Aaron Rodgers

Tom Brady's illustrious resume finally includes a win at Capital One's The Match, and he has Aaron Rodgers to thank for it.

The third time was a charm for the seven-time Super Bowl champion, who teamed up with Rodgers to defeat Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen in Wednesday's showdown at Wynn Golf Course in Las Vegas.

The Green Bay Packers quarterback sunk a birdie putt on the final hole to win The Match in its most pressure-packed moment just after Allen barely missed a much longer one.

It was the sixth edition of the event, and Brady is now 1-2 after he and Phil Mickelson previously lost to Tiger Woods and Peyton Manning in the second edition and Bryson DeChambeau and Rodgers in the fourth edition.

The latest version of The Match was the first one that didn't include PGA stars. Instead, it was just the quarterbacks in a battle between the old guard of Brady and Rodgers and the rising stars in Mahomes and Allen in a 12-hole match play format.

All four players teed off on every hole, and each team then picked their best drive. They each played their own ball from wherever those best drives were, and the lowest individual score won the hole for his team.

Each player was also limited to one mulligan, but there were no restrictions on trash talking.

Allen started before the competition even began, thanks to an infamous picture of his opponent. Brady had some trouble finding the first tee box but didn't struggle to return the quips:

Brady may be responsible for seven of the Lombardi Trophies pictured on his golf ball, but he relied on his teammate from the start of Wednesday's match.

Rodgers set the tone when he unleashed a beautiful drive, perfectly placed approach shot and clutch birdie putt on the first hole. The veterans then jumped out to a two-hole lead when Brady's second shot on the par-five second found the green.

Yet Mahomes countered with some "swing juice" and cracked open an adult beverage, which seemed to help as his team rallied and tied it up by taking two of the next three holes. The Kansas City Chiefs signal-caller stood out on the fifth as his second shot hit the green while everyone else shanked their approach.

That was just the start of Mahomes takeover mode.

The four-time Pro Bowler bailed Allen out with a clutch putt to square the hole after the Buffalo Bills quarterback wasted his mulligan on the sixth. Mahomes then won the long drive challenge on No. 7 and the closest to the pin challenge on No. 8 and gave his team its first lead of the match by parlaying that shot on No. 8 into a birdie.

He even drained a pressure putt to halve the ninth after Rodgers talked trash before the stroke.

Still, Brady and Rodgers wouldn't have seven combined MVP awards if they didn't know how to make a comeback.

It was the Packers signal-caller who played the role of clutch hero Wednesday by driving the green on the short par four 10th to help his side tie the match and then put his tee shot on the green on the par-three 12th.

All four golfers had a putt for birdie on that final hole, but only Rodgers drained his to clinch victory at The Match.

The sixth edition of Capital One's The Match saw Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers defeat Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen in the friendly competition between some of the NFL's best quarterbacks.

But perhaps no one on the green had more fun than Mahomes, who kept things loose while also remaining competitive. The Kansas City Chiefs star made up for Allen's shortcomings and carried his team with a number of clutch putts. He also looked more relaxed than Allen throughout the match as he enjoyed a few bottles of beer.

Some fans and pundits who were watching Wednesday's showcase had fun online highlighting Mahomes' performance.

Mahomes also helped his team to overcome a two-shot deficit and took a brief lead when he sank a putt on the eighth hole. Allen had no choice but to admit that Mahomes was shouldering the load for their team.

On the final hole when things were tied up, Allen came close to sinking a long putt that would've made up for his earlier struggles. But it just wasn't his day, and it opened the door for Brady and Rodgers to take the win.

Wednesday's performance may have solidified Mahomes for a spot in Capital One's The Match going forward. His candor, subtle trash talk and impressively clutch play made for an entertaining viewing experience.

However, it wouldn't be a surprise if Mahomes was playing with a different partner the next time he's on the green.

The sixth edition of Capital One's The Match is set for Wednesday evening, and this outing is going to be a bit different.

While previous versions of The Match have included PGA stars—often paired with other celebrity athletes—The Match VI will be a showdown comprised entirely of NFL quarterbacks. It will be the old guard of Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers (44 and 38, respectively) against the rising stars of Buffalo Bills' Josh Allen and the Kansas City Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes (both 26 years old).

These four are no strangers to one another. Rodgers and Brady vied for the NFL MVP award this year—and faced off in The Match IV—while Mahomes and Allen have clashed in the playoffs for two straight years. They're no strangers to playing on the big stage either. This foursome has nine Lombardi Trophies, eight regular-season MVP awards and 30 Pro Bowls between them.

However, their arena is the football field, not the golf course. While Brady, Rodgers, Mahomes and Allen are fierce competitors, we're unlikely to see elite shots when they face off.

Naturally, this has led to some entertaining hot takes, mostly from the competitors themselves. Here, we'll dive into some of the funniest comments ahead of The Match VI.

The Match VI

Who: Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers vs. Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen

Where: Wynn Golf Course, Paradise, Nevada

When: Wednesday, June 1

Time: 6:30 p.m. ET

Format: 12-hole match play

TV and Live Stream: TNT, truTV, HLN, Watch TNT, TNT app

Hot Seat Press Conference 2.0: 5:45 p.m. ET on the B/R app

This marks Brady's third entry in The Match, while Rodgers is competing for the second time. The Packers signal-caller alluded to his team's experience while also throwing shade at the competition.

"I know they tried to make it old guys versus young guys, but I said, 'Who thought about this? You want to put the two best guys against the two worst guys?'" Rodgers said, per The Athletic's Greg Auman. "That's not just conjecture. That's facts. We have the experience."

Brady, meanwhile, took a direct shot at his former AFC East rival, Allen:

"Josh really hasn't backed much up on the football field in his career, let's be honest, especially playing against me," Brady said, per Auman.

Allen fired back with a remark about Brady's inability to go off-script—and we're not entirely sure if he's talking about Brady's chattering skills or his play style.

"Once Tom's script from his team runs out of jokes, I don't think he's going to be able to think on his feet," Allen said, per Christopher Powers of Golf Digest. "I feel like I've got a lot of practice in just kind of wit and off-the-cuff stuff. I think Aaron is a little better in that aspect, but Tom's going to have his little note card out and it'll run out eventually and I don't think he's going to know what to do."

Mahomes had some similar thoughts on the trash-talking game of his elder opponents.

"They've been trying to talk trash, but you tell it to their scripted or old jokes that they found on Twitter," the Kansas City quarterback said, per Ed Easton Jr. of Chiefs Wire. "So when we get on that golf course, and we get to really talk trash, I know me and Josh are gonna do that. And we're gonna win the match as well."

As for the match itself, Mahomes believes that youth will allow him and Allen to play a different game than Rodgers and Brady.

"The reason we're going to win is that we're going to be able to play the course differently than old Tom and old Aaron over there," Mahomes said, per ESPN's Rob Demovsky. "They might get us on a couple of par threes and stuff like that but whenever we can really open it up and use the drivers ... it's going to be nice to be able to use our little wedges like they use their 6-irons."

While we're likely to see plenty of humorous exchanges between the teams on Wednesday, we're also likely to see a few quality lines from TNT analyst and The Match III participant Charles Barkley—who has already gotten in on the action:

The Match producer, Bryan Zuriff, expects Barkley to go in on any golfers who struggle during the contest.

"We have [Charles] Barkley, you know, so we can rip on them," Zuriff said, per James Colgan of Golf.com.

There's going to be plenty of trash talk during The Match VI and probably some hilarious commentary from the broadcasting crew. It's all in good fun, though, and for a good cause. The event will support Feeding America, which has already received 17 million meals to donate from The Match series.

Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen are four of the top quarterbacks in the NFL today. They each consistently play at an elite level, and that's why they're all part of successful teams.

Brady and Rodgers have been doing it for most of the past two decades. Brady is a seven-time Super Bowl champion and continues to put up big numbers for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Rodgers is a Super Bowl winner and is the Green Bay Packers' steady leader on offense.

Mahomes and Allen are two 26-year-olds who have quickly become top-tier NFL QBs. Mahomes led the Kansas City Chiefs to a Super Bowl title at the end of the 2019 season, while Allen has played an instrumental role in the Buffalo Bills' recent success.

But none of that is going to really matter on Wednesday.

That's because these four quarterbacks aren't going to be facing off in a football competition. They're instead taking part in the latest edition of Capital One's The Match, a charity golf event that features high-profile athletes. It's happening at Wynn Golf Club in Las Vegas, and this will be the first of the six iterations of The Match to not feature any professional golfers.

Brady and Rodgers, the older guys, are pairing up to take on Mahomes and Allen. They're competing in a 12-hole matchplay format in which teammates will play the same ball on each hole.

Any NFL matchup featuring two of these quarterbacks could go either way, especially because football is a team sport. Golf is different. So, which of these pairs has the edge heading into The Match?

Brady and Rodgers have more football experience, and they have more history with this event, too. Brady has partnered with golf legend Phil Mickelson in two previous editions of The Match, although they lost both times. Meanwhile, Rodgers is 1-0 in The Match series, having teamed up with current PGA Tour golfer Bryson DeChambeau to defeat Brady and Mickelson last July at Moonlight Basin in Big Sky, Montana.

Luke Kerr-Dineen of Golf.com recently did a breakdown of the golf swings of each of these four quarterbacks, and he wrote that he'd "most prefer" Rodgers' swing.

"He still has a weaker left hand grip, where he can only see about one of his knuckles, but he makes it work because his hands are ahead of the ball at impact, which helps him hit little trap cuts," Kerr-Dineen wrote.

However, Kerr-Dineen noted that Mahomes has the "most powerful move." That could be valuable on a par-70 course, especially if they can execute in the short game.

If you ask Rodgers, though, it's not even going to be close. He believes the matchup is "the two best guys against the two worst guys."

"Tommy's played a ton of Pebble Beach events, he's played The Match a number of times. I've played in Pebble and Tahoe," Rodgers said, per The Athletic's Greg Auman. "We've got a decided advantage."

It could be a bit closer than Rodgers believes, but he is right in that he and Brady appear to have the edge for this matchup. But any of the four could have a bad day on the greens, so anything could happen.

Mahomes and Allen aren't exactly golf newbies, either. They're regular participants in the American Century Championship, an annual charity event held at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course in Stateline, Nevada. They've likely been practicing for Wednesday, and they're two highly skilled athletes.

No matter who wins, we know this: It's going to be fun and entertaining to watch as these four bring trash talk to the golf course while being mic'd up for the whole thing.

Capital One's The Match is known for trash talk. When you get a group of highly competitive athletes together who also happen to be among the best in the world, it comes naturally. Even if it's for an exhibition golf event.

That should be the case again Wednesday night, when the sixth edition of The Match is set to take place at Wynn Golf Club in Las Vegas. Only this time, there are no professional golfers in the mix. It'll instead be a showdown of four top-tier NFL quarterbacks: Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers vs. Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen.

There will be plenty of bragging rights on the line. But that's not all these QBs will be competing for.

The Match is known for raising large amounts of money for charity. Per a release for the event, The Match has raised close to $33 million for numerous organizations and has donated almost 17 million meals to Feeding America, which will again be the "primary charitable organization" for Wednesday's edition.

While there's no formal purse amount, Brady, Rodgers, Mahomes and Allen will have plenty of opportunities to rack up money for charity.

The third hole will be a Par 4 Challenge, awarding $500,000 for an eagle or $350,000 for a drive that ends up within 10 feet of the hole. If neither of those things occur, then the team that wins the hole will receive a $100,000 charity donation.

There will be a closest-to-the-hole competition on the fourth, sixth and eighth holes. A hole-in-one will award $2 million or a shot within five feet of the hole awards $350,000. If neither happens, a $100,000 donation will go to the golfer whose shot lands closest to the hole. If none hit the green, then they'll each get a donation.

The seventh hole will feature a longest-drive contest. The golfer with the longest drive on the fairway will get $400,000.

If both teams have a golfer hit the green on the 10th hole, those two will each get $350,000. If that doesn't happen, $100,000 will go to the team that wins that hole.

The biggest charitable sum up for grabs will be on the 12th and final hole, where a hole-in-one will award $5 million. A shot within five feet of the hole will net $350,000. And if neither happens, $100,000 will go to whomever was closest to the hole.

With so much money for charity on the line, there should be some sizable donations being made by the time the event is over. And that's a big reason why these quarterbacks are participating in the event.

That, and the opportunity to face off against their QB counterparts in a fun-yet-competitive setting.

"I love playing. It’s probably the one hobby I really have, outside [of] football," Brady said, per The Athletic's Greg Auman. "I love being on a golf course."

Brady and Rodgers are the narrow betting favorites, per DraftKings, but perhaps that largely relates to their greater experience in the event over Allen and Mahomes. Either way, it's sure to be an entertaining event that raises a lot of money for some good causes.

The NFL season is still more than three months away, so football players have some free time before reporting to training camp later this summer. Some may be opting to spend that down time on the golf course, and four quarterbacks in particular will soon be putting their skills to the test.

Capital One's The Match is returning Wednesday at Wynn Golf Club in Las Vegas, and this time, there are no professional golfers taking part in the charity event, which is a change from the previous five editions. Instead, the two teams will be composed of NFL signal-callers.

Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers, who have both participated in the event before, are teaming up to take on Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen, a pair of first-timers for the series. It's not yet known how much the charity purse will be for the competition, but Capital One's The Match has raised a lot of money previously.

Here are the odds for the showdown of quarterback duos set to take place this week.

Odds to Win Capital One's The Match 6

Tom Brady/Aaron Rodgers: -165 (bet $165 to win $100)

Patrick Mahomes/Josh Allen: +145 (bet $100 to win $145)

Via DraftKings Sportsbook

Prop Bets

There's a good chance Rodgers and Brady are going to win this week, which is why they're strong favorites to do so. If you want some bigger winnings from betting on the event, then it could be smart to place some prop bets, mostly ones that involve the veteran QBs having success.

Rodgers is the best golfer of the four, and he should help his team get off to a strong start. So it could be wise to pick some props that involve the Green Bay Packers star and Brady doing well on the early holes.

The odds of them taking the first lead are at -140, while the line for them being the first team to go up by two points is at -165. Both should be safe bets, as they're likely to pull ahead during the middle holes of the 12-hole match-play contest.

Some of the props that give the highest payouts are for predicting which team will win a particular hole. The line for Rodgers and Brady winning the first is +200, while the line for them winning the second is at +170. So there's some big money to be made there.

Another good prop bet is picking Brady and Rodgers to be ahead after three holes, as the line for that is at -130. If Rodgers plays up to his potential and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers star makes some solid shots, it's hard to imagine Mahomes and Allen will hang with them, even that early in the competition.

It's too risky to place bets on any of the props involving the quarterbacks shooting an eagle or making a hole-in-one. Even though Wynn Golf Club is a par-70 course, there is a lot of water surrounding the holes. These aren't professional golfers, so they're not going to play as well as Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau did on this course at The Match 5.

However, if you want to take a chance on a Mahomes/Allen prop, perhaps consider betting on them to have the most par-3 winners (+100). It's possible they'll fare better on the shorter holes, and while that won't be enough for them to win the event, they could use their short games to accumulate some points.

Unlike pro golfers, these quarterbacks don't have a long track record on the greens. So there's a risk associated with making any of these prop bets. Mahomes and/or Allen could play better than their handicaps, while Rodgers and/or Brady could underperform.

Still, it should be fun and entertaining to watch. And as the event begins to unfold, maybe some smart live bets will emerge, given that we'll have seen how the NFL stars have played on the early holes by then.

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It's never easy to predict what's going to happen during Capital One's The Match series. The charity golf events are known for some of the top figures in sports trash-talking each other, and not everybody on the greens is a professional golfer.

In fact, nobody participating this time around is a pro golfer.

On Wednesday, four NFL quarterbacks will be at Wynn Golf Club in Las Vegas for the sixth edition of the series. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Tom Brady and the Green Bay Packers' Aaron Rodgers will be teaming up to take on the duo of the Kansas City Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes and the Buffalo Bills' Josh Allen.

So if you think it's been hard to guess what will happen in previous events, that could really be the case this time, though all four QBs have played enough golf in the past that we may have an inkling of what could happen during this high-profile event.

Odds to Win Capital One's 'The Match 6'

Tom Brady/Aaron Rodgers: -160 (bet $160 to win $100)

Patrick Mahomes/Josh Allen: +140 (bet $100 to win $140)

Via DraftKings Sportsbook

The Brady-Rodgers duo is a strong favorite to win, and there's a clear reason for that: Rodgers is easily the best golfer among this group. The Packers signal-caller has a 4.6 handicap, per the Wisconsin State Golf Association, which is much better than those of Brady, Mahomes and Allen.

Rodgers has even had past success in the series. In July 2021, he teamed up with Bryson DeChambeau and defeated the pair of Phil Mickelson and Brady at Moonlight Basin in Big Sky, Montana.

Placing a bet on the Brady-Rodgers team is the smart move. It wouldn't be surprising to see them win the match-play contest without having to finish the full 12 holes. But there's not a ton of money to be made with that wager, given the duo's short odds.

Of course, there are prop bets available. And it could be wise to take a gamble on Rodgers' golf skills to try to earn bigger winnings.

There's a good chance Rodgers and Brady will get off to a strong start, as they have the experience advantage over Mahomes and Allen, who have never previously participated in the series. So a good bet to make is on Rodgers and Brady to win the first hole at +200.

The odds for the veteran pair to lead first are at -140. That should be a safe bet, with a better payout than picking Rodgers-Brady to win the event.

Some other prop bets for the event include betting on any of the four quarterbacks to notch a hole-in-one or if there are going to be any eagles. But none of them are that proficient at golf, so those are all too risky to put any money on.

Neither Mahomes nor Allen is a bad golfer, so this should be an entertaining event. But Rodgers should make some impressive shots, and Brady is solid enough that he won't slow his teammate's likely momentum. So feel confident about making bets on Rodgers and Brady to have success.

Is it possible Mahomes and Allen surprise us and make things a bit more competitive than expected? Sure. But it's much more likely that Rodgers and Brady cruise to victory.

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On the gridiron, everybody knows what Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen are capable of. They're four of the top quarterbacks in the NFL. And if there's a game featuring two of these QBs, it's likely going to be a thrilling matchup.

But what will happen when these four quarterbacks hit the greens at Wynn Golf Club in Las Vegas?

On Wednesday, Brady and Rodgers are set to team up to face Mahomes and Allen in a 12-hole match-play round of golf during the sixth edition of Capital One's The Match. It will begin at 6:30 p.m. ET and will air live on TNT.

This is the second straight edition of The Match to take place at Wynn Golf Club. Last November, Brooks Koepka defeated Bryson DeChambeau when the golf rivals went head-to-head there.

Odds to Win The Match 6

Tom Brady/Aaron Rodgers: -160 (bet $160 to win $100)

Patrick Mahomes/Josh Allen: +140 (bet $100 to win $140)

Via DraftKings Sportsbook

It's not a surprise that Brady and Rodgers are the betting favorites for this edition of The Match. Both NFL legends already have experience at this event, even though they've never been teammates before.

In May 2020, Brady teamed up with Phil Mickelson and lost against Tiger Woods and Peyton Manning in The Match: Champions for Change. Brady and Mickelson were teammates again in July 2021, when they lost to Rodgers and DeChambeau at The Match 4.

Rodgers appears to be the best golfer of the four quarterbacks participating in The Match on Wednesday. And he seems confident that he and Brady are the better golf duo.

"We have the experience," Rodgers said, per The Athletic's Greg Auman. "Tommy’s played a ton of Pebble Beach events; he’s played The Match a number of times. I’ve played in Pebble and Tahoe. We’ve got a decided advantage."

But this isn't football, a sport in which each of these four men are among the best at their craft. None of them are pro golfers, and it's always possible that a few bad shots could derail them and cause them to lose momentum.

Because this is match play, the pair that has the lowest number of strokes on each hole will get a point. Teammates will take turns playing the same ball.

Although Rodgers is confident that he and Brady will win as the favorites to do so, Allen doesn't want him and Mahomes to be counted out.

"We’re not just doing this to do it," Allen said, per The Athletic's Nate Taylor. "We want to win. We don’t want to lose, to those two guys especially. We don’t want them to hang this over our heads."

And it's not like Mahomes and Allen don't play golf. They're regular participants in the annual American Century Championship, a celebrity event that is held each year at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course. They're likely putting in some practice ahead of The Match, too.

So, it should be exciting to watch these four highly competitive QBs face off in a different sport. And given the trash-talking that always takes place at The Match, it will be entertaining.

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