AUGUSTA (AP) — In some ways, golf finds itself at a point in time not unlike pro football in the 1960s, when two rival leagues duked it out but found a path to reconciliation that produced a game far bigger than anyone could’ve envisioned. Spain's Jon Rahm (AP) Bryson DeChambeau, for one, is...
HONG KONG (AFP) -- Abraham Ancer won the inaugural LIV Golf Hong Kong on Sunday, March 10, blowing a five-stroke lead before beating Cam Smith and Paul Casey with a brilliant birdie on the first playoff hole. LIV team Fireballs GC player Abraham Ancer tees off during day three of the LIV Golf...
HONG KONG (AFP) -- Masters champion John Rahm said on Wednesday, March 6, that the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) was not "a good system" after LIV Golf formally withdrew its application to join. Spain's Jon Rahm (AFP/File photo) LIV Golf commissioner Greg Norman on Tuesday, March 5, sent a...
MIAMI (AFP) -- Reigning Olympic champion Xander Schauffele had the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) in mind after LIV Golf withdrew its bid to obtain ranking points on Tuesday, March 5, with complaints about the system. USA's Xander Schauffele (AFP) On a practice day ahead of Thursday's start of...
NEW YORK (AFP) -- The Saudi-backed LIV Golf League has withdrawn its application for Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) points, according to multiple US reports on Tuesday, March 5. Sports Illustrated, ESPN and The Golf Channel reported LIV Golf commissioner Greg Norman told players in a letter on...
PALM BEACH GARDENS (AFP) -- Rory McIlroy dismissed talk of an "asterisk" on any Masters triumph over missing LIV Golf talent and said on Wednesday, Feb. 28, that patience is needed to solve the PGA-LIV divide. Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland looks on from the sixth green prior to The Cognizant...
PARIS (AFP) -- Three-time PGA Tour winner Anthony Kim will make his first professional golf appearance since 2012 at this weekend's LIV Golf event in Jeddah, the Saudi-backed circuit announced on Monday, Feb. 26. USA's Anthony Kim (AFP) Kim suffered a series of injuries and has not played a tour...
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- LIV golfer Joaquin Niemann has accepted a special invitation to play the Masters along with Japan's Ryo Hisatsune and Denmark's Thorbjorn Olesen, Augusta National said on Wednesday, Feb. 21. Chile’s Joaquin Niemann (AFP) Chile's Niemann said after his victory in the LIV...
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Reigning Masters champion Jon Rahm will be LIV Golf's newest star when the Saudi-backed upstart series launches a third season on Friday, Feb. 2, as questions abound regarding its future. Spain's Jon Rahm (AFP/File photo) LIV's 2024 campaign was in doubt since a framework merger...
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- 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. Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy (AFP/File photo) And the four-time...
DUBAI (AFP) -- Rory McIlroy feels that the days of golfers being independent contractors are changing as the PGA Tour and LIV Golf continue to negotiate a merger that could reshape the future of the sport. Northern Irish Rory McIlroy (AFP) The former world No1, speaking on Wednesday, Jan. 10,...
MIAMI (AFP) -- Phil Mickelson has welcomed Rory McIlroy's new softened stance towards LIV Golf and says it is time to "let go" of "hostilities" between the rival camps. USA's Phil Mickelson (AFP) Mickelson was one of the first players to switch from the PGA Tour to the Saudi-backed LIV in 2022 and...
