PGA chief slams Saudi-funded league as exhibition series

PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan described it League funded by Saudi Arabia that has registered DustinJohnson, Phil Mickelson and Bryson DeChambeau as a “series of exhibition games” that spends billions of dollars on players with no return on their investment. Monahan also said players who paid an exorbitant amount of money “would have to live […]

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Grant becomes the first female golfer to win on the European Tour

A player has won an event on the European Tour for the first time. Linn Grant has also made history in amazing style. The 22-year-old Swede obliterated a field of men’s and women’s golfers in Sunday’s Scandinavian Mixed Event, winning by nine shots after an 8-under 64 in the final round at Halmstad Golf Club. […]

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PGA Tour says players paid in Saudi Arabia are no longer eligible for the tour

DustinJohnson, Phil Mickelson and other PGA Tour members who teeed off Thursday in the Saudi Arabia-funded golf league are no longer eligible for PGA Tour events because Commissioner Jay Monahan announced penalties shortly after the first tee. Whether these players will ever be welcome back remains to be determined. The ban includes participation in the […]

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Report: DeChambeau, Reed join Saudi-funded league in US

Great champions Bryson DeChambeau and Patrick Reed A British newspaper on Wednesday reported registering for the Saudi Arabia-funded LIV Golf Invitational series in time for the competing circuit to play in US cities. That Daily Telegraph says Greg Norman and his staff, who run LIV Golf Investments, plan to announce the last two departures from […]

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Tiger Woods is skipping the US Open and focusing on the British Open

Tiger Woods has pulled out of the US Open saying his body needs more time to get stronger. Woods, 46, announced he will not be playing in the event, which he has won three times and is being held June 16-19 at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts. Instead, the 15-time Major champion will turn […]

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Phil Mickelson signs up for the Saudi-backed golf league

Phil Mickelsona chief recruiter for a Saudi-funded rival league to the PGA Tour, is ending his four-month hiatus by adding his name to the 48-man field for the LIV Golf Invitational, which begins Friday outside London. Mickelson will join Dustin Johnson, Sergio Garcia and three other former major champions in a 54-hole tournament at Centurion […]

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