Golf Australia, the PGA of Australia and the WPGA Tour of Australasia have signed BMW Australia in a multi-year deal as the first joint major partner of Australian Golf in what the collaboration branded a ‘history-making moment’ for the sport Down Under.
While playing on the PGA Tour, Cameron Smith earned $US3.6 million for his victory at the Players Championship in March, $2.5 million for winning the Open Championship in July and $1.476 million for his triumph at the Sentry Tournament of Champions in January.
Cameron Smith is just five rounds into his LIV Golf career, so he’s still trying to figure out how to balance the individual competition and the team component.
Last man in Harrison Endycott has thrust himself into contention for an unlikely PGA TOUR win on debut following a stunning seven-under 65 in the third round of the Fortinet Championship in California.
DeChambeau’s jump to LIV Golf in June means he is on the outside looking in regarding participation in pro golf’s team events, including next week’s Presidents Cup, an event he competed in 2019.
Rahm felt the need to respond to a Twitter “report” himself on Wednesday, which obviously had to do with LIV Golf, as seemingly everything does in the golf world right now.
The Journal documented in detail Monahan’s use of a tour-owned private jet for both business and personal travel, as well as citing the commissioner’s 2020 compensation of $US14.2 million.
DP World Tour officials, following advice in accordance with Official National Mourning Guidance from the British government’s department of Digital Culture, Media and Sport in the wake of Thursday’s death of Queen Elizabeth II, announced that they will restart the BMW PGA Championship on Saturday.
Toptracer, the world’s number-one driving range technology provider, has announced the signing of golf’s most successful content creator, Rick Shiels, as a global ambassador.
Jeffrey Guan has added to his ever-growing resume with a wire-to-wire win in the American Junior Golf Association Junior Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass, Florida.
The drama in Newburgh, Indiana, was multifold on the rainy final day of the Korn Ferry Tour Championship at Victoria National Golf Club, and like the chaos that rears its head each year at the PGA Tour’s regular-season finale, the Wyndham Championship, there was a lot more to play for than just another tournament victory.
The domino effect of the latest LIV Golf signings was felt on Saturday (AEST) when six tour pros hoping to somehow keep their status on the PGA Tour for the 2022-23 season became the beneficiaries of the latest round of defections.
LIV Golf’s superstar signing Cam Smith will skipper an All-Australian line-up alongside fellow recruit Marc Leishman, Matt Jones and Wade Ormsby when the LIV Golf Invitational Boston tees off Friday at The International.
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