According to reports, the 2016 US Open champion and 2020 Masters winner aggravated a back injury during a practice round at Royal Greens that also forced to pull out of Wednesday’s pro-am.
Spieth mentioned he misses a number of guys who have left for LIV, but Johnson is missed more than others because he never caused any trouble to others.
Mickelson was enthralled by the drama at the DP World Tour event, where early in the week Patrick Reed approached Rory McIlroy and attempted to say hello but was ignored and subsequently walked away while casting a tee in his direction.
If you don’t count a pro-am that Lucas Herbert won in his hometown in early January, the 27-year-old’s 2023 debut will come at the DP World Tour’s Dubai Desert Classic later this month, an event he won in 2020.
The Saudi International begins on February 2, opposite the PGA Tour’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, and is expected to include a number of LIV Golf members.
Here’s what few if any of the players competing in this week’s Saudi International want to discuss: the so-called Super Golf League that appears to be creeping ever closer to some sort of inauguration.
Defending champion Daniel Berger and Jordan Spieth will be back at Pebble Beach next week to bolster a field that thus far features 13 of the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking, led by No.3 Patrick Cantlay.
We offer a few dates you might want to circle on your calendars – and not just the ones you think – as you look ahead to another intriguing year in our sport.
The PGA Tour has granted all “conflicting-event releases” to players – including Australia’s Adam Scott – for February’s Saudi International but stressed important conditions will apply.
Tour players are required to get a waiver to compete on other tours, and now that the Saudi event is no longer part of the European Tour, the PGA Tour told Golfweek that it will deny requests to play in it.