Written by Rob Jerram on Tuesday 11 October 2022
LIV Golf players will not yet receive Official World Golf Rankings points, despite a “strategic alliance” with the MENA Tour intended to secure them. The Saudi-backed LIV Golf series has been battling with the authorities in a bid to get its events recognised since its launch but, despite all of LIV’s players writing to Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) chairman Peter...
Written by Rob Jerram on Monday 10 October 2022
The Saudi-backed LIV Golf Series arrives in Jeddah for its seventh event and middle-east debut. Once again, 48 players will compete across LIV Golf‘s latest three-round no-cut tournament, with a $25m dollar purse on offer at Royal Greens Golf and Country Club, a venue that will prove popular with the newly-crowned LIV Individual Champion Dustin Johnson, who has twice won the...
Written by Rob Jerram on Thursday 6 October 2022
Tee times and groups for LIV Golf Invitational Bangkok, as the rebel series makes its debut in Asia. The LIV Golf Series heads to Stonehill in Bangkok for its sixth event, where world ranking points look set to be on the line for the first time following LIV’s “strategic alliance” with the little-known MENA Tour (read the full story here). Cameron Smith...
Written by Rob Jerram on Thursday 22 September 2022
PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan has ruled out ever working with LIV Golf, despite a host of the world’s best players moving to the Saudi Arabia-backed rebel tour. Speaking at the Presidents Cup at Quail Hollow, where LIV players are banned from both the US and International teams, Monahan reiterated his stance on the Greg Norman-fronted tour and shot down any...
Written by Michael Catling on Thursday 30 June 2022
Golf’s new world order: Breaking down the PGA Tour’s ‘historic’ partnership with the DP World Tour and what it means for fans, players and the LIV Golf series After months of flirting with the Saudis, DP World Tour chief Keith Pelley has sided with the PGA Tour and extended their ‘strategic alliance’ until 2035. As part of the extended partnership which is designed to counter the...
Written by Rob Jerram on Wednesday 5 October 2022
Golf will make its debut in the Commonwealth Games when the quadrennial event takes place in Australia in 2026. The sport will be part of the showpiece event for the first time in Victoria with men and women competing, while organisers are also exploring the possibility of adding a para-golf competition. They will work with a host of golf organisations and...
Written by Rob Jerram on Wednesday 27 July 2022
The LIV Golf Invitational Series will become the LIV Golf league in 2023, with the same 48 players competing in 14 events across the world as part of 12 established teams. LIV will add events in Latin America, Australia and Asia, while changes to their format will also see players compete in International Series events on the Asian Tour, where they...
Written by Rob Jerram on Wednesday 20 July 2022
Henrik Stenson has been stripped of the Ryder Cup Europe captaincy and confirmed move to LIV Golf, worth a reported $40m. Stenson, who will turn his back on the DP World Tour and move to LIV Golf, was removed as captain of the European Ryder Cup team on Wednesday morning for breaching his contract, just months after calling it his “dream”...
Written by Michael Catling on Monday 23 August 2021
We preview the Solheim Cup as Europe look to defend the trophy they won two year ago at Gleneagles… JUMP TO: Course guide | Catriona Matthew Q&A | The inside view | Key holes | The teams | How to watch Inverness Club (in Ohio, not Scotland) will stage the 17th Solheim Cup, from September 4-6, when Catriona Matthew looks to become the first European captain in history to win home and away. RELATED: Read...
Written by Rob McGarr on Tuesday 20 September 2022
Everything you need to know as the United States take on the International Team in the first Presidents Cup since 2019. Normally held biennially on odd-numbered years so as not to clash with the Ryder Cup, the Presidents Cup’s normal schedule was disrupted by COVID-19, meaning the 2022 match will be the first since 2019. The 2022 Presidents Cup will be...
Written by Rob Jerram on Thursday 8 September 2022
The BMW PGA Championship will resume on Saturday morning following the death of Her Majesty The Queen and will be reduced to 54 holes, concluding on Sunday. Play was immediately suspended on Thursday evening following news of Queen Elizabeth II’s death, aged 96, being announced at 6.30pm, with all facilities immediately closed and spectators safely removed from Wentworth. Friday’s second round was...
Written by Michael Catling on Monday 1 August 2022
Anna Nordqvist has already packed a lot into her time in Scotland – and her schedule is about to get even more manic The defending Women’s Open champion has barely stopped smiling since she got the chance to play in the R&A Celebration of Champions event alongside Collin Morikawa. She’s practically spent most of her summer in Scotland in preparation for...
Written by Michael Catling on Monday 1 August 2022
There’s not a lot that could top playing the Old Course alongside Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Lee Trevino. But Georgia Hall is ready to give it a go at the AIG Women’s Open this week and repeat her heroics from four years ago Georgia Hall always dreamed of one day playing alongside her hero, Tiger Woods. The 2018 Women’s Open...
Written by Rob Jerram on Monday 4 January 2021
World No.2 and Ryder Cup star Jon Rahm joins Callaway Golf… and shoots a course record 59 in his opening round with his new equipment. Jon Rahm has signed a multi-year agreement to join Callaway’s roster of tour players and will transition into a full bag of Callaway woods, irons and wedges, as well as playing a Callaway Chrome Soft X...
Written by Rob Jerram on Monday 1 August 2022
Luke Donald has been confirmed as the European Captain for the 2023 Ryder Cup at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club in Rome following Henrik Stenson’s controversial LIV Golf move. Donald, who has been a vice-captain at the last two contests, has represented Europe in the Ryder Cup four times as a player, winning every time, including the 2012 ‘Miracle at...
Written by Rob Jerram on Tuesday 19 July 2022
Japan’s Ayaka Furue leads the fourth women’s Major of the year, the Amundi Evian Championship, after the opening round in south-eastern France. JUMP TO: Who is playing | Tee times | Leaderboard Furue, the world No.31, fired a stunning eight-under 63 to lead by a single shot from Canada’s Brooke Henderson and America’s Nelly Korda at the Evian Resort Golf Club. Fellow American...
Written by Rob Jerram on Friday 1 July 2022
DP World Tour chief executive Keith Pelley has responded to a letter from LIV Golf players threatening legal action over fines and suspensions, saying it “contains so many inaccuracies that it cannot remain unchallenged”. Pelley tore into the letter and questioned how much the LIV Golf players care about the DP World Tour when one of them has broken a “signed...
Written by Rob Jerram on Friday 24 June 2022
The DP World Tour has finally revealed the disciplinary action against its rebel members who played in the opening LIV Golf event without a release. The likes of Lee Westwood, Sergio Garcia, Sam Horsfield, Martin Kaymer, Ian Poulter, and Richard Bland will be fined £100,000 each and suspended from playing in the upcoming Scottish Open, Barbasol Championship and Barracuda Championship. Tellingly,...
Written by Rob Jerram on Tuesday 21 June 2022
Brooks Koepka has left the PGA Tour and joined the rebel LIV Golf Series in a reported $150m deal, but Collin Morikawa has reiterated his commitment to the tour. Koepka, a four-time Major champion and eight-time PGA Tour winner, is expected to tee it up in LIV’s next event in Portland, USA, next week. The move will see the 32-year-old playing alongside...
Written by Michael Catling on Wednesday 24 November 2021
Everything you need to know about the Asian Tour, spearheaded by Greg Norman, as he addresses rumours of a new ‘breakaway’ golf league to rival the PGA Tour. Click here to go straight to our world exclusive interview with Greg Norman and Cho Minn Thant, the Asian Tour commisioner. The European Tour has a new name, the PGA Tour is about to get even...