Written by Rob Jerram on Wednesday 7 June 2023
After two years of disruption, the world of men’s golf looks set to unify with the PGA Tour, LIV Golf and DP World Tour merging for the 2024 season. Here’s everything you need to know about the landmark deal which could change the face of golf forever… It represents one of the most shocking moves in golf history. The decision to...
Written by Rob Jerram on Tuesday 6 June 2023
A landmark agreement has been reached to merge the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LIV Golf League. In a statement released just after 3pm, it was confirmed that the three tours would be joining forces, ceasing months of disagreements and immediately ending litigation matters involving players. The news stunned the golf world, with players on all three Tours seemingly unaware of...
Written by James Hogg on Wednesday 17 May 2023
Dustin Johnson is the highest-earning golfer on Forbes Sports List for 2023, which features seven LIV players and the most golfers ever! Forbes have released their top 50 Sports List for 2023 which features 12 golfers in total, including seven from LIV Golf, with five in the top 20. This year there are four times as many golfers in the Forbes Sports...
Written by Michael Catling on Thursday 9 March 2023
Jordan Spieth talks about his unusual swing rehearsals, his opinion on the Netflix documentary Full Swing, and how he feels younger than ever as he nears 30… We haven’t seen you use your swing rehearsal as much recently. Has that been a goal for a while, to move away from that? Ideally, I don’t have to do it. I’m doing practice swings,...
Written by Michael Catling on Monday 6 March 2023
Tee times and groups for The Players Championship – ‘the fifth Major’ – as Rahm, McIlroy, and Scheffler are grouped together at TPC Sawgrass. Jon Rahm will go head-to-head with his World No.1 rivals at the Players Championship after being grouped with Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler for the opening two rounds of the PGA Tour’s flagship event at TPC Sawgrass. All three...
Written by Michael Catling on Wednesday 1 March 2023
The up-and-coming stars poised to make some major headlines in golf… It’s no exaggeration to say that the strength in depth of the men’s and women’s game has arguably never been greater than it is right now. There were a record-tying 11 first-time winners on the LPGA Tour last season, which was only two less than we saw on the PGA...
Written by Rob Jerram on Monday 27 February 2023
LIV Golf’s third season is well underway, but how much has every player been paid? From Dustin Johnson and Jon Rahm to Joaquin Niemann and Anthony Kim, we reveal who has earned every dime on the Saudi-funded series. JUMP TO: 2024 Winnings | 2023 winnings | 2022 winnings The big-money LIV Golf League has 14 events across the globe in 2024, offering...
Tuesday 21 February 2023
What are the teams and who is playing in the inaugural LIV Golf League season in 2023? The LIV Golf Invitational Series becomes the LIV Golf League for 2023, with 12 teams and 48 players competing across 14 global events. Find out everything you need to know about LIV Golf here, but the season starts in Mayakoba in February and ends...
Written by Rob Jerram on Monday 13 February 2023
Our in-depth Full Swing review, the access-all-areas Netflix documentary that takes us inside one of the PGA Tour’s most dramatic seasons. JUMP TO: Episode-by-episode review The first season finally hits the international streaming service on February 15, with eight 45-minute (ish) episodes going behind the scenes on the PGA Tour, and getting up close and personal with some of the game’s biggest...
Written by Rob Jerram on Wednesday 1 February 2023
The G4D Open will see the world’s most talented golfers with disabilities compete in the inaugural championship across three days at Woburn in May. The R&A has announced the new tournament in partnership with the DP World Tour, which will see up to 80 players over the Duchess course from May 10-12 May. EDGA, formerly the European Disabled Golf Association, has been...
Written by Rob Jerram on Monday 30 January 2023
LIV Golf announce the full 14-venue schedule for the 2023 league, including a return to England. Centurion Club outside London, England (July 7-9), Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in Bedminster, New Jersey (August 11-13), Rich Harvest Farms outside Chicago, Illinois (September 22-24), Trump National Doral Golf Club in Miami, Florida (October 20-22) and Royal Greens Golf & Country Club near Jeddah,...
Written by Chris Bertram on Thursday 15 December 2022
We visit Finca Cortesin, the course that will host the 2023 Solheim Cup, while European Captain Suzann Pettersen reveals the key holes and the skills needed to succeed around one of Spain’s best golf courses. There is good reason to suggest the 2023 Solheim Cup will be the most eagerly anticipated in the history of the matches. Europe will try...
Written by Rob McGarr on Monday 5 December 2022
As LIV Golf’s battle to get OWGR recognition continues, Greg Norman has an unlikely backer in the form of Jon Rahm… World number five Jon Rahm has repeatedly quashed rumours that he is going to join golf’s breakaway league, the LIV Golf tour. “To be honest, part of the format is not really appealing to me,” Rahm said, earlier this year.
Written by Michael Catling on Saturday 3 December 2022
LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman believes Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy have an “agenda” and has suggested they fear his leadership in a world-exclusive interview with Today’s Golfer. The Australian issued a firm response to the 15-time and four-time Major champions’ calls for him to resign, telling us that he’s going nowhere. “I pay zero attention to McIlroy and Woods, right?,” Norman,...
Written by Rob Jerram on Tuesday 15 November 2022
Tee times and pairings for the 2022 season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. The DP World Tour season draws to a close this week with the Tour Championship being played on the Earth Course at Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai from November 17-20. The top 50 players in the Tour rankings will tee it up in the United Arab Emirates sunshine...
Written by Rob Jerram on Wednesday 9 November 2022
Tommy Fleetwood and Francesco Molinari, the Ryder Cup stars who formed a formidable partnership in Paris in 2018, will each lead a team at the Hero Cup in January. The new golf matchplay event, will see teams of British and Irish players take on their continental European counterparts in Abu Dhabi in January 2023 as preparation for the Ryder Cup. The match,...
Written by Rob Jerram on Thursday 3 November 2022
The DP World Tour’s 2024 schedule will see players compete for a record $148.5m in prize money, with an all-new play-off double-header at the end of the season. The new season will see a minimum of 44 tournaments in 24 different countries with new events in Dubai and Bahrain, along with the return of the Volvo China Open. The campaign, announced just...
Written by Rob Jerram on Monday 24 October 2022
LIV Golf’s $50m season-ending Team Championship will continue to shake up the world of golf as the rebel series combines knockout match play and stroke play for its dramatic finale. Taking place at Trump National Doral Golf Club in Miami this week (October 28-30), the field will once again be made up of 48 players in 12 teams as the Saudi...
Written by Rob Jerram on Tuesday 18 October 2022
LIV Golf players could play in their own Majors if they are banned from the four flagship men’s events, according to Golf Saudi boss Majed Al Sorour. Sorour has vowed to “create his own Majors” for LIV’s stars if they find themselves pushed out of The Masters, US PGA Championship, US Open, and The Open and says he will “celebrate” if...
Written by Rob Jerram on Tuesday 11 October 2022
LIV Golf players will not yet receive Official World Golf Rankings points, despite a “strategic alliance” with the MENA Tour intended to secure them. The Saudi-backed LIV Golf series has been battling with the authorities in a bid to get its events recognised since its launch but, despite all of LIV’s players writing to Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) chairman Peter...