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.
Players competing in this week’s Memorial Tournament who have committed to next week’s LIV Golf Invitational Series in London don’t want to be seen as anything other than professional golfers pursuing a new business opportunity.
A hot putter wasn’t enough to earn Matt Jones the final place in the field for The Masters as he finished tied for second at the Valero Texas Open in San Antonio.
A frustrated Matt Jones lit up social media when he launched his putter into the water during the third round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Florida.
Aussie pair Adam Scott and Jason Scrivener admit that there is a US Open air about this week’s US PGA Championship at Kiawah Island Resort in South Carolina as they seek to become the sixth Australian to hold aloft the Wanamaker Trophy.
It was a seven-year itch he couldn’t be sure would ever be scratched, but Matt Jones says his victory at the Honda Classic is the precursor to a final flourish to his PGA Tour career.
Marc Leishman kept himself in contention for a Masters victory at Augusta National today but the focus will fall on Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama tomorrow as he chases a piece of history.
An unabashed fan of the golf course and the creativity that it both demands and rewards, Smith spent Monday refamiliarising himself with an Augusta National that is significantly firmer than it was five months ago.
Australian Golf Digest
