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Rory McIlroy unsure if LIV players should be Ryder Cup captains
Rory McIlroy said players who defected to LIV Golf League likely would have a tough time becoming Ryder Cup captains since they no longer would have strong connections to players in Europe.,As has become a pre-tournament ritual, McIlroy was questioned Wednesday ahead of the BMW PGA Championship at W...
Bryson DeChambeau: Exhibition a step toward 'good standing'
A planned exhibition match between PGA Tour and LIV Golf League stars offers a chance for the two sides to start reuniting the golf world, LIV member Bryson DeChambeau said Thursday.,Speaking at the Bolingbrook Golf Club ahead of the LIV Golf Chicago tournament, which begins Friday, DeChambeau said ...
Rory McIlroy: Exhibition vs. LIV players not meant to send 'message'
Rory McIlroy said his decision to join forces with world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and take on LIV Golf League stars Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka was motivated by pleasing golf fans and not a way to help foster a deal that can bring the sport back together.,"I wouldn't say it's meant to send a ...
Jon Rahm eyes 3 World Tour events, 2025 Ryder Cup
Jon Rahm, locked in a battle with Joaquin Niemann for the LIV Golf points championship, said Wednesday he wants to play in three DP World Tour events to remain eligible for the 2025 Ryder Cup. ,One caveat: If the tour lets him. ,Rahm said his representatives are talking with World Tour officials abo...
Report: PGA, PIF meeting in NYC for 'multiple days'
Tiger Woods and a contingent of PGA Tour officials are in New York for "multiple days" of meetings with representatives from the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund, a sign of increased intention in lagging negotiations to merge professional golf circuits, ESPN reported Tuesday. ,PGA Tour commission...
PGA, LIV stars going head-to-head in Vegas in December
Superstars from the PGA Tour and LIV Golf will meet in a made-for-TV match in Las Vegas in December, Golfweek first reported on Wednesday.,World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and No. 3 Rory McIlroy will face LIV Golf's Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka.,"I'm thrilled to partner with Scottie in what prom...
Jay Monahan: PGA Tour, PIF in position to bring golf's best together
PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan presented a united front with players, sponsors and investors, saying Wednesday the mission is to build the best experience for fans and grow the game through re-imagining the schedule and embracing change.,Monahan said the priority level in negotiations with the Sa...
Bryson DeChambeau: Golfers 'too good now,' round of 57 possible
Returning to the site of his LIV-record round of 58 at The Greenbrier Golf Club ignited discussion of just how low Bryson DeChambeau might be able to go in conditions ripe for low scoring.,DeChambeau is one of three golfers to record a round under 60 at the White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., resort where...
R&A CEO: LIV players have enough opportunities to qualify for Open
As he heads into his final Open Championship as the CEO of the R&A, the largest governing body in golf, Martin Slumbers feels there already are enough ways for members of LIV Golf to qualify for the major without installing a direct pathway.,LIV Golf has given up its attempts to gain accreditation w...
Jon Rahm seeking first LIV crown at home in Spain
Jon Rahm returns to his native Spain this week to chase his elusive first individual title since joining LIV Golf last December.,The 29-year-old captain of Legion XIII addressed his drought and recent struggles -- including a missed cut at the Masters and an injury withdrawal from the U.S. Open -- o...
Bryson DeChambeau 'humbled' by reaction to U.S. Open win
U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau may need a nap before he tackles this week's LIV Golf Nashville event.,The Crushers GC captain said Wednesday that he has had "maybe 12 hours of sleep" total in the past three days.,His thrilling one-stroke victory Sunday against Rory McIlroy in Pinehurst, N.C., ...
Bryson DeChambeau outlasts Rory McIlroy to win U.S. Open
Bryson DeChambeau parred the final three holes to complete a 1-over-par 71, and that was enough for a one-shot victory at the U.S. Open on Sunday in Pinehurst, N.C., winning the championship for the second time in five years.,DeChambeau, who began the day with a three-shot lead, finished at 6-under ...
USGA CEO: LIV pathway to future U.S. Opens 'feasible'
USGA CEO Mike Whan can envision a future when LIV Golf players have a pathway to entry into the U.S. Open, but he also doesn't view it as a pressing need.,A dozen LIV golfers will tee it up at Pinehurst No. 2 this week, and it was set to be 13 before Jon Rahm had to withdraw due to a foot injury.,Fi...
Jack Nicklaus says reuniting men’s golf ‘above my pay grade’
Jack Nicklaus would like to see the best golfers in the world in the same place more than four times a year, but figuring out how is another matter.,Speaking on Tuesday ahead of the Memorial Tournament this week, where he is the tournament host, the 84-year-old golf legend was asked how critical he ...
Rory McIlroy losing confidence in PGA-LIV merger after Jimmy Dunne's resignation
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Without Jimmy Dunne on the PGA Tour policy board, Rory McIlroy said he believes a discussed merger with LIV Golf is moving in the wrong direction. ,Dunne resigned his position on the policy board earlier this week, ending what he'd started as one of the original negotiators bridgi...
Jimmy Dunne resigns from PGA Tour policy board
Jimmy Dunne, one of the authors of the framework agreement between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), stepped down from the tour's policy board on Monday, effective immediately.,The move comes almost one year after Dunne worked to get the PGA Tour and PIF, which bankrolls ...
Blood-money sellout claims pending LIV-PGA merger is for the 'good of fans'
Bryson DeChambeau, one of the PGA defectors who took the Saudi blood money to join LIV, thinks the impending merger of the two organizations is what golf fans are clamoring for....
If you’re missing <i>Succession</i>, this PGA Tour-LIV drama isn’t far off
Over the past week in golf, we’ve had stories of a failed coup, back alley dealings with private equity firms, an all-consuming power broker, an uncomfortable media appearance, and merger negotiations on par with anything that happened between Waystar Royco and GoJo. All that’s left for HBO to do is...
Saudi Arabian money is bleeding into the sports world
In 2017, one of the top chess players in the world announced she wasn’t going to play at the World Championships this year in Saudi Arabia. Anna Muzychuk cited the conditions that women would have to play in on her Facebook post, she explained she didn’t want to be accompanied by a man when she trav...
