FORT WORTH (AP) — Davis Riley shot even-par 70 while playing in the final group Sunday, May 26, with Scottie Scheffler, and still won a subdued Colonial by five strokes over the world’s No. 1 player and Keegan Bradley for his first individual victory on the PGA Tour. Davis Riley poses with the...
LOUISVILLE (AP) — The affiliations of players, whether they belong to the PGA Tour or LIV Golf, no longer seem to be much of a talking point except to note who’s playing at the start and who wins at the end. Dustin Johnson (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) But two majors into the year, a couple of LIV...
Talor Gooch of LIV Golf gets to play in at least one major this year. He announced Monday, May 6, on social media that he received an invitation to play in the PGA Championship next week. USA's Talor Gooch (AP) The PGA of America is not expected to release the full field until Tuesday, May 7, as it...
AUGUSTA (AP) — This wasn’t the kind of attention Rory McIlroy was hoping for on the day after the Masters. Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy (AP/File photo) A London financial paper, City A.M., cited anonymous sources as saying McIlroy was believed to be close to an $850 million deal to join LIV...
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NEW YORK (AFP) -- The Saudi-backed LIV Golf League has withdrawn its application for Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) points, according to multiple US reports on Tuesday, March 5.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...
