LIV Golf secures new investor to survive into 2027
LIV Golf isn’t going anywhere LIV Golf has secured a new lead investor to keep the breakaway tour running in 2027, easing fears over its future after Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund confirmed it would end its multibillion-pound backing at the close of this season. The Saudi withdrawal, revealed in April, had plunged the series […]
1 month ago
Asian Tour coming to Scotland for the first time ever
Fairmont St Andrews will be hosting the event. We paid it a visit to see what the players can expect The Asian Tour is set to head to Scotland for the first time this month, with a purse of $1,500,000 up for grabs. The inaugural St Andrews Bay Championship will take place at the venue’s […]
3 years ago
The day Saudi Arabia bought world golf: Reactions flood in to shock merger
Is this the first takeover of an entire sport? Saudi Arabia has proved it has the “sporting world at its feet” after PGA caved to its sworn enemy, LIV Golf. Writing in the Telegraph, Tom Morgan described the tour’s decision to cosy up to its fierce rival as the “biggest reverse ferret in the history […]
3 years ago
Ian Poulter hits back after Rory McIlroy comments on Ryder Cup ‘betrayal’
‘The Postman’ was not having that. Ian Poulter was made aware of Rory McIlroy comments about LIV Golf defectors possibly harming the Ryder Cup prospects of Team Europe, and he was far from happy about it. The English golfer, and Ryder Cup stalwart, was at a press conference for the ‘Team Championship’ event that wraps […]
4 years ago
Cameron Smith one of six golfers announced as latest LIV Golf stars
This one was mooted as far back as The Open, which the Aussie won at St Andrew’s. Cameron Smith, the world number two, has been confirmed as the biggest capture of the Saudi-funded LIV Golf tour. The Australian, who beat Cam Young and Rory McIlroy to The Open Championship, this summer leads a list of […]
4 years ago
The complete list of LIV golfers, as more big names join up
“They have turned their backs on what has allowed them to get in this position.” Ahead of what could be his final competitive Open appearance at St Andrew’s Old Course, Tiger Woods firmly laid down his position on LIV Golf, LIV golfers, and players turning their backs on the PGA and DP World Tours. LIV […]
4 years ago