Any list of controversies for the year should inevitably begin with LIV Golf. Do a quick Google search for “golf controversies 2022” and the first page delivers only LIV-related headlines. The fledging Saudi-backed series made more news than anything else in the sport this year, and it ruffled a lot of feathers along the way, to put it mildly.
Tampa police chief Mary O’Connor was placed on administrative leave after body cam footage caught her flashing her badge to a fellow officer to get out of a traffic stop while operating a golf cart without a license plate on a public road.