Ninety-nine of the top 100 players in the Official World Golf Ranking are listed in the field, with Will Zalatoris the only one missing as he is not competing due to recent back surgery.
Cameron Smith’s Ripper GC had a Sunday to forget in Singapore as another face familiar to Aussies – American Talor Gooch – created LIV Golf history at Sentosa Golf Club.
A week ago, Talor Gooch entered the final round with a 10-stroke lead. This week, he has company atop the leaderboard.
Not even a two-and-a-half-hour weather delay could cool off Talor Gooch’s red-hot stretch of golf, as last week’s LIV Golf Adelaide winner grabbed the first-round lead for the second consecutive week.
Even amid doubts over the long-term advisability of playing events over three rounds instead of four, it is hard to argue the notion that the LIV players have deteriorated to a point where they do not belong in elite company.
Masters tournament officials have scattered the 18 LIV golfers among the field at Augusta National and avoided any potential tense pairings with PGA Tour players for the first two rounds.
The 32-year-old Koepka became the first player among LIV’s 48-player roster to win two of its individual tournaments.
To catch you up to speed, here is what you need to know about the connection between the Masters and LIV Golf.
After several digs at Cameron Smith by former Fred Couples, the reigning Open Championship winner has brushed the 1992 Masters winners’ comments aside.
We say it literally every year. “This is one of the most highly-anticipated Masters ever.”
Before LIV Golf kicked off the season in the Mayakoba Resort-area of Mexico this week, several teams rendezvoused in the home cities of their captains.
Thanks to a nifty little chart posted on Twitter by @Robopz, you can see that a fair number of LIV golfers have already locked up spots in the four events. However, that number, at least as of now, is considerably lower than a year ago.
Why the 2023 Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass will look a lot different to 2022, when Cameron Smith one-putted eight of the final nine holes to win golf’s unofficial fifth Major.
The Royal and Ancient Golf Club (R&A) has announced exemptions for the 151st Open in July. Following the lead of the Masters and US Open, LIV Golf members will be able to compete in the championship.
LIV Golf is rolling out its teams and rosters this week on the eve of the circuit’s second season.
Rather than announce its members at once for the 2023 campaign, the Saudi-backed league sent out a press release stating its players and squads will be trickled out just days before the 14-event season begins in Mexico.
Besides a few knuckleheads, those who defected to LIV are not despised, so any sense of rivalry between player-to-player is simply not there.
Sebastian Munoz is expected to be named to the Saudi-backed circuit this week.
LIV Golf’s schedule for 2023 has been finalised, according to Sports Illustrated.