Cameron Smith – the reigning Open champion and World No.3 – certainly thinks the four organisations should stay out of a divide in professional golf which has seen the PGA Tour ban LIV golfers and the DP World Tour try to, before a UK court put a hold on sanctions until February 2023.
The Justice Department’s probe into the PGA Tour for possible antitrust violations has added Augusta National, the USGA and the PGA of America to the investigation, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.
A couple of things set Lukas Michel apart from the other 119 competitors in this week’s Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, starting with the fact he’s already played the Masters – a prize for the event’s champion.
Inside the 105-page antitrust lawsuit Phil Mickelson, Bryson Dechambeau and nine LIV Golf players filed against the PGA Tour was an allegation that Augusta National—and specifically the club’s chairman, Fred Ridley—tried to persuade golfers not to join LIV.
Australia’s only Masters champion, Adam Scott, has been recognised for significant service to golf at the elite level in this country, by being made a Member of the Order of Australia in Monday’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list.
Min Woo Lee says his motivation to make the cut in his debut Masters was to reward his old man for leaving his post as a cafe owner in Perth for a week and dashing over to the US on Monday.
Australia’s only Masters champion has urged debutant Min Woo Lee to ignore the ghosts of Augusta National and create his own slice of history when the tournament begins on Thursday night AEST.
The old adage says that The Masters doesn’t start until the back nine on Sunday but the six-strong Australian contingent and potential comeback of Tiger Woods means there will be wall-to-wall coverage all week.
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