Skin Game Features Fleetwood, Bradley, Schauffele and Thomas

PUNT VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – The Skins Game returns to the golf calendar after 17 years, and with some new aspects.

The skins game will be played the Friday after Thanksgiving. Just like when it was founded in 1983, it will feature the top six golfers in the world: Ryder Cup star and FedEx Cup champion Tommy Fleetwood, U.S. Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley, Justin Thomas and Xander Schauffele.

New: The skin game is moving from the California desert to South Florida and will be shown on Prime Video instead of network TV.

It will be held at Panther National, a new course in Florida that opened two years ago and was designed by Thomas and Jack Nicklaus. Bradley, Schauffele and Thomas all live in the area.

The Skins Game began in 1983 with some of golf’s biggest stars, and was last won in 2008 by K.J. Choi. This is the cornerstone of what was once known as golf’s “silly season.” It started in 1983 with Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson and Gary Player (Vin Scully was the announcer) and took place over the Thanksgiving weekend in California.

The new skin game will have a similar format. Players win a dollar amount for each hole, which carries over if the hole is tied. The difference is a “reverse wallet,” in which all four players start with $1 million and their fortunes rise or fall, winning or losing on every hole.

Coverage will begin at 9 a.m., Prime’s second golf event, following last month’s announcement that it would air two hours of weekday coverage on the Masters.