The expected became official on Wednesday as LIV Golf officials confirmed former President Donald Trump will be playing in Thursday’s pro-am ahead of the LIV Invitational event at his Bedminster, New Jersey, course.
The forecast means the Open Championship weekend rounds are likely to be warmer than Saturday and Sunday were at Southern Hills for the PGA Championship in Oklahoma.
Rather than wait for questions, Slumbers addressed the Saudi-backed series directly in his opening remarks and did so in the most strongly worded statement of any leader of an organisation overseeing a men’s Major championship.
Tempting promising amateur golfers and newly-minted professionals with guaranteed money to compete in LIV Golf events is a strategy Greg Norman has openly acknowledged.
Does LIV Golf have its new next big name signed for the breakaway series? According to reports in The Guardian and Sky Sports, it does as the Saudi-backed league will announce that four-time Major winner Brooks Koepka is joining ahead of the second LIV Golf Invitational event next week at Pumpkin Ridge outside of Portland.
The USGA will divvy up $US17.5 million for the players who made the cut at the US Open, and here are all the individual payouts at The Country Club at Brookline.
It also counts as a win on the Ladies European Tour, which co-sanctioned the event that pitted a field of 78 men and 78 women, playing from two sets of tees but in a single tournament for a $US2 million overall purse.
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