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Skins Game Returns Friday on Prime Video With Reverse-Purse Twist at Panther National

Producers aim to create real stakes by starting each player with $1 million that can shrink or grow on every hole.

Overview

  • Tommy Fleetwood, Xander Schauffele, Keegan Bradley and Shane Lowry will compete on Black Friday at 9 a.m. ET, with Lowry replacing Justin Thomas following his microdiscectomy.
  • The reboot uses a reverse-purse skins format in which each player begins with $1 million and the total changes by skins won, with tied holes carrying over to raise the next hole’s value.
  • Prime Video will stream the exhibition as a holiday lead-in, with on-air coverage including Andrew Catalon, Colt Knost and Dan Rapaport.
  • Executive producer Chad Mumm says the loss‑aversion setup is designed to restore competitive tension missing from appearance‑fee exhibitions, with players mic’d to emphasize personality and banter.
  • The event is staged at Panther National in Palm Beach Gardens, a new private course co-designed by Jack Nicklaus and Justin Thomas that features significant earthmoving, wide fairways and distinctive green complexes.