The 144-player field will be competing for the richest prize in on the PGA Tour. The overall purse is $US25 million with the winner taking home $US4.5 million.
An Order of Merit champion crowned, global opportunities created and futures secured on the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia. All will unfold this week at the final event of the 2023-2024 season, The National Tournament presented by BMW at the iconic The National Golf Club on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula.
Part of Saudi Crown Prince MBS’ ambitious Neom development, Gidori will sit at the northern tip of Red Sea, lending the course stunning coastal views and plenty of windswept terrain to navigate.
During a particularly windy day, Braxton Floyd was able to find the putting surface with his drive on a 466-metre (510-yard) par 5. And with a camera rolling, he rolled in his putt.
Scottie Scheffler insisted this type of performance was coming. At Bay Hill, he mowed down the field with a red-hot putter and claimed his second Arnold Palmer Invitational. (Next up: TPC Sawgrass.)
For Garnett, 40, with little PGA Tour status and playing in his first tour event of the year, the victory was the second of his career, six years after his first.
Australia’s two Cams led the way on the PGA Tour and LIV Golf in a mixed bag for the Down Under gang. Cam Davis led the way during a disappointing campaign for the Australians at the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill while Cam Smith lost in a playoff at LIV Golf Hong Kong.
With a mere couple of taps of his club behind a ball in the rough, reigning US Open champion Wyndham Clark caused a stir on the television broadcast of the Arnold Palmer Invitational, and, of course, in many golf corners of social media.
The 14,000 square-metre venue in Florida will reportedly be able to withstand a Category 5 hurricane. The previous air-supported stadium was rated to withstand a Category 4 storm.
Playing opportunities on the PGA Tour appear to be contracting in this new age of signature events that feature larger purses and smaller fields. Rory McIlroy, who argued for creating the more exclusive tournaments – eight in all this year – isn’t inclined to give them his seal of approval.
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While a few players in attendance expressed a mild level of interest in a what-if scenario that could allow LIV reinforcements, the overriding sentiment was that there is no sense wasting time or energy on a situation out of their control.