Ancer held on when he hit an approach to four feet on the first playoff hole to capture his first LIV Golf victory, making him the 14th different player to win in the league’s three-year existence.
While a few players in attendance expressed a mild level of interest in a what-if scenario that could allow LIV reinforcements, the overriding sentiment was that there is no sense wasting time or energy on a situation out of their control.
Of the many damages caused by the ongoing rift in the men’s professional game, the biggest victim might be the campaign of the Players Championship and the PGA Tour’s long-held desire to have its flagship event be considered the fifth major championship.
Rory McIlroy has softened his stance on LIV Golf in recent months, but that doesn’t mean the PGA Tour star has any plans of ever joining the Saudi-backed golf league.
With LIV abandoning its designs for OWGR inclusion and the PGA Tour appearing no closer to an agreement with the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia that would reunite all of the game’s top players, it appears that the OWGR system will continue to come under scrutiny. Even among tour players who benefit from the current situation.
While holding its annual meeting, the USGA announced that the US Open and US Women’s Open will be held a week apart in 2036, and both will be contested at Shinnecock.
[PHOTO: Francois Nel] Apparently, Anthony Kim’s ragged first round in LIV Golf Jeddah was an indication of more rough play to come. For the second straight day, the 38-year-old coming off a 12-year absence from the professional game shot a six-over-par 76 and sits last among those heading into the final round in Saudi Arabia. Read more…
As LIV Golf gears up for its Saudi Arabia stop and the return to pro golf of Anthony Kim, a cool story has emerged out of the New Zealand Open in Queenstown.
LIV Golf is involved in an eight-figure legal dispute over allegations it copied its format from the Premier Golf League, according to a report from the Times.
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