LIV Golf is set to give Australia three big tournaments next year as it looks to establish a foothold Down Under via its $US300 million partnership with the Asian Tour.
A judge in US District Court denied a motion Wednesday morning (AEST) to three LIV Golf members seeking to participate in the FedEx Cup Playoffs, giving the PGA Tour the first victory in the legal battle between the tour and the Saudi-backed circuit.
Australian pro golfer Cameron Percy has clarified his comments about whether Cameron Smith and Marc Leishman will join LIV Golf, which went viral on Tuesday.
In mid-February, as speculation ran rampant about which PGA Tour players might be bound for the new Saudi-backed league, reports emerged that Bryson DeChambeau had been offered a nine-figure deal to jump ship.
A hearing is set for August 9 at 4pm local time in California for Australia’s Matt Jones, Talor Gooch and Hudson Swafford, who are all seeking a temporary restraining order to play next week’s FedEx Cup Playoff event in Memphis, which begins two days later.
Golf Digest has obtained information that identifies various parameters that need to be met for approval, several of which LIV Golf seems to fall short on if its application to the OWGR reflects its current rules and governance.
In his three starts on the breakaway LIV Golf series, Phil Mickelson has struggled mightily to conjure up the game that earned him his spot in the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Australian Golf Digest
