PGA of Australia chair Rodger Davis has addressed the controversial decisions of Cameron Smith and Marc Leishman to join Greg Norman’s Saudi-backed LIV Golf League overnight.
Cameron Smith says his decision to join LIV Golf, a move made official on Tuesday after weeks of speculation, was motivated by the desire to spend several months each year in his native Australia.
The worst-kept secret in golf is official: world No.2 Cameron Smith is quitting the PGA Tour for LIV Golf, and he’s being joined by fellow Aussie Marc Leishman.
Australian Olympic representative Marc Leishman is coming home this summer with the Victorian locked in to play the Fortinet Australian PGA Championship and ISPS Handa Australian Open in November and December.
According to a report from Golfweek, the star-studded duo is in the final stages of creating a new business venture that will see some of top players in the world compete against each other in what the report called, “a non-green grass, stadium environment.”
The United States Presidents Cup squad has its frontline in place for next month at Quail Hollow Club. The International team, well, it’s a different story.
It’s believed Woods’ mission, as a self-appointed shadow commissioner, is to reshape the PGA Tour in a way that enough new money will flow to ensure top players will want to stay, while giving himself a slice of the pie and more of a say in how the Tour operates.
Just days after countryman Harrison Endycott secured his PGA Tour promotion by finishing the regular season in the top 25 on the points list, 25 more cards will be distributed following the three-event Korn Ferry Tour Finals.
Patrick Reed, the former Masters champion who left the PGA Tour for LIV Golf this year, on Wednesday brought a lawsuit against Golf Channel and commentator Brandel Chamblee and is seeking damages for defamation.
Australia’s best golfer will continue to be awarded the Greg Norman Medal despite the possibility of the Australian legend’s disruptive LIV Golf Series potentially going head-to-head with Australia’s biggest events in the future.
The full schedule of the ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia has been revealed, totalling 16 tournaments set to be played right across Australia and New Zealand.