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Phil Mickelson believes the sport of golf will be in a better place if the proposed alignment between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf ends up manifesting. Speaking before this week’s LIV event in Valderrama, Spain, Mickelson said he was pleased with how quickly an agreement came together between the tours and feels “confident with […]

Some important details about the PGA Tour-LIV Golf merger have been revealed. Two weeks before a Senate subcommittee hearing about the deal, the framework agreement between the rival golf tours and DP World Tour shows key elements regarding the alliance. The golf leagues and Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund (PIF) are forming what will be […]

Keegan Bradley must still be smiling following his win at the 2023 Travelers Championship over the weekend. There’s even another reason for him to feel high, as he just moved up the official world rankings from No. 28 last week to 18th after securing the victory at the TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut. Via […]

World No. 2 golfer Jon Rahm doesn’t know much about the PGA Tour-LIV Golf merger, and he doesn’t care, per ESPN. Rahm spoke to media on Tuesday in Connecticut, where this week’s Traveler’s Championship will be held. The PGA Tour’s Player Advisory Council meets tonight and will discuss the massive elephant in the room that […]

The PGA Tour merger with LIV Golf and Public Investment Fund (PIF) has become a hot topic of discussion. Just a day after the conclusion of the US Open, PGA Hall of Famer Tom Watson penned a lengthy letter to PGA Commissioner Jay Monahan and began by wishing him a speedy recovery from his health […]

Before last weekend or even just before Sunday, only diehard golf fans knew who Wyndham Clark was. After an even-par final round on Sunday, Clark’s name became synonymous with history as he won the US Open for his first major title in what was his seventh major played. Although Clark wasn’t a well-known name in […]

During the second round of the U.S. Open on Friday, news broke that Tiger Woods will miss next month’s Open Championship, the final major of the PGA season, as he continues to recover from foot and ankle surgery he had in April. Woods himself did not announce the news but rather informed the Royal Liverpool […]

The 2023 U.S. Open teed off on Thursday at Los Angeles Country Club. Beyond all the chaos circling the game of golf, this year’s event was particularly anticipated, largely due to the venue. LACC’s quirky, historic, rustic, and demanding North Course — tucked away in a Beverly Hills enclave 15 minutes from Hollywood, bordering Downtown […]

There is still plenty of confusion about the PGA Tour-LIV Golf merger. That doesn’t just go for golf fans. Some of the best golfers in the world, like reigning U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick, aren’t sure how the new deal between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf is going to work. “The whole thing is […]

LIV Golf captain Dustin Johnson was told the league is working on a “full schedule” for 2024, according to ESPN’s Mark Schlabach. This will include staging tournaments with 54 holes, shotgun starts and team competitions, the story said. The league has seven tournaments left on its schedule this season. It will have its team championship […]

Phil Mickelson did not say much about the PGA Tour’s merger with LIV Golf at the U.S. Open Wednesday. “I just don’t want to waste any energy on it at the beginning of the week,” Mickelson said, via GOLF Magazine’s Sean Zak. Mickelson was a member of LIV Golf, which unified with the PGA Tour […]

Less than 48 hours before the 2023 U.S. Open tees off at Los Angeles Country Club, PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan revealed that he’s recovering from an undisclosed medical situation and will temporarily cede operations of the tour. “Jay Monahan informed the PGA TOUR Policy Board that he is recuperating from a medical situation,” the […]

Brooks Koepka is looking to take aim at his third US Open title this week at Los Angeles Country Club after winning his third PGA Championship title at Oak Hill just a few weeks ago. Despite one of golf’s majors on the horizon, the biggest story in the sport is still the LIV Golf-PGA Tour […]

At his Tuesday press conference ahead of the 2023 U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club, World No. 2 Jon Rahm expressed his frustration with the uncertainty regarding the future of the PGA Tour and the way its leadership went about the proposed alignment with LIV Golf and the DP World Tour. “There’s a lot […]

Senator Richard Blumenthal announced that a US Senate subcommittee opened an inquiry into the PGA Tour’s agreement with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and the DP World Tour, and Jay Monahan claimed that the federal government’s inaction caused him to agree to the merger. “While we are grateful for the written declarations of support we […]

Rory McIlroy and Brooks Koepka are playing together at the U.S. Open in Los Angeles following the recent LIV Golf-PGA Tour merger, per ESPN. McIlroy was one of the most outspoken critics of LIV Golf when PGA players, such as Koepka, began leaving the Tour to join it. Although McIlroy has quit talking about LIV quite […]

Often at the center of groundbreaking developments in technology and culture, Netflix is back at it again with a new live-stream event. Continuing their foray into the sports world, the streaming giant is looking to launch a celebrity golf tournament later this year in Las Vegas with pro golfers and Formula 1 drivers, via Wall […]

United States Senator Richard Blumenthal announced on Monday that he is investigating the merger between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf. Blumenthal is a Connecticut Democrat and serves as the Senate’s chairman on the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Richard Blumenthal requested documentation and information related to the agreement that the PGA Tour and LIV Golf […]

The whole golf world and many non-golf fans are still processing the massive unification between the PGA Tour and Saudi-backed LIV Golf. Many find the whole alliance disturbing and perceive it to be a blatant show of disrespect to all the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. This latest revelation is likely to further abhor […]

The golf world has been turned upside down with LIV Golf and the PGA Tour merging together in a shocking turn of events. PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan has been dealing with a lot of behind-the-scenes groundwork, and his role with this new venture will be interesting. James Dunne III, who is a director on […]

It was not that long ago when the PGA Tour and LIV Golf were the last two entities people would imagine having a merger. Then the bombshell dropped last week, with both sides agreeing on a pact to be partners. Countless questions immediately followed the titanic revelation of the merger among which was why were […]

The PGA Tour made shocking headlines last week after announcing a merger with LIV Golf. In terms of the LIV Golf players who left the PGA Tour for the Saudi Arabian backed league, players who stayed with the PGA Tour might not be too happy with their return, reports ESPN’s Mark Schlabach. “I think you’d […]

Sunday was a day to remember for Canadian sports fans, as Nick Taylor just became the first player from Canada to win the Canadian Open in nearly 70 years. For Another Canadian golfer, Adam Hadwin, it was an unforgettable day for a much different reason. Just after Taylor sank an incredibly tough and super clutch […]

Sunday was truly a historic and career moment for Nick Taylor, who became the first Canadian golfer to win the RBC Canadian Open since 1954 after drilling an improbable 72-foot putt to cap off a dramatic playoff versus Tommy Fleetwood. However, Taylor’s friend, countryman and fellow golfer Adam Hadwin ensured the feat would just be […]

For the first time in nearly seven full decades, a Canadian won the Canadian Open when Nick Taylor ended the drought of his country in that event by outlasting Tommy Fleetwood in a playoff battle at Oakdale Golf & Country Club in Toronto Sunday. It’s been quite an end to the week for Taylor, whose […]

One of the most shocking events in golf history has come and gone as the PGA Tour and LIV Golf united under a single umbrella last week — and commissioner Jay Monahan reportedly told PGA Tour employees that it simply couldn’t afford the fight against the Saudi Arabian league, per the Wall Street Journal. “Commissioner […]

On Tuesday, the golf landscape was tectonically shifted — maybe — by the stunning revelation that the PGA Tour plans to join forces with the DP World Tour and Public Investment Fund (PIF) — the Saudi-based sovereign wealth fund that backs the LIV Tour. The “memorandum of understanding” — as Squawk on the Street host […]

The PGA Tour and LIV Golf sent absolute shockwaves throughout the golfing world on Tuesday after it was confirmed that the once-fierce rivals have now decided to undergo a merger that will see the two professional tours pool their resources and talents together. Not too many folks saw this move coming, which added more shock […]

LIV Golf emerged from seemingly out of nowhere to change the landscape of the golfing world, and after a brief existence, they are set to be part of the massive golf merger that will combine them with the PGA Tour. However, LIV Golf’s CEO and commissioner, Greg Norman, offered some comments on the league’s future […]

It’s safe to say that neither Rory McIlroy nor LIV Golf is pleased that the merger between the PGA Tour and the rival association will bring the two parties together. McIlroy, in a recent interview before the RBC Canadian Open on Wednesday, reluctantly admitted that the merger will be good for golf but said that […]

The PGA Tour shockingly agreed to merge with LIV Golf on Tuesday, and PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan has been under fire for the PGA Tour’s decision to the merge with the saudi-backed tour due to using the families of 9/11 victims as a talking point against LIV Golf. Monahan was asked about that backlash […]

Bryson DeChambeau jumped to LIV Golf in 2022 for a reported $125 million. Now, he is headed back to the PGA Tour with the rest of the renegade golfers following the shocking PGA Tour-LIV Golf merger. And while many golfers, golf fans, and even the families of 9/11 victims are outraged by the Tour getting […]

The LIV Golf-PGA Tour merger announcement on Tuesday has taken the golf world by storm. There have been various different reactions to the news. Bryson DeChambeau, who previously joined LIV Golf, recently addressed the situation. DeChambeau admitted that he feels bad for PGA Tour stars after the PGA switched course, per ESPN. “I do feel […]

The aftermath of the PGA Tour’s announcement of its merger with LIV Golf has been as expected. The majority of PGA Tour players are angered or upset by the move and the LIV golfers are grinning from ear to ear. One unexpected reaction comes from PGA lifer and golf legend Jack Nicklaus. The 18-time major […]

The PGA Tour shockingly announced it has agreed to merge with LIV Golf and the DP World Tour on Tuesday, and Rory McIlroy, who has been very vocal against LIV Golf, said that the feelings still remain after the merger. “But it’s not LIV, I think that’s the thing,” Rory McIlroy said, via Sky Sports […]

We are in danger of becoming desensitized to hypocrisy in the world of sports. Sure, in this heightened age of social media, people get called out and are held accountable. We have a short memory, though. Triumphs push an ugly sound bite further and further into the back of our brains. But no amount of […]

There is a new big chapter being written in the golf world, as the PGA Tour and LIV Golf have decided to lay down their arms and let peace rule, with the two giant organizations agreeing to a merger. However, it’s a marriage only a few knew was going to happen. Even Tiger Woods and […]

With the PGA TOUR and LIV Golf combining into one giant golf entity, the world of the sport itself has been turned upside down. There are plenty of questions left to be answered and it won’t be anytime soon before everything gets ironed out, but one thing that is undeniable is that the said merger […]

Regardless of one’s opinion on former president of the United States Donald Trump, there is no question that he predicted the LIV Golf-PGA Tour merger. Following the shocking announcement on Tuesday, Trump’s prediction resurfaced from last year. Trump accurately predicted that a merger would come to fruition at some point back on July 18, 2022, […]