The boys at Ripper GC took time out during an actioned-packed week at LIV Golf Adelaide to settle a longstanding debate: which Aussie biscuit reigns supreme?
Matt Jones puts in the hours on the range and in the gym so that he takes only seconds over the ball. Here’s what you can learn from a pro who has won two Australian Opens, two PGA Tour events and is now a key part of Cam Smith’s LIV Golf team, Ripper GC.
Feeding off home crowd support, local course knowledge and familiar turf conditions are reasons to believe the Cameron Smith-led Ripper GC can break through for a first team victory when LIV Golf makes it Australian debut in Adelaide on Friday.
Captained by Cameron Smith, the team has confirmed that fellow Australian golfers Marc Leishman, Matt Jones and Jed Morgan will tee it up all season long for Ripper GC.
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.
All-time great Australian golfer and Major champion Geoff Ogilvy, winner of the 2010 Open at The Lakes in Sydney, and Matt Jones, the 2015 and 2019 national champion, have confirmed they will tee it up at the 2022 Australian Open at Victoria Golf Club and Kingston Heath Golf Club from December 1-4.
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.
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.
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