LIV Golf Page 7 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Jon Rahm excited for Saudi night golf: 'Very, very cool'
Even though he'll be up past his bedtime, Legion XIII captain Jon Rahm is thrilled about playing this week's LIV Golf season opener in Saudi Arabia after dark.,"From the moment I found out we were going to play under the lights, I've been really excited," the 30-year-old Spaniard told reporters Wedn...
Joaquin Niemann looks to build on Saudi success
Torque GC captain Joaquin Niemann will look to follow up on last year's success in Saudi Arabia when LIV Golf opens the season under the lights at Riyadh Golf Club on Thursday.,The 26-year-old Chilean captured the LIV Golf Jeddah individual championship last March before winning the Asian Tour's sea...
Pat Perez joining LIV Golf's broadcast team
Pat Perez is joining the LIV Golf broadcast team as an on-course analyst this season.,Perez, 48, previously competed in the league as a member of captain Dustin Johnson's 4Aces GC. He finished 48th in the LIV individual standings in 2024 and was replaced by Thomas Pieters for the upcoming season. Pe...
LIV under the lights: Saudi Arabia opener to air on FOX
LIV Golf will launch its fourth season under the lights at Riyadh Golf Club in Saudi Arabia next month.,The league announced its first-time, nighttime format for the Feb. 6-8 tournament on Wednesday.,Coverage on FOX Sports will begin at 6:15 p.m. local time, which correlates to 10:15 a.m. ET in the ...
LIV Golf to air on FOX in 2025
LIV Golf kicks off its third season with its first major media partner, Fox Sports, in a multiyear agreement that begins with live coverage of more than half of the circuit's events in 2025. ,In an announcement confirming the agreement on Thursday, LIV Golf said more than half of its 14 tournaments ...
Branden Grace among 20 in 36-hole LIV Golf promotions final
Branden Grace of South Africa and brothers Scott and Kieran Vincent of Zimbabwe are among the 20 players who qualified for the final day of the LIV Golf Promotions event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,The event began Thursday, but Grace and the Vincents were among 29 players exempt into the second round F...
Report: PIF close to buying stake in PGA Tour Enterprises
The Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia -- the money behind LIV Golf -- is nearing the acquisition of a small share of PGA Tour Enterprises, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.,The PIF, per the report, is set to take a 6 percent ownership stake in the organization, which is the for-profit branch of the P...
LIV Golf announces 93-player field for Promotions event
LIV Golf on Monday announced the 93-player field for its second-ever Promotions event, set for this Thursday through Saturday at Riyadh Golf Club in Saudi Arabia.,Branden Grace of South Africa is the most recognizable name in the field, and he'll attempt to re-qualify for the league after being rele...
Ranking the Top 10 Biggest Sporting Events in December 2024
December is one of the best months on the sporting calendar, so Deadspin ranked the top 10 upcoming sporting events this month....
Report: LIV Golf replacing Greg Norman with Scott O'Neil
LIV Golf is replacing CEO and commissioner Greg Norman with former NHL and NBA executive Scott O'Neil, ESPN reported Wednesday.,A spokesman for LIV Golf declined ESPN's request for comment.,Norman, 69, told Sports Illustrated last month that his contract was scheduled to end in August 2025. He helpe...
LIV Golf adds events in South Korea, Indiana to 2025 schedule
LIV Golf is adding events in South Korea and the Indianapolis area to its 2025 schedule.,The league announced Wednesday tournaments to be played at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea and at The Club at Chatham Hills in Westfield, Ind.,"LIV Golf is growing across the globe in new and returning markets...
The Showdown is set: PGA-LIV exhibition on Dec. 17
Four superstars from the PGA Tour and LIV Golf will tee off Dec. 17 in Las Vegas in what has been dubbed The Showdown.,The exhibition match will pit World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and No. 3 Rory McIlroy on the PGA side against LIV golfers Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka. All four are multiple maj...
Report: LIV player returns are sticking point of PGA-PIF talks
Recent reports have suggested that PGA Tour players want members of LIV Golf to return the money they received from LIV as a condition of any reunification of men's golf, but according to a Golf Digest report Friday, the bigger sticking point is whether to allow players back to the tour at all.,Few ...
Draft sorts out quarterfinal matches at LIV Golf Team Championship
The top three seeds have a bye into the semifinals of the 2024 LIV Golf Team Championship, leaving the other 10 teams to determine the quarterfinal matchups in a draft on Thursday at Maridoe Golf Club in Carrollton, Texas.,A $50 million purse is on the line for the 13 teams in the event Friday throu...
LIV golfers cleared for U.S. Ryder Cup team, PGA Championship
Players signed to the LIV Golf circuit will be allowed to take part in the PGA Championship and be a member of the U.S. Ryder Cup team, the PGA of America announced Thursday.,"To ensure the PGA Championship will continue to deliver the strongest field in golf and the U.S. Ryder Cup team will continu...
Golf Glance: LIV plays for team championship, LPGA heads to Cincy
Field Level Media's Golf Glance provides weekly news and storylines from each of the major North American golf tours.,PGA TOUR,LAST TOURNAMENT: Procore Championship (Patton Kizzire),THIS WEEK: OFF.,FedEx Cup Champion: Scottie Scheffler,NEXT TOURNAMENT: Presidents Cup, Montreal, Sept. 26-29,LPGA TOUR...
Report: DP World Tour declined LIV attempts to settle player fines
Before Jon Rahm appealed the fines the DP World Tour assessed him for playing in LIV events that conflicted with the tour's own tournaments, LIV Golf tried to strike a deal of sorts, Sports Illustrated reported Monday.,Representatives of the Saudi-backed LIV circuit met with the group formerly known...
Bubba Watson among players facing relegation after LIV Chicago
Players near the bottom of the LIV Golf season standings are in danger of finding themselves relegated out of the league following the LIV Golf Chicago event, which begins Friday.,At the end of the event at Bolingbrook Golf Club in Bolingbrook, Ill., players ranked 49th or lower could be dropped fro...
Jon Rahm appeals fines with 2025 Ryder Cup in mind
Spain's Jon Rahm has appealed fines handed down by the DP World Tour in a move that could make him eligible to participate on Team Europe in next year's Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black Course in Farmingdale, N.Y.,Rahm was fined for participating in LIV events this year held concurrently with European to...
PGA Tour commish Jay Monahan: Don't expect deal with LIV for years
When PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan spoke with reporters in Memphis, Tenn., on Wednesday, it was perhaps his most brief statement that carried the most weight.,"I think that's fair.",That was Monahan's reply when asked if it is safe to assume that the Tour will not be partnering with LIV Golf for...