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Golf Glance: PGA Tour parties in Phoenix; LIV tees off Season 3
Field Level Media's Golf Glance provides weekly news and storylines from each of the major North American golf tours.,PGA TOUR,LAST TOURNAMENT: AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (Rory McIlroy),THIS WEEK: WM Phoenix Open, Scottsdale, Ariz., Feb. 6-9,Course: TPC Scottsdale (Par 71, 7,261 Yards),Purse: $9.2M (W...
Golf Glance: PGA Tour parties in Phoenix; LIV tees of Season 3
Field Level Media's Golf Glance provides weekly news and storylines from each of the major North American golf tours.,PGA TOUR,LAST TOURNAMENT: AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (Rory McIlroy),THIS WEEK: WM Phoenix Open, Scottsdale, Ariz., Feb. 6-9,Course: TPC Scottsdale (Par 71, 7,261 Yards),Purse: $9.2M (W...
Injured Phil Mickelson (shoulder) to miss LIV opener
Phil Mickelson suffered a minor shoulder injury during a workout in the gym and will miss the LIV Golf season opener in Saudi Arabia this week.,Mickelson, 54, made the announcement Monday on social media.,<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/aEujHjZgrb">pic...
Rory McIlroy calls LIV’s CEO swap ‘probably a good move’
The war of words between Greg Norman and Rory McIlroy is as good as done.,Although the ongoing negotiations between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf on their "framework agreement" have made little apparent progress, there is less animosity between the sides in 2025 than there was when LIV first entered 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 ...
LIV Golf names Scott O’Neil new CEO
LIV Golf named Scott O'Neil its new CEO on Wednesday, a role he will begin immediately. ,O'Neil replaces Greg Norman, who will hand off day-to-day duties to O'Neil but remain with the upstart series. ,"On behalf of the Board of Directors, we welcome Scott to the LIV Golf family, knowing he will capi...
TGL debut draws nearly 1M viewers, tops LIV ratings
This week's debut of the TGL indoor golf league drew nearly a million viewers on ESPN, according to Nielsen numbers reported Thursday by Front Office Sports.,Even though league co-founders Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy were not in action, Tuesday night's broadcast attracted an average of 919,000 view...
Cleeks GC acquire Denmark's Frederik Kjettrup
Cleeks GC announced the addition of Denmark's Frederik Kjettrup to its 2025 LIV Golf League roster on Friday.,A three-time All-American at Florida State, Kjettrup won three times in eight events on the PGA Tour Americas in 2024 after turning pro.,Kjettrup, 24, joins captain Martin Kaymer, Richard Bl...
Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler win The Showdown over LIV duo
The PGA Tour got the best of LIV Golf during a high-stakes duel in the desert as Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland and Scottie Scheffler teamed to earn 2 1/2 points and win "The Showdown" over Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau on Tuesday in Las Vegas.,Playing three different 2-on-2 competitions of ...
Report: LIV, Fox discussing broadcast deal for '25
LIV Golf and Fox Sports have engaged in "high-level discussions" toward a television contract for the 2025 season, Sports Business Journal reported Tuesday.,More specific details weren't clear, including which Fox property would broadcast the tournaments and whether Fox would pay a fee for the right...
Ahead of Showdown, Brooks Koepka envisions LIV v. PGA 'Ryder Cup style'
Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau are ready to up the stakes of the "The Showdown," an exhibition being staged Tuesday in Las Vegas between the LIV Golf pairing and PGA Tour powers Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy.,"All of us can align and bring something bigger and better so we can have a coupl...
Bubba Watson: Multiple LIV teams fighting to sign same player
With his status for the 2025 LIV Golf season up in the air, RangeGoats GC captain Bubba Watson told a UK golf site that he wants to play despite finishing in the relegation zone this season.,"My dream scenario is play next year," the two-time Masters champion told Bunkered this week. "I'm the owner,...
Tony Finau drops out of Hero World Challenge
Tony Finau is no longer in the field for this week's Hero World Challenge, the annual exhibition event in the Bahamas hosted by Tiger Woods.,Finau has not commented and tournament organizers have not given a reason for his withdrawal as of Monday afternoon. Sepp Straka of Austria was added via exemp...
Report: PGA-LIV Vegas match to feature $10M crypto purse
The PGA Tour-LIV Golf made-for-TV matchup on Dec. 17 featuring four of the sport's biggest names will have a purse worth a minimum of $10 million in crypto currency, Front Office Sports reported on Wednesday.,The newly named Crypto.com Showdown will see Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy of the PGA ...
Jason Day on lack of LIV Golf offer: 'I don't blame them'
Jason Day said he never had to make a decision on whether to leave for the LIV Golf League. ,That's because the Saudi Arabian-backed rival to the PGA Tour never made a formal contract offer to the former world No. 1.,Day acknowledged that he made a "business move" in having his agent explore what a ...
Rory McIlroy: Trump win 'clears way' for LIV-PGA Tour resolution
Rory McIlroy said Donald Trump's return to the White House "clears the way" for a deal between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf.,Trump recently said on the "Let's Go!" podcast that he could negotiate a deal between the two sides in about "15 minutes.","He might be able to," McIlroy said Wednesday when aske...
Report: PGA Tour-LIV merger rumors premature
In an unsurprising turn of events, the British tabloid report of a finalized merger between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf may have been premature.,The Sun reported Saturday that the long-awaited merger between the rival golf circuits was complete and, per the headline, "Golf's civil war OVER.",But on Tu...
LIV Golf Promotions: Only tournament winner gets full-time spot
Golf professionals and top amateurs seeking to compete in LIV Golf League events in 2025 will convene in Saudi Arabia in December for LIV Golf Promotions, hoping for their chance to earn a spot in the league and in The International Series in 2025.,LIV Golf announced Thursday its plans for the secon...
Report: LIV seeking to replace Greg Norman as CEO
The Saudi Public Investment Firm is reportedly interested in moving Greg Norman out of the position of LIV Golf CEO, though not out of the golf league's offices entirely.,The PIF has contracted a London-based search firm to find a new CEO to succeed Norman in the role, Sports Business Journal report...
Scottie Scheffler talks Presidents Cup, upcoming match vs. LIV duo
Before he sets out for a December exhibition that will get the golf world talking, Scottie Scheffler has a team event of a different kind to attend to at Royal Montreal Golf Club.,The World No. 1, whose incredible season included a green jacket, a Players Championship title, an Olympic gold medal an...