Written by Rob McGarr on Friday 7 February 2025
The PGA Tour has enlisted the help of Donald Trump to aid negotiations with LIV Golf, but the public’s response has been less than positive… It’s been more than 18 months since the PGA Tour and DP World Tour reached a “framework agreement” with LIV Golf to reunite the men’s game. The end of 2023 deadline for finalizing a deal has...
Written by Alex Perry on Friday 7 February 2025
The R&A is set to follow in the USGA’s footsteps to offer LIV golfers a direct way into The Open, according to a report UPDATE: The below news is now official. Click here to read the full story. What a start to life at the helm of LIV Golf it’s been for Scott O’Neil. He only took over from Greg Norman...
Written by TG staff on Friday 7 February 2025
New partnerships will see the league’s 14 events broadcast on major networks in the US and UK for the first time. Here’s the full LIV Golf TV schedule for 2025 The new LIV Golf TV schedule has been announced – and the league will be on major television networks in the US and UK for the first time. The league signed a...
Written by Alex Perry on Friday 7 February 2025
You will be able to watch the 2025 LIV Golf season on free-to-air TV in the UK. Here’s how… LIV Golf will be on a major UK TV network for the first time. Starting with the second round of the first event in Riyadh, each of LIV Golf’s 14 tournaments will be shown on ITVX. ITVX – which is ITV’s online...
Written by Alex Perry on Thursday 6 February 2025
Could we see Sergio Garcia returning to the Team Europe fold? The Spaniard seems quietly confident While the 2025 LIV Golf season begins under the lights in Riyadh, Sergio Garcia is looking ahead to September and dreaming of what might be. The Spaniard has paid off his DP World Tour fines, following talks with his good friend and captain Luke Donald, and...
Written by Sarah Pyett on Thursday 6 February 2025
World No. 1 Nelly Korda shares her excitement ahead of the new slow play rules being introduced by the LPGA The LPGA Tour’s battle with slow play has taken a step forward as new policies were announced at a recent player meeting, with stricter penalties ready to be handed out. Players that take 1-5 seconds longer than the allowed time to play...
Written by TG staff on Thursday 6 February 2025
Here’s the full LIV Golf roster of players that will be teeing up in the league this season – and the teams they will represent. The LIV Golf roster for the 2025 season has been finalized ahead of the first event in Riyadh. This year will be the third full LIV Golf season and fourth overall after its inauguration in 2022. Once...
Written by Alex Perry on Wednesday 5 February 2025
The US Open has offered a direct pathway for LIV golfers to play in the third men’s major of the season. It’s taken three years, but LIV Golf’s players finally have a direct route into one of the four major championships. While Augusta National has extended an invite to Joaquin Niemann for the past two Masters, and the PGA of America has...
Written by Rob McGarr on Wednesday 5 February 2025
LIV Golf’s new format promises more drama and volatility as action gets underway this week. Season 4 of LIV Golf gets underway this week and with it comes a new format designed to make the team element more dramatic and interesting to watch. For the first time in LIV Golf’s history, every player’s score in every round will count toward his team’s...
Written by Sarah Pyett on Wednesday 5 February 2025
The LPGA have announced new slow play rules will come into play in March as the tour makes a strong bid to tackle the issue. It’s no secret that slow play is a huge issue in the world of golf, we’ve all had five or six hour rounds out on the course. But it’s not just the amateur game that experiences...
Written by TG staff on Wednesday 5 February 2025
Haotong Li claimed a one-shot victory at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters with a birdie at the last for his fourth DP World Tour title. The No. 300-ranked Chinese golfer edged out Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen of Denmark, returning to the winner’s circle for the first time since the 2022 BMW International Open. The Commercial Bank Qatar Masters has been a mainstay on the...
Written by Alex Perry on Tuesday 4 February 2025
Rick Shiels is just about the most talked-about personality in golf right now. Alex Perry sat down with the YouTube sensation to discuss his next chapter. When you run golf’s biggest YouTube channel and your name is on our sport’s most popular podcast outside of the United States, it will take something special to turn your head. But that’s exactly what happened...
Written by Rob McGarr on Tuesday 4 February 2025
Should AimPoint be banned? One PGA Tour star and major champion certainly thinks so… AimPoint tends to be one of the most divisive things in golf. Proponents swear it makes green-reading much easier and helps you hole more putts, while detractors say it looks ridiculous, takes forever, and doesn’t work anyway. It’s the “takes forever” part that makes AimPoint so controversial. At...
Written by TG staff on Tuesday 4 February 2025
Thomas Detry claimed his maiden PGA Tour title with a seven-shot victory at the WM Phoenix Open. Fans attending the WM Phoenix Open were once again in fine tune with beer flowing freely in the bleachers at TPC Scottsdale’s Stadium Course, especially on the notorious par-3 16th – known fittingly as ‘The Coliseum’ – where judgment is cast with little ambiguity...
Written by TG staff on Sunday 2 February 2025
They’ve been married since 2017, but who is Rory McIlroy’s wife? Here’s what you need to know Who is Rory McIlroy’s wife? That’s the reason we’re all here, so let’s dive in. McIlroy’s first high-profile relationship was with Danish tennis star Caroline Wozniacki. The pair were together from 2011 to 2014 and got engaged on New Year’s Eve in 2013. But...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Friday 31 January 2025
Riyadh Golf Club will host LIV Golf’s inaugural night tournament as the breakaway tour returns for its season-opening event. LIV Golf will make its debut under the lights in the Saudi capital after three successive seasons at the Royal Greens Golf & Country Club on the outskirts of Jeddah. But that’s not the only shake-up to proceedings as LIV Golf prepares...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Friday 31 January 2025
Everything you need to know about the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters on the DP World Tour. The 2025 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters marks the fourth event of the DP World Tour’s ‘International Swing’, stopping for a final time in the Middle East before returning in November for the DP World Tour playoffs. The tournament boasts an impressive list of former champions including...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Friday 31 January 2025
It’s about to get loud as the PGA Tour arrives in Arizona for the Waste Management Phoenix Open. Not too loud mind… Organizers of this year’s WM Phoenix Open have introduced a ‘zero tolerance’ policy for behavior deemed to cross the line, with fans having to click on a code of conduct acknowledgment before attending the iconic PGA Tour tournament/party. Last year...
Written by Alex Perry on Friday 31 January 2025
Surely no one can boast a better hole-in-one list than Shane Lowry Some people will play golf every week for their entire life and not have a hole-in-one. Some people will have one or two or eight. Then there’s Shane Lowry. The Irishman holed out for a one on the picturesque 7th hole at Pebble Beach to take his PGA Tour tally...
Written by Alex Perry on Friday 31 January 2025
Former LIV CEO Greg Norman won’t be out of work for long when his contract with the Saudi-funded league is up Greg Norman has wasted no time in finding himself a new job when his time at LIV Golf comes to an end. The Australian was replaced by Scott O’Neil as the league’s CEO and commissioner last month, a position he held...