A judge in US District Court denied a motion Wednesday morning (AEST) to three LIV Golf members seeking to participate in the FedEx Cup Playoffs, giving the PGA Tour the first victory in the legal battle between the tour and the Saudi-backed circuit.
Major champion Hannah Green will be among the headline acts at December’s mixed-gender ISPS HANDA Australian Open in Melbourne but says a showdown with fellow West Australian and World No.2 Minjee Lee remains in doubt.
The new-look Australian Open has received two exceptional outcomes with the commitment of ISPS Handa as naming rights partner for the next three years and Major champion Hannah Green committing to the historic mixed-gender event in Melbourne this year.
Australia’s Ian Baker-Finch already had a reputation for being one of the world’s nicest people, but his farewell message to retiring CBS analyst Nick Faldo took his ‘Mr Nice Guy’ persona to a whole new level.
There were plenty of wild scenarios playing out on the last day of the Wyndham Championship, and many had climactic finishes, like Justin Lower’s devastating three-putt on the 18th green that cost him his PGA Tour card for next season.
In mid-February, as speculation ran rampant about which PGA Tour players might be bound for the new Saudi-backed league, reports emerged that Bryson DeChambeau had been offered a nine-figure deal to jump ship.
A hearing is set for August 9 at 4pm local time in California for Australia’s Matt Jones, Talor Gooch and Hudson Swafford, who are all seeking a temporary restraining order to play next week’s FedEx Cup Playoff event in Memphis, which begins two days later.
Australia’s Sue Wooster has surged into the final of the US Senior Women’s Amateur at Anchorage Golf Course in Alaska courtesy of a stunning semi-final resurgence.
On Sunday evening the winner of the year’s final Major championship will be paid $US1,095,000, which is $225,000 more than Anna Nordqvist earned for winning at Carnoustie 12 months ago.
John Daly sat down for an interview last week on “Piers Morgan Uncensored” and told Morgan that he would love to play in the upstart Saudi-backed league.
United States captain Davis Love III announced Wednesday that Steve Stricker and Webb Simpson will serve as his final two assistant captains for the upcoming Presidents Cup at Quail Hollow.
Tony Finau claimed his third PGA Tour victory in the span of 12 months after securing back-to-back titles at the 3M Open and Rocket Mortgage Classic. The long-hitting American, now up to No.7 in the FedExCup Standings, also secured a second Presidents Cup appearance next month at Quail Hollow Club
In his three starts on the breakaway LIV Golf series, Phil Mickelson has struggled mightily to conjure up the game that earned him his spot in the World Golf Hall of Fame.
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