League, Champions League and World Cup-winning stars all characteristic within the 12-man line-ups.
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Here is all it’s worthwhile to know, forward of protection getting underway on Saturday from 1am on Sky Sports activities Golf…
What’s it and the place will it’s performed?
The occasion sees 24 former skilled footballers break up into two groups, one from England one from the remainder of the world, with each captained by former Ryder Cup gamers.
It takes place for the second successive 12 months at Reignwood Park Golf Course in Thailand. It is an 18-hole course that has the identical house owners as the long-lasting Wentworth Membership in Surrey – residence of the DP World Tour.
All matches can be performed over 10 holes, utilizing a Ryder Cup-style match play, with a wide range of codecs used and loads of additional methods for gamers to earn factors for his or her groups.
Who’re the captains?
Danny Willett, the 2016 Masters champion and eight-time DP World Tour winner, captains Staff England. Staff World can be captain by Thomas Bjorn, who led Europe to victory within the 2018 Ryder Cup.
Each captains won’t characteristic as gamers and succeed Lee Westwood and Sergio Garcia, who captained the 2 groups for the 2025 version.
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Highlights from the ultimate day of the 2025 Reignwood Icons of Soccer, the place soccer greats went face to face as Staff England battled with Staff World
Who options for Staff England?
Right as of January 28:
Jimmy Bullard, Andy Cole, Robbie Fowler, Joe Hart, Paul Ince, Phil Jagielka, Jermaine Jenas, Phil Jones, Lee Sharpe, Teddy Sheringham, John Terry and Theo Walcott
Who options for Staff World?
Right as of January 28:
Gareth Bale, Gabriel Batistuta, Ryan Giggs, David Ginola, Ruud Gullit, Nigel de Jong, Henrik Larsson, Aaron Ramsey, John Arne Riise, Andriy Shevchenko, Dwight Yorke, Gianfranco Zola
What’s the format?
The event is break up into 4 classes, with level awarded in every match an serving to to contribute to a crew’s general rating.
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While warming up for the Icons Collection, Gareth Bale lands a superb chip-in which impresses the gang on the placing inexperienced. Credit score: Icons Collection
The opening session is performed in fourballs, the place two gamers from Staff England go up in opposition to two from Staff World. The participant who takes the fewest photographs on a gap wins the opening for his or her crew.
The following two classes use the ‘greensomes’ format, the place every pair choosing one of the best of their two tee photographs after which utilizing that ball to play the remainder of the opening in alternate photographs. The crew with the bottom rating wins that gap.
The ultimate session is singles, the place every member of Staff England will go up in opposition to a counterpart from Staff World in a 10-hole match.
How does scoring work?
Every match is performed over 10 holes and has match play scoring in place – like what we’re used to seeing on the Ryder Cup and Solheim Cup. A match win is price one level for a crew, though a bonus level can be on supply matches win by a rating of 4up or extra.
There are ‘residence’ and ‘away’ holes throughout every match, with Staff World’s residence gap being the sixth and Staff England’s the ninth. If the away wins the opening, it is price double in that match.
The tenth and last gap can also be price double, growing the significance of each shot in each match!
A bonus level can be on supply on Saturday for ‘shot of the day’, with viewers at residence choosing their favorite shot from 4 choices earlier than that then will get added to a crew’s general rating.
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What time does play begin and when is protection stay on Sky Sports activities?
Sky Sports activities may have prolonged protection from each days, with the motion stay on Sky Sports activities Golf from 1am on each Saturday and Sunday.
Protection of the second session is from 6.30am on Saturday and 6am on Sunday, with these out there stay in full on Sky Sports activities+ and on Sky Sports activities Golf till the beginning of the Bahrain Championship.
The opening fourballs session begins at 8.30am native time on Saturday (1.30am UK time), with the second session resulting from get underway at 6.35am UK time.
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Sunday’s alternate shot motion begins at 1am UK time, with the final-session singles starting round 6am that morning (1pm in Bangkok) and following the motion till the ultimate putt has been made.
Who gained final 12 months’s contest?
Staff England gained three of the 4 classes to assert an emphatic 72-33 over Staff World in final 12 months’s event, the place they dominated the final-session singles to increase their successful margin.
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Watch highlights from the opening day of the 2025 Reignwood Icons of Soccer, the place Staff England constructed a slender lead
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