Written by Rob Jerram on Tuesday 12 December 2023
Masters champion and golf legend Fred Couples wants players to be honest and admit they’re joining LIV Golf for the money. The 64-year-old says he’s sick of players leaving the PGA Tour, where he’s won 15 times, to join the Saudi-backed tour and then claiming they’ve moved because “it’s a great product”. “I want to see the next superstar say, ‘You know...
Written by Michael Catling on Friday 8 December 2023
Masters champion Jon Rahm has joined LIV Golf, pocketing £450 million to become the world’s highest-paid athlete and the Saudi-backed tour’s biggest signing. We break down the Ryder Cup star’s move, the reaction, and what it means for the future of men’s professional golf. The World No.3’s defection from the PGA Tour – understood to be worth a staggering £450 million...
Written by Michael Catling on Thursday 11 April 2024
In this exclusive and explosive extract from Golf Wars: LIV and Golf’s Bitter Battle for Power and Identity, author Iain Carter reveals how the DP World Tour were left infuriated by Jay Monahan after a series of blunders and selfish decisions last summer… It’s coming up to two years since a Saudi-backed upstart parked its tanks on the lawn of...
Written by Michael Catling on Friday 12 April 2024
In an exclusive interview about his new book, Golf Wars, author Iain Carter tells us why he fears for the future of the DP World Tour and the one thing that is keeping Jay Monahan in a job… The life of a journalist can often feel like being on a hamster wheel, trying to get to the bottom of a different...
Written by Rob Jerram on Sunday 14 April 2024
Which golfers have won on their men’s Major debuts? The number to win on their first start is remarkably small when you consider the Majors started 164 years ago. And if we take the Majors as we know them today – The Masters, US PGA Championship, US Open and The Open – and discount The Amateur Championship and US Amateur, which were...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Monday 15 April 2024
The Louisianan looper added a second Green Jacket with Scottie Scheffler at the 2024 Masters, taking his tally to four titles at Augusta National. The red-hot favorite stormed to Masters glory for a second time, out-shooting his rivals with an assured four-under-par 68 to demonstrate why very few could see past him at the 88th Masters. Navigating him through a week...
Written by James Hogg on Monday 15 April 2024
The best players in the world are heading to Texas for The Chevron Championship – the opening Major of the season on the LPGA Tour The Chevron Championship is the first Major played on the LPGA Tour calendar. This is the second year The Chevron Championship will be played in Texas. Previously, The Chevron Championship was played in California, from its...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Monday 15 April 2024
The dust had bearly settled in Georgia before the PGA Tour cogs started grinding back into gear, pulling in a stellar field to its next stop in South Carolina. Attention turns straight to regular season PGA Tour action and to the East Coast for the RBC Heritage – the traditional post-Masters event that has Signature Event status in 2024’s reimagined calendar.
Written by Ross Tugwood on Saturday 20 April 2024
The World No.2 delivers on ‘drunken lunch’ promise and teams up with pal Lowry to make his debut in the Louisiana team event. 2024’s edition of the Zurich Classic celebrates the insurance group’s 20th year as title sponsor of the event which only became a team competition from 2017. Stealing the pre-event headlines this year is Rory McIlroy, making his debut in...
Written by Will Shreeve-Peacock on Monday 22 April 2024
The DP World Tour arrives in Japan for the penultimate event on the Asian Swing for the co-sanctioned ISPS Handa Championship, at Taiheiyo Club Gotemba Course The ISPS Handa Championship marks the penultimate event of the Asian Swing, a swing disrupted by both the Masters and the US PGA Championship. The ISPS Handa Championship returns for its second edition in 2024...
Written by Rob McGarr on Monday 22 April 2024
Get ready for the biggest event of the LIV Golf season, featuring the showpiece ‘Watering Hole’… Australia has taken to LIV Golf more than any other country. 77,000 tickets were sold for last year’s inaugural LIV Golf Adelaide tournament, roughly double the estimated attendance of LIV’s second most popular event. The reason is simple. Australia isn’t well-served by traditional tour golf, so...
Written by Rob Jerram on Monday 22 April 2024
Another huge prize fund was offered at the RBC Heritage as the latest PGA Tour Signature Event attracted a star-studded field to South Carolina. Masters champion Scottie Scheffler could took his 2024 earnings to more than $18.5m with a win in the limited-field event at Hilton Head, just eight days after his second Major victory at Augusta. He received $3.6m – the...
Written by James Hogg on Tuesday 23 April 2024
The LPGA Tour returns to the City of Angels for the JM Eagle LA Championship presented by Plastpro LPGA Tour goes to Hollywood! The tenth event of the LPGA Tour’s 2024 schedule is being played in California, not San Jose, but back in Los Angeles. 144 golfers are going to war this week not too far from the waves of the...
Written by Rob McGarr on Tuesday 23 April 2024
McIlroy to return to PGA Tour board at a pivotal time for negotiations with LIV Golf that will shape the future of the sport. Only five months ago, Rory McIlroy resigned from his position on the PGA Tour Policy Board, saying: “I just think I’ve got a lot going on in my life between my golf game, my family, and my...
Written by Rob McGarr on Wednesday 24 April 2024
Some of LIV Golf’s biggest stars suggest 72 holes would be a better solution and CEO Greg Norman has added fuel to the fire… One of LIV Golf‘s main unique selling points is its format. 54 holes played via a shotgun start was seemingly an attempt to appeal to the modern world’s shorter attention spans, with all the action happening on...
Written by Rob McGarr on Wednesday 24 April 2024
“Whether he’ll win another tournament or not is debatable,” says one of golf’s greatest players. “Tiger Woods had his career completely ruined by golf coaches.” That’s the view of nine-time Major champion Gary Player, a man never short of a strong opinion. “Tiger’s 14th Major win was the US Open at Pebble Beach,” recalls Player, talking to YouTube channel KW Golf. “And...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Tuesday 28 November 2023
The Opening Swing of the DP World Tour continues down under as Syndey hosts the co-sanctioned Australian Open. First played in 1904, The Australian Open, once dubbed golf’s ‘fifth Major’ by Jack Nicklaus, is one of the oldest and most prestigious events on the PGA Tour of Australasia. The event is co-sanctioned by the DP World Tour which continues its ‘Opening...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Tuesday 28 November 2023
Tiger set for hero’s welcome as the GOAT returns to action to host world’s elite in the Bahamas. No one is bigger than golf itself, but the frenzy surrounding the latest re-incarnation of golf’s most influential person will certainly make you question what the sport would be today without the 15-time Major winner. Tiger’s return to competitive action following ankle surgery is...
Written by James Hogg on Wednesday 15 November 2023
The LPGA Tour concludes this week at the CME Group Tour Championship, but who’s playing, and what’s up for grabs? It has been a scintillating season on the LPGA Tour, with record prize money, a record number of first-time winners, Rose Zhang became the first LPGA Tour to win on her debut since Beverly Hanson in 1951, and so many...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Monday 13 November 2023
The DP World Tour reaches its climax in Dubai for the season-ending Tour Championship, but who is playing and what are the tee times? Jump To: Round 4 Tee Times | Who Will Win Four is set to become five for Rory McIlroy, as the Northern Irishman prepares to end the season as Europe’s No.1 golfer once again. It will be the...