"Stole the LIV Golf format" Nickelodeon special features golf superstars
Justin Thomas, Collin Morikawa, Jon Rahm and Lexi Thompson will feature in The Slime Cup and it got golf fans laughing.
Golf superstars Justin Thomas, Collin Morikawa, Jon Rahm and Lexi Thompson will appear in a special golf competition on kids' TV channel Nickelodeon called the Slime Cup.
The format is similar to the made-for-TV golf franchise The Match. The hour-long special will feature four teams as they compete on the "Nick-ified" golf course to reach the final.
The final will be inside the iconic Rose Bowl stadium in California. The special will be broadcast on June 25 at 8pm.
Challenges that Thomas and co. will have to put up with include one-of-a-kind tee boxes, far-out fairways and greens and physical challenges. There is, of course, a whole load of slime.
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The final hole is called "The Unfairway" and the winner will win the Nickelodeon Slime Cup, a Nick orange blazer and the honour of getting slimed.
The format will see teams compete in a two-round tournament, with holes inspired by fan-favourite Nickelodeon shows.
WWE superstars and NFL players are also involved.
The news prompted some golf fans to joke that the field is better than the list of confirmed participants for the forthcoming Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series at Centurion Club.
Former World No.1 Dustin Johnson has sparked outrage by becoming golf's biggest rebel superstar.
Nickelodeon is putting on a golf competition called the Slime Cup and I am jacked up about it pic.twitter.com/GX0y5zHv1B
— Ryan Ballengee (@RyanBallengee) May 31, 2022
Kuch gonna backdoor top 10 the hell outta of this thing
— Andrew Goldberg (@A_R_Goldberg) May 31, 2022
Wait just a minute. Are the players requesting a release from the tour to compete in this event? How do we know that Norman isn't involved in this somehow?
— Ben Hogan 1953 (@TinCup2020) May 31, 2022
Will they be banned from the PGA tour ?
— Ben Bartlett (@bj_bartlett) June 1, 2022
They stole the LIV format.
— Gerkinov (@gerkinov) May 31, 2022
This isn’t the breakaway tour I was expecting today…
— radionerd1970 (@radionerd1970) May 31, 2022
Thought this was the LIV roster for a second!
— Will Kelly (@IKnowSoftware) May 31, 2022
I’m tired of hearing about LIV “growing the game.” THIS is growing the game. https://t.co/lOKUJRPV79
— Mark (@markymarky42) May 31, 2022
