Written by Rob McGarr on Tuesday 11 February 2025
Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes with golf manufacturer equipment deals? One PGA Tour player has revealed all. It always feels like a slightly cruel irony to me that everyday golfers have to pay exorbitant sums for golf equipment while tour pros – most of whom are multi-millionaires – are not only given free equipment, they’re actually paid to...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Tuesday 11 February 2025
If you fancy a (responsible) flutter on golf majors this season, be sure to factor this lesser-known stat into your deliberations. Finding value in golf betting markets can be as elusive as searching for the ball you’ve just sliced into the rough on the first hole for the sixth round in a row. It’s there somewhere, just not where you’re looking. Conventional thinking...
Written by Alex Perry on Monday 10 February 2025
Two of the majors have offered a direct qualification path for LIV golfers – but which of the league’s stars are exempt for the four biggest tournaments of the year? For the first time since LIV Golf was founded in 2022, the league’s stars have a direct pathway into two of the major championships. The USGA was first, revealing that the...
Written by Alex Perry on Monday 10 February 2025
LIV Golf players will have a direct pathway to The Open, starting at Royal Portrush in July. The Open has become the latest major championship to offer qualifying spots for players competing in the LIV Golf League. The R&A announced on Monday that, starting from this year, “a new category has been introduced which will enable players competing in LIV Golf to...
Written by TG staff on Monday 10 February 2025
The 2025 season is underway – but how much money did each player bank in the desert? Here’s the full LIV Golf Riyadh prize money breakdown It was a good week for Adrian Meronk in Saudi Arabia as he went wire to wire to take the $4 million top prize from the LIV Golf Riyadh prize money pot. Meanwhile, Legion XIII...
Written by Alex Perry on Friday 7 February 2025
The GOAT had committed to his first start of 2025, but has since decided he is not ready. Tiger Woods has decided he is “not ready” to play in this week’s Genesis Invitational. Organisers of the tournament, which will take place at Torrey Pines following the wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles, including areas close to regular host venue Riviera Country Club, had...
Written by TG staff on Friday 7 February 2025
LIV Golf Adelaide is back, featuring the showpiece ‘Watering Hole’. Australia has taken to LIV Golf more than any other country with 94,000 tickets sold for last year’s LIV Golf Adelaide, over double the attendance of the tour’s second most popular event. The reason is simple. Australia isn’t well-served by traditional tour golf, so LIV has provided the best chance for Aussie...
Written by TG staff on Friday 7 February 2025
Our resident betting expert picks out his top Genesis Invitational betting tips ahead of the PGA Tour Signature Event. The Tiger Woods-hosted Genesis Invitational moves from its spiritual home at the Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles for just the third first time since 1973 following the recent wildfires that ravaged the neighboring suburb of Pacific Palisades. Instead, the third Signature...
Written by Rob McGarr on Friday 7 February 2025
The PGA Tour has enlisted the help of Donald Trump to aid negotiations with LIV Golf, but the public’s response has been less than positive… It’s been more than 18 months since the PGA Tour and DP World Tour reached a “framework agreement” with LIV Golf to reunite the men’s game. The end of 2023 deadline for finalizing a deal has...
Written by Alex Perry on Friday 7 February 2025
The R&A is set to follow in the USGA’s footsteps to offer LIV golfers a direct way into The Open, according to a report UPDATE: The below news is now official. Click here to read the full story. What a start to life at the helm of LIV Golf it’s been for Scott O’Neil. He only took over from Greg Norman...
Written by TG staff on Friday 7 February 2025
New partnerships will see the league’s 14 events broadcast on major networks in the US and UK for the first time. Here’s the full LIV Golf TV schedule for 2025 The new LIV Golf TV schedule has been announced – and the league will be on major television networks in the US and UK for the first time. The league signed a...
Written by Alex Perry on Friday 7 February 2025
You will be able to watch the 2025 LIV Golf season on free-to-air TV in the UK. Here’s how… LIV Golf will be on a major UK TV network for the first time. Starting with the second round of the first event in Riyadh, each of LIV Golf’s 14 tournaments will be shown on ITVX. ITVX – which is ITV’s online...
Written by Alex Perry on Thursday 6 February 2025
Could we see Sergio Garcia returning to the Team Europe fold? The Spaniard seems quietly confident While the 2025 LIV Golf season begins under the lights in Riyadh, Sergio Garcia is looking ahead to September and dreaming of what might be. The Spaniard has paid off his DP World Tour fines, following talks with his good friend and captain Luke Donald, and...
Written by Sarah Pyett on Thursday 6 February 2025
World No. 1 Nelly Korda shares her excitement ahead of the new slow play rules being introduced by the LPGA The LPGA Tour’s battle with slow play has taken a step forward as new policies were announced at a recent player meeting, with stricter penalties ready to be handed out. Players that take 1-5 seconds longer than the allowed time to play...
Written by TG staff on Thursday 6 February 2025
Here’s the full LIV Golf roster of players that will be teeing up in the league this season – and the teams they will represent. The LIV Golf roster for the 2025 season has been finalized ahead of the first event in Riyadh. This year will be the third full LIV Golf season and fourth overall after its inauguration in 2022. Once...
Written by Alex Perry on Wednesday 5 February 2025
The US Open has offered a direct pathway for LIV golfers to play in the third men’s major of the season. It’s taken three years, but LIV Golf’s players finally have a direct route into one of the four major championships. While Augusta National has extended an invite to Joaquin Niemann for the past two Masters, and the PGA of America has...
Written by Rob McGarr on Wednesday 5 February 2025
LIV Golf’s new format promises more drama and volatility as action gets underway this week. Season 4 of LIV Golf gets underway this week and with it comes a new format designed to make the team element more dramatic and interesting to watch. For the first time in LIV Golf’s history, every player’s score in every round will count toward his team’s...
Written by Sarah Pyett on Wednesday 5 February 2025
The LPGA have announced new slow play rules will come into play in March as the tour makes a strong bid to tackle the issue. It’s no secret that slow play is a huge issue in the world of golf, we’ve all had five or six hour rounds out on the course. But it’s not just the amateur game that experiences...
Written by TG staff on Wednesday 5 February 2025
Haotong Li claimed a one-shot victory at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters with a birdie at the last for his fourth DP World Tour title. The No. 300-ranked Chinese golfer edged out Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen of Denmark, returning to the winner’s circle for the first time since the 2022 BMW International Open. The Commercial Bank Qatar Masters has been a mainstay on the...
Written by Alex Perry on Tuesday 4 February 2025
Rick Shiels is just about the most talked-about personality in golf right now. Alex Perry sat down with the YouTube sensation to discuss his next chapter. When you run golf’s biggest YouTube channel and your name is on our sport’s most popular podcast outside of the United States, it will take something special to turn your head. But that’s exactly what happened...