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[ad_1] Labelled golf’s unofficial ‘fifth major’, this weekend’s Players Championships at the famous TPC Sawgrass always attracts a quality field. Despite the absence of LIV Golf players, this year is no different, and with a purse up for grabs of $25 million (USD), there is plenty at stake for the 144-man field. Watch every round … Read more
[ad_1] A severe storm raised safety concerns and forced postponement of the final round of the US PGA Tour’s Pebble Beach Pro-Am to Monday tournament officials announced on Sunday. One day after reigning US Open champion Wyndham Clark set a course record with a 12-under par 60 at the seaside California layout, heavy rain soaked … Read more
[ad_1] World number one Scottie Scheffler finished with back-to-back birdies to hold a share of the lead after the second round of the $20m USD ($A31m) PGA Tour Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Friday. Scheffler shot a bogey-free, eight-under-par round of 64 to share top spot on the leaderboard at 11-under with Belgian Thomas Detry and … Read more
[ad_1] LIV Golf League commissioner Greg Norman vows the Saudi-backed series is going “full steam ahead” despite a new PGA Tour deal worth up to $3 billion USD ($A4.6bn) with US sports team investors. And PGA Tour player Patrick Cantlay, who helped approve the deal, said Thursday the group of US sports team owners involved … Read more
[ad_1] One of the PGA Tour’s biggest ploys against LIV Golf will be on trial this week as the Pebble Beach Pro-Am is given a $20 million (A$30.5m) shot in the arm to captivate viewers worldwide. Despite being staged at one of the most dramatic, and iconic, courses in the world, the event has long … Read more
[ad_1] Lucas Herbert wouldn’t reveal the size of his sign-on fee for LIV Golf, willing only to say he’d been “looked after well” having been convinced the Saudi-backed league had become a different beast after Jon Rahm joined. One of the worst-kept secrets in golf was confirmed on Thursday when the 28-year-old Victorian was locked-in … Read more
[ad_1] The US PGA Tour announced a deal worth up to $3 billion (A$4.6bn) with a group of billionaire sports team owners on Wednesday to create a for-profit entity, PGA Tour Enterprises. The commercial venture partnership with Strategic Sports Group (SSG), under the PGA Tour’s control, offers nearly 200 PGA Tour players the chance to … Read more
[ad_1] Rory McIlroy says PGA Tour triumphs at venues such as Pebble Beach and Riviera will be devalued in the absence of two-time major winner Jon Rahm and other star players following their defection to LIV Golf. And the four-time major champion from Northern Ireland says it’s more important to complete a merger between LIV … Read more
[ad_1] Greg Norman spruiked his phone was running hot with requests to join LIV Golf when he landed the mega-signing of Jon Rahm after months of speculation. But it took a last-minute call from England’s Ryder Cup star Tyrrell Hatton just to give Rahm a single worthy teammate for his newly confirmed Legion XIII line-up, … Read more