Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson trade softball trash talk while announcing $10 million match

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• Tiger Woods made his long-rumored $10 million match against Phil Mickelson official with a tweet on Wednesday.
• The match is set for Thanksgiving weekend in Las Vegas, with the two playing in one of the highest stakes rounds of golf in history.
• There are still plenty of details left to be announced, but with Tiger's tweet, it feels as though golf fans can officially get excited about the event.

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It's been known for a while, but now it feels official.

Tiger Woods tweeted out on Wednesday a promotional image for his highly anticipated $10 million match against Phil Mickelson that has been rumored to be in the works since spring.

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