MIAMI (AFP) -- Six-time major winner Phil Mickelson said on Wednesday, Oct. 18, that more PGA Tour players will jump to Saudi-backed LIV Golf despite a framework agreement for a merger by the end of 2023. American Phil Mickelson (AFP) The 53-year-old US left-hander, among the first to leap from the...
SAUDI ARABIA (AFP) -- Brooks Koepka defended his LIV Golf Jeddah title on Sunday, Oct. 15, beating his American compatriot Talor Gooch in a playoff. Brooks Koepka of the US celebrates his trophy after winning the 2023 LIV Golf Jeddah champion at Royal Greens Golf in Jeddah on Sunday, Oct. 15. (AFP)...
CHICAGO (AFP) -- Bryson DeChambeau birdied three of his last five holes to win the LIV Golf Chicago title on Sunday, Sept. 24, when Anirban Lahiri missed an eight-foot par putt on the 18th hole. Bryson DeChambeau poses with the trophy after winning the LIV Golf Invitational - Chicago at Rich...
More than 160 young golfers are expected to participate in the 2023 Mimosa Junior Open, one of the prime tournaments this year by the Junior Golf Foundation of the Philippines, set Sept. 9 and 10 at the Mimosa Plus Golf Course in Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga. Rianne Malixi (right) and Nicole...
ATLANTA (AFP) -- Tiger Woods is already making an impact in only two weeks on the PGA Tour policy board as it considers the PGA-LIV deal, fellow board member Rory McIlroy said on Wednesday, Aug. 23. Tiger Woods. (AFP) The 15-time major champion was added to an expanded policy board, the tour...
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Andy Pazder, the US PGA Tour's chief tournaments and competitions officer, resigned on Tuesday, Aug. 8, after having served on the circuit's executive leadership team since 1990, according to multiple reports. The Golf Channel, Golfweek, ESPN and Sports Illustrated said that the...
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- The Pebble Beach Pro-Am will become a "signature" event on the 2024 US PGA Tour schedule released on Monday even as a merger framework agreement with LIV Golf remains unresolved. PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan. (AFP) The PGA Tour unveiled a lineup of 36 tournaments in a...
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Bryson DeChambeau, the 2020 US Open champion, fired a rare 58 in the final round to win the LIV Golf Greenbrier title on Sunday, Aug. 6. Bryson DeChambeau of the United States celebrates his birdie putt on the 18th hole with a record 58 to win the LIV Golf Invitational -...
MIAMI (AFP) -- Tiger Woods is joining the PGA Tour's newly expanded policy board, the tour announced on Tuesday, August 1, in a move aimed at cooling player tensions over secrecy surrounding merger talks with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf. *Tiger Woods. (AFP)* The 15-time major champion, a longtime...
HOYLAKE (AFP) -- British Open champion Cameron Smith believes the future is bright for golf despite the uncertainty over how a proposed merger between the PGA Tour and Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) will play out. *Cameron Smith. (AFP)* Smith was one of the biggest names to join the PIF-backed...
LONDON (AFP) -- Rory McIlroy has said he would retire before joining the breakaway LIV Golf tour after it emerged he had been offered a franchise in the Saudi-backed project. *Rory McIlroy. (AFP)* A US Senate sub-committee met on Tuesday, July 11, to investigate a proposed merger between the PGA...
MIAMI (AFP) -- The PGA Tour and the Saudi Public Investment Fund have dropped a provision from their framework agreement that barred LIV Golf and the Tour from recruiting each other's players, the PGA Tour confirmed on Thursday, July 13. The move comes after the US Department of Justice raised...
