Monday 11 March 2024
Cho Minn Thant used the Saudi millions to rebuild the Asian Tour. Now he wants to rival the global schedule on the DP World Tour with the help of LIV and an International Series that is setting up roots in the UK. Back when LIV Golf was still just a fantasy and the Asian Tour was trying to remain solvent during...
Friday 8 March 2024
New and returning faces tee it up in round two of Netflix’s inside-the-ropes docuseries Full Swing, following another year of turbulence on the PGA Tour. Full Swing Season 2: Episode-by-Episode *This review contains spoilers. A little over a year on from Full Swing’s debut season, golf’s all-access answer to F1’s Drive To Survive has landed with another eight 45-minute episodes following the game’s...
Wednesday 6 March 2024
The winner of The Open at Royal Troon will be given a shorter exemption into the historic golf Major than previous winners, the R&A has revealed. Previously, the winner of the Claret Jug has been exempt until the age of 60, but from 2024 that will be reduced to 55. All past champions’ exemptions will remain unchanged. Tom Watson famously came agonizingly...
Monday 4 March 2024
The PGA Tour’s only Caribbean event welcomes a chasing pack of pros, hungry to impress in the absence of the game’s big guns. The Puerto Rico Open plays a supporting act this week to the PGA Tour’s Signature Event over in Orlando – The Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill. The tournament, now in its 16th year, has historically run alongside a...
Monday 4 March 2024
The DP World Tour arrives at its final event of the International Swing as it remains in South Africa for the co-sanctioned Jonsson Workwear Open, at Glendower Golf Club The Jonsson Workwear Open marks the final event of the International Swing before we see the DP World Tour head off to Singapore to start the Asian Swing in two weeks. This...
Monday 4 March 2024
The LPGA Tour Asian Swing continues in China with the Blue Bay LPGA returning to the schedule after a five-year absence When another record-breaking schedule for the LPGA Tour was announced for 2024, it saw the inclusion of the Blue Bay LPGA for the fourth time in six years. However, this is the first year since 2018 that this tournament is...
Monday 4 March 2024
18 of the world’s top 20 make up the limited Signature field in Orlando for one of the biggest events of the PGA Tour season. Arnold Palmer’s legacy lives on at the fourth of eight Signature Events on the PGA Tour’s reimagined 2024 calendar, where the best in the business aim for a statement win with Augusta looming. The 46th renewal of...
Monday 4 March 2024
LIV Golf enters a new territory this week, visiting Hong Kong in China for the first time. LIV Golf heads to Hong Kong for the first time this week. It’s a good time for golf fans in China, with the DP World Tour due to visit in May for the Volvo China Open, which will be a European Tour event for...
Monday 26 February 2024
The LPGA Tour heads to Singapore for the 16th edition of the HSBC Women’s World Championship played at Sentosa Golf Club The LPGA Tour season is in full swing, with the fourth event being played this week in Singapore at Sentosa Golf Club. The HSBC Women’s World Championship is the second event of this multi-event Asian Swing and it welcomes many...
Monday 26 February 2024
The World No.2 returns in search of a second title at PGA National, 12 years after holding off Tiger to top the world rankings for the first time. Familiar faces return to PGA Tour action this week as Florida’s four-week swing gets underway at the Cognizant Classic, albeit with a fresh coat of paint to the sponsor boards. This year’s edition sees...
Monday 26 February 2024
The DP World Tour continues its International Swing as it returns to South Africa for the co-sanctioned SDC Championship, by the Sunshine Tour at St Francis Links The SDC Championship is the penultimate event of the International Swing before we see the DP World Tour head off to Singapore to start the Asian Swing. This will be the third swing of...
Monday 26 February 2024
LIV Golf visits Saudi Arabia with some fascinating storylines this week, including Brooks Koepka and Anthony Kim… Golf’s breakaway tour returns to what is effectively its home this week for LIV Golf Jeddah in Saudi Arabia from 1-3 March. It’s the third of 14 tournaments making up the 2024 LIV Golf schedule, and the first of two in two weeks, with...
Thursday 22 February 2024
Panini joins forces with LIV Golf as the world’s largest sports entertainment collectibles company reveal first-ever team golf trading cards. The exclusive multi-year partnership will see Panini, famed for their sticker albums and trading cards, step into golf for the first time and develop a new series of products with the Saudi Arabian-funded golf league. “LIV Golf is thrilled to partner with...
Monday 19 February 2024
The DP World Tour continues its International Swing with a return to Africa to play the Magical Kenya Open at Muthaiga GC The DP World Tour lands in Kenya ahead of the Magical Kenya Open. This event marks the first of three in the continent before the International Swing comes to an end and the DP World Tour embarks on its...
Monday 19 February 2024
The PGA Tour heads south of the border where Tony Finau looks to defend his Mexico Open title at Vidanta. Consistent scoring in the mid-60s from Tony Finau fired the American to a three-stroke victory over defending champion Jon Rahm last time out at Mexico’s national open. The top players mostly return to the range following last week’s Signature Event at Riviera...
Friday 9 February 2024
The 15-time Major winner gets his PGA Tour comeback underway as playing-host amongst a stellar field in LA. A scroll through the past champions at the Riviera Country Club is enough to plant seeds of doubt in the most confident of players ahead of the PGA Tour’s third Signature Event of the season. It’s a course where the game’s biggest stars shine...
Thursday 8 February 2024
Jon Rahm was the second highest-paid athlete in the world in 2023… but who was No.1? In a year when men’s professional golf was flooded with more money than ever thanks to LIV Golf’s deep pockets and the PGA Tour’s attempts to compete with its Saudi rivals, 10 players made it into a list of 2023’s best-paid athletes. Unsurprisingly, following his Major...
Thursday 8 February 2024
A week on from announcing the creation of PGA Tour Enterprises in association with Strategic Sports Group, the PGA Tour has revealed how it plans to reward members through its new equity program, with $750 million set to be distributed among 36 of its biggest stars. That figure alone represents half of the money set aside by the Tour to reward...
Monday 5 February 2024
Can anyone stop the Scheffler ‘three-peat’ in Scottsdale? It’s about to get loud as the PGA Tour arrives in Arizona for golf’s biggest party of the season. ‘The People’s Open’ may not have PGA Tour signature status this year, but that’s unlikely to mute the volume when the world’s best tee it up for golf’s frat party in the desert. Combine a...
Monday 5 February 2024
It’s set to be a busy weekend in Sin City as LIV Golf and the Super Bowl visit Las Vegas. After the LIV Golf League’s third season got underway last week at Mayakoba in Mexico, golf’s breakaway tour heads to the Las Vegas Country Club for the second of 12 ‘regular season’ tournaments. Las Vegas seems the perfect locale for LIV Golf...