Augusta National Golf Club has extended a special invitation to LIV Golf’s Joaquin Niemann, as well as Ryo Hisatsune and Thorbjorn Olesen, to the 2024 Masters tournament.
Some on LIV Golf accepted what can only be estimated as generational wealth. Their omission from the OWGR is not a punishment, but the price of that payday.
For every LIV golfer who has called for a direct pathway from the league into the four men’s major championships, there seems to be an equal number willing to travel to the corners of the globe in search of major-championship golf.
Despite making seven birdies and an eagle over this first 10 holes, Joaquin Niemann swears he didn’t know what he was shooting on Friday in the LIV Golf season opener in Mexico.
It’s taken a season-and-a-half, but Bubba Watson and Dustin Johnson say their LIV Golf franchises have attracted interest from a variety of potential buyers.
This year’s Players Championship will celebrate its 48th edition and marks the 40th anniversary that the prestigious event is being played at the Pete Dye-designed Stadium course.
The 23-year-old, who became the fourth golfer in history to lead from start-to-finish and the first since Charlie Sifford in 1969, describes the joy of winning his second PGA Tour tournament which featured the top-10 golfers in the world.