Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson joined by Tom Brady and Peyton Manning in charity golf challenge

Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson will be joined by record-breaking NFL quarterbacks Tom Brady and Peyton Manning in a charity golf match next month.

American broadcaster Turner Sports confirmed details of the match, the proceeds from which will all go towards coronavirus relief.

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No more details of the event were given, but it is expected to be a two-on-two contest, and there is widespread speculation it will be held at a Florida course.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis recently expressed support for the event.

"You wouldn't have a gallery there. You wouldn't have crowds, but to put that on TV, I think people have been starved for content," he said.

Woods and Mickelson are the two most successful golfers of their era, with 15 and five major championships to their names respectively.

Neither has played since the PGA Tour cancelled the Players Championship due to the coronavirus pandemic after the first round on March 12, shutting down the tour indefinitely.

Woods and Mickelson previously played a pay-per-view exhibition in November 2018 billed as The Match, in which Mickelson landed a $9m payday at the end of a contest lacking in quality.

The addition of Brady and Manning is likely to spice things up, and be a big television draw for a national and international audience starved of live sport due to the coronavirus shutdown.

Brady is a six-times Super Bowl champion who has just signed for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after spending his entire career with the New England Patriots.

Manning, who retired in 2016, is the only starting quarterback to win Super Bowls with different teams -- the Indianapolis Colts in 2006 and Denver Broncos in 2016

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