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‘Home-team’ events, night golf and satisfying hungry golf fans: LIV Golf has novel future plans
Home and away tournaments held at golf courses designed and owned by players. Events under lights in destinations like Dubai and more exotic overseas locations. These are just a few of the ideas LIV officials and players are considering as it looks to reproduce its successful Australian event across the globe.
On Tour: A Summer To Remember
It was an epic run of 18 tournaments on the PGA Tour of Australasia, yet some questions remain unanswered
Golf Australia boss: Idea to grant Australian Open winner majors starts would ‘elevate our event, our tour’
Golf Australia chief executive James Sutherland has encouraged golf’s powerbrokers to consider the idea to award the Australian Open winner an exemption into all four majors, saying it would “elevate our event and our tour”.
Masters 2024: Bryson DeChambeau tackling Augusta National with ‘one-of-a-kind’ 3D-printed irons
After posting a first-round 65 at Augusta National on Thursday to take the early lead at the 2024 Masters, Bryson DeChambeau noted, “I put new irons in this week. I think that’s a pretty big change. And been using this new driver, 3-wood and 5-wood. So pretty much my whole bag is different since [winning Read more…
Masters 2024: Golf’s powerbrokers call for Australian Open winner to be awarded four major starts
It doesn’t have a confirmed date, a host city or a venue, but the Australian Open has morphed into a magic bullet that could end golf’s majors dilemma.
Masters 2024: LIV golfers want a direct path to play at Augusta. Chairman Fred Ridley thinks they already have one
Ridley noted the club has the ability to offer special invitation to international players that allows it to account for LIV players who deserved attention, albeit in a subjective way.
Masters picks 2024: The signs point to Rory McIlroy
Whether you are a casual viewer of golf, a diehard fan, a DFS guy or just an outright bettor, there is absolutely no better week than this one—Masters week. Everybody’s in a pool, everybody’s got a sleeper, everybody’s going to get rich off that one prop bet they love. It’s just a great time to Read more…
Masters 2024 picks: A non-gambler’s guide to winning (or surviving) your Masters pool
For the most part, I don’t bet on golf. The thought of me losing money because someone can’t make a five-footer when it matters doesn’t sit well with me. What’s more, knowing who is going to play well on any given week in professional golf, in my non-gambler opinion, is laughable. I know you have Read more…
Masters 2024 tee times: Pairings for the first and second rounds
Securing a tee time at Augusta National is the dream of most every golfer around the world. For 88 fortunate folks (with one more potentially on the way from the Valero Texas Open), they’ve done just that by earning a place in the field at the 2024 Masters. For 19 players, this will be their Read more…
Our top betting expert’s unscientific ranking of the best players in the world
Just like much of the past two-plus years, a lot of the talk leading into the Masters this year is about golf’s inability to rank its best players. It’s not a new discussion, but the complaints are getting louder. The Official World Golf Rankings is used by majors to determine fields, but when discussing with Read more…
Here’s the prize money payout for each golfer at the 2024 LIV Golf League Miami
The LIV Golf League is back in action for the fifth time this year, the first time in a month and for only the second time this year in the U.S. After stops in Mexico, Las Vegas, Saudi Arabia and Hong Kong, the cast of characters are now in Miami at Trump National Doral, with Read more…
Masters picks 2024: The bets we’re making right now for Augusta National
Today is the last big adjustment to futures odds for the Masters before next week. If you are new to golf betting, the biggest events offer outright odds to win well in advance. For example, you could have bet Scottie Scheffler in early February to win the Masters at twice the odds he holds today. Read more…
Editor’s Letter: The (Real) Match
Why a Presidents Cup-style showdown between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf would get fans excited about men’s pro golf again
Masters 2024: The Final Hurdle
Rory McIlroy has shed the burden of boardrooms on the PGA Tour to focus on playing golf. Can a freed-up McIlroy finally complete the last leg of the career Grand Slam at Augusta?
Masters picks 2024: The 13 best bets to win at Augusta National
Jon Rahm will defend his first title of 2024 when he returns to Augusta National with his green jacket—and some of Mama Rahm’s lentil stew. It’s an odd quirk considering Rahm won three PGA Tour titles before March a year ago, but those are the consequences of leaving for LIV Golf. RELATED: Jon Rahm reveals Read more…
Where did the OWGR come from, and is it becoming obsolete?
The Official World Golf Ranking started, in its nascent form, as an annual passion project from the brilliant and controversial mind of Mark McCormack, who compiled them in his “World of Professional Golf Annual” from 1968 to 1985. There were several key differences in those rankings from the OWGR we know today, but the principle Read more…
Tour pro’s list of quirky golf ‘accomplishments’ grows by becoming first to shoot 59 on Asian Tour
John Catlin’s is the fourth sub-60 score posted in men’s pro golf in 2024.
Players 2024: Justin Thomas gave an interesting answer on whether or not this is the ‘best field in golf’
With so many good players missing this week, it seems downright foolish to refer to the PGA Tour’s flagship event as having golf’s strongest field. Or is it?
Aussie wrap: Cam Smith loses LIV playoff while Aussies stumble at PGA Tour’s Arnold Palmer Invitational
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.
Abraham Ancer coughs up big lead, barely hangs on to win LIV Hong Kong; Cam Smith edged in playoff
Ancer held on when he hit an approach to four feet on the first playoff hole to capture his first LIV Golf victory, making him the 14th different player to win in the league’s three-year existence.
