Coming Live on Hayters TV – Gareth Bale, John Terry, Theo Walcott and other Icons of Football in a Ryder-Cup style golf tournament this weekend. | OneFootball

Footballing greats take to the golf course for England v Rest of the World, with a 10 billion-dollar hole-in-one challenge added to the mix, all to be shown live from Bangkok on HaytersTV.

The latest Reignwood Icons of Golf takes place in Bangkok this weekend and will mix football and golf with two 12-man line-ups featuring superstars that have won the biggest trophies in football. Gareth Bale, John Terry, Gabriel Batistuta, Teddy Sheringham, Robbie Fowler and others will swap floodlights for fairways in a dynamic 12 v 12 competition based on the Ryder Cup matchplay format.

Here is everything you need to know ahead of the event…

Tee-off time

Coverage begins at 6:30am UK time on Saturday and Sunday, divided into four sessions, with the million dollar challenge at 8.30am on Sunday morning.

Where to watch

Live on HaytersTV’s YouTube channel – link here:

A background

Both teams feature 11 former football stars plus Ryder Cup winning golfers as captain – Danny Willets for England and Thomas Bjorn for Rest of the World.

This is the second year of the event taking place at Reignwood Park Golf Course in Thailand. It’s an 18-hole course that has the same owners as Wentworth Club in Surrey – home of the DP World Tour.

All matches are ten holes, following the same process as the Ryder Cup, but there will be extra opportunities for players to earn points.

Ten million dollar challenge

And there is also a way fans can win in a special one-shot challenge on Sunday morning. Simply pick a player you think can hit a hole in one and if they do you could win a portion of 10 million dollars.

If a player hits a hole in one, the $10m is split as follows:– $4m to the Player– $3m to a charity of their choice– $3m split between 3 lucky winners of our prize draw, picked randomly from those entrants who selected that player.

The Captains

The England team will be captained by Danny Willett who won the Masters in 2016 and has won the DP World Tour eight times.

Team World will be captain by Thomas Bjorn, who won the Ryder Cup in 2018 with team Europe.

The teams

Team World:

Gareth Bale

Gabriel Batistuta

Ryan Giggs

David Ginola

Andriy Shevchenko

Gianfranco Zola

Ruud Gullit

Nigel de Jong

Dwight Yorke

Henrik Larsson

Aaron Ramsey

John Arne Riise

Dwight Yorke

Team England:

Jimmy Bullard

Andy Cole

Robbie Fowler

Joe Hart

Paul Ince

Phil Jagielka

Jermaine Jenas

Phil Jones

Lee Sharpe

Teddy Sheringham

John Terry

Theo Walcott

How does it work?

The tournament will be split into four sessions, with point awarded in each match an helping to contribute to a team’s overall score.

The opening session is played in fourballs, where two players from each team go up against each other. The one who takes the fewest shots, wins the hole for their team.

The next two sessions has pairs again, after the tee shot they then pick the best of their two tee shots and then using that ball to play the rest of the hole in alternate shots. The team with the lowest score wins that hole.

The final session is on their own, where each player from Team England will go up against a counterpart from Team World in a 10-hole match.

Scoring

Each match is played over 10 holes and has match play scoring in place – like other golf tournaments such as the Ryder Cup. A match win is worth one point for a team, although a bonus point will be on offer matches win by a score of 4up or more.

There are home and away legs during each match, with Team World’s. If the away team wins their points are worth double. The final hole is also worth double for both teams.

A bonus point will be on offer on Saturday for ‘shot of the day’, with viewers from home picking their favourite shot.