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Tyrrell Hatton joins the LIV circuit
England’s Tyrrell Hatton confirmed on Tuesday that he will join the LIV Tour, meaning another golfer on the top 20 world will leave the PGA Tour to instead fill the…
The LIV circuit remains excluded from the world rankings
(Los Angeles) The organization responsible for ranking the world’s golf players, the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR), announced Tuesday that it was rejecting a request from the LIV Tour so…
World golf ranking: no points for players at LIV Golf tournaments
Much has been said about the situation since mid-summer 2022. Will the LIV Golf circuit one day be recognized by the global scoring system? After months of debate and delays,…
The British Open, the ultimate meeting between the PGA and LIV circuits
(Paris) Last round of the Grand Slam of the season, the British Open begins Thursday at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, against the backdrop of the merger between…
LIV and PGA Circuits | The clause prohibiting the solicitation of players is removed
The PGA Tour and the Saudi fund supporting the LIV Golf Tour have responded to a request from the United States Department of Justice by removing a clause from their…
Retirement for Rory McIlroy if the LIV circuit becomes the only option
(Gullane) Rory McIlroy laughed when asked if he and Tiger Woods had considered running his own LIV team, adding on Thursday that he would rather retire than play on the…
The PGA could not compete financially with the LIV, according to its boss
(New York) The PGA could no longer afford the luxury of a financial fight with Saudi Arabia, explained its boss, Jay Monahan, to justify the merger with the LIV, according…
Merger with PGA: ‘I still hate LIV,’ says golf star Rory McIlroy
PGA star Rory McIlroy ‘still hates LIV’ and he ‘would like it to go away’, but the Northern Irishman said on Wednesday he believed the merger between the two circuits…
The PGA and LIV circuits merge
(Dublin) The most tumultuous season in modern golf history came to a close on Tuesday when the PGA Tour and its European branch reached a merger deal with the Saudi-backed…
PGA and LIV announce merger, ending numerous legal disputes
The most tumultuous season in modern golf history came to a close on Tuesday when the PGA Tour and its European branch reached an agreement to merge with the Saudi-backed…
LIV Golfers at the PGA Championship of America: Another Ryder Cup Review
ROCHESTER | Four months. That’s the time Zach Johnson, captain of the US team at the September Ryder Cup, has to decide on his roster. Representatives of LIV Golf among…
Brooks Koepka: Would he have made the decision to join LIV Golf if he had been physically fit?
AUGUSTA | If Brooks Koepka had been healthy when Greg Norman and the Saudi leaders presented him with their tempting offer of more than $100 million, would he have made…
Masters Tournament | The LIV Golf electroshock
First, a little golf fiction. We are next Sunday (yes!), at the end of the afternoon. The last two players on the legendary Augusta course, Rory McIlroy and Cameron Smith,…
Circuit LIV | Marc Leishman holds a two-stroke lead over Sergio Garcia
(Marana) Marc Leishman started his day with an eagle and held on mid-round to post a 66, five-under par, and build a two-shot lead over Sergio Garcia on the eve…
Henrik Stenson hopes for an end to the feud between the PGA and LIV tours
(Hong Kong) Henrik Stenson, ousted captain of the European Ryder Cup team after joining the LIV circuit, wished that this new circuit financed by Saudi funds and the PGA circuit…
Circuit of the LIV | Players will be able to participate in the 2023 Augusta Masters
(Washington) Players on the Dissident LIV Golf Tour will be able to participate in the 2023 Augusta Masters in the United States, subject to eligibility “under current criteria,” Augusta National…
Split between PGA and LIV circuits risks becoming ‘irreversible’, says McIlroy
(Doral) The split between the historic PGA golf circuit and the breakaway league LIV, launched this year by former Australian champion Greg Norman and financed by Saudi funds, risks becoming…
Circuit LIV: it promises to be full-bodied in Bangkok
Three golfers, namely Branden Grace, Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra and Richard Bland, tied the lead at the end of the first round of the Bangkok tournament of the LIV circuit played on…
Official World Golf Ranking denies LIV Circuit request
The Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR), the body that has governed the world golf ranking since 2003, will not award points to tournaments on the new LIV circuit, in addition…
The LIV circuit ready to pay to broadcast its tournaments in the United States
(Los Angeles) In search, for the time being unsuccessful, of a broadcaster in the United States, the LIV circuit, financially supported by Saudi Arabia and whose emergence is fracturing the…