Tiger Woods and Peyton Manning win The Match in Florida

Phil Mickelson, Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and Tiger Woods took part in The Match: Champions for Charity event at Medalist Golf Club in Florida

Tiger Woods and Peyton Manning held off Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady in an exciting charity exhibition golf match in Florida.

Woods and Manning triumphed by one hole in The Match: Champions for Charity exhibition, which set out to raise $10 million for Covid-19 relief, at Medalist Golf Club.

However, online donations helped the end result reach $20 million.

Woods and Manning took the early lead in the clash of golf and NFL rivals thanks to some impressive putting from Manning.

The duo improved their position from there as six-time Super Bowl champion Brady struggled to find his swing.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback was hard-pressed to find the fairway through the first six holes, let alone the green.

However, Brady turned it around on the par-5 seventh when he hit the shot of the match to hole out for a birdie from 100 yards away.

The 42-year-old played like a new man from there as he and Mickelson managed to close the gap throughout the back nine to enter the 18th just 1-down.

Their efforts were in vain, however, as Woods eased a long-birdie putt close enough to the hole that a final tap-in from Manning was not required.

The result means Woods evens up his exhibition TV matches against Mickelson at 1-1 after Mickelson won their $9 million winner-take-all clash in Las Vegas in 2018.

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