LIV Golf has signed Tom McKibbon, who is perhaps best known for his mentee relationship with Rory McIlroy, to the league, where he will play on Jon Rahm’s Legion XIII.
The LPGA has removed the Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship from its 2025 schedule, with the tour calling out the unnamed underwriter for “failing to fulfill any portion of its payment obligations to the LPGA Tour for the 2024 and 2025 events”.
Torrey Pines – which is the backdrop for this week’s Farmers Insurance Open – will serve as the temporary home to next month’s Genesis Invitational after the Genesis was forced to move from Riviera Country Club due to the wildfires in Los Angeles.
TGL suffered a ratings drop in its third week. The Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy-led indoor simulator league received mostly positive reviews during its debut in early January, and drew a little over 900,000 viewers for the inaugural telecast. Woods made his first TGL outing the following week, and brought a slight ratings bump to one Read more…
Though there is a novelty to the game being played after dark, the move is to cater to American television audiences at the request of LIV’s new television partner in the US, Fox Sports.
Thomas’ letter offered a list of thoughts on how players can better connect with those outside the ropes to “keep building on the momentum we’ve created in recent years”.
Mark Hubbard is trying to give those close to him a distraction this week. Hubbard has close to 20 people staying with him at The American Express after the Southern California wildfires destroyed the homes of friends and family. “We’ve had a rough go,” Hubbard said on Friday after a second-round 64. “I think it’s Read more…
The move, which has been expected for several days, was finalised today, although the PGA Tour nor tournament officials publicly announced a new tournament site.
LIV Golf has formalized a multi-year agreement with FOX Sports to air live broadcasts of the Saudi circuit in the United States. The deal, rumored for months and first reported by the Sports Business Journal, will move the fledgling league from the CW Network to a sports-first platform. Entering its fourth year, LIV Golf has Read more…
Hovland was asked if he regrets making any changes after his historic 2023, and while he did acknowledge second thoughts he also asserted too big a deal has been made of his alterations.
When Grayson Murray won the 2024 Sony Open in a playoff for his first PGA Tour victory in seven years, it was against the backdrop of a player more known for his public missteps than his performance. It was only after he was gone that I was introduced to the true man behind the headlines. Read more…
The family of Grayson Murray has launched a foundation to honour the late PGA Tour player, coinciding with the one-year anniversary of one of Murray’s greatest triumphs.
Scottie Scheffler won everything. So did Nelly Korda. Bryson DeChambeau turned around his public perception, and the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund … well, the schism is still ongoing, yet there is hope the end may be approaching. While these stories dominated golf’s headlines in 2024, there was plenty that went under Read more…
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