Stenson, along with 11 other players who have teed-up at least once on the Saudi-backed LIV Golf tour (a list that includes Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter, Patrick Reed, Bernd Wiesberger and Adrian Otaegui), appear on the entry list for the upcoming Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.
Late last year, the rumours were running wild, and yet Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele stood back probably chuckling, and just watched the circus for a while.
Guaranteed dollars versus a guaranteed drop in the Official World Golf Ranking; that was the trade-off those who made the jump to LIV Golf in its inaugural season faced as part of the decision-making process.
A 2021 plan called “Project Wedge” from the firm McKinsey & Company outlined a number of scenarios for the Saudi Arabian pro golf venture that ultimately launched in June 2022.
Tiger Woods was an instrumental voice in spurring the widespread, sweeping changes that have come to the PGA Tour, although most of that work was done behind the scenes.
The LIV Golf season will begin on February 24 at Mayakoba in Mexico, with both individual and team competitions similar to the inaugural season returning.
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