Chalien Dantes/Contributor

The Skins Game made its long-awaited return last Friday (November 28) after a 16-year break, and the revived edition delivered plenty of drama along with one player who left with nothing but a laugh.

Four Ryder Cup stars teed it up at Panther National in Palm Beach Gardens: Keegan Bradley, Xander Schauffele, Tommy Fleetwood, and Shane Lowry. Bradley turned the day into his own personal cash machine, pocketing US$2.1 million, including a US$900,000 haul from a well-timed birdie on the par-3 12th. That stood as the richest single hole payout in Skins history until Fleetwood one-upped it three holes later with a US$1.25 million grab on his way to US$1.7 million overall.

Bradley collected 11 skins, most of them in bunches. Lowry walked away with US$200,000. And Schauffele? Not a penny. When the players received their oversized checks afterwards, Schauffele’s proudly read zero dollars, which he took in stride.

Each golfer started with US$1 million and watched it shrink whenever someone else claimed a skin. The Skins Game, once a Thanksgiving TV tradition from 1983 to 2008, returned with the same playful chaos that made it famous, just ask poor Xander.