Of the 11 players that initially were part of the lawsuit filed in August, only three remain: Australia’s Matt Jones, Peter Uihlein and Bryson DeChambeau.
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.
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.
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.
Australian Golf Digest
