CNN — Rory McIlroy hailed the influence of ‘hero’ Tiger Woods as the 15-time Major winner met fellow PGA Tour players to discuss the controversial Saudi-backed LIV Golf invitational series. Woods flew to Wilmington, Delaware, to attend the PGA Tour Top Players meeting held before the BMW Championship, although he did not qualify for the … Read more
Cameron Smith remains a strong chance to win this year’s FedEx Cup Championship and take home a lazy A$25.6 million despite dropping out of the BMW Championship. The Open champion, who has been heavily linked with a move to the LIV Golf Series since lifting the Claret Jug, withdrew AEST from the second FedEx Cup … Read more
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — An unlucky turnover on the back nine cost Scottie Scheffler some shots and a lot of momentum. The Masters champion started the day five strokes behind Cameron Smith at the British Open. He finished it five strokes behind Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland. “You can hurry here,” said Scheffler, who … Read more
Rory McIlroy has signed up to play the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth for the first time in three years as part of a boost to the DP World Tour during golf’s Civil War. A group of big winners signed up for the Saudi-funded LIV Golf series, but world number three McIlroy has been a … Read more
It’s time for the weekend in Memphis in the first playoff event of the 2021-22 campaign, however, several of golf’s biggest names have slammed the trunks of their rental cars (or, let’s be honest, courtesy cars ) and go home early. While the underdogs thrive in the humidity, the FedEx St. Jude Championship will be … Read more
CNN — Rory McIlroy says “common sense prevailed” after a US federal judge denied three LIV Golf players a temporary restraining order that would have allowed them to play in the first event of the PGA Tour playoffs. Last week, 11 golfers from the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational series filed an antitrust lawsuit challenging their … Read more
Australia is set to stage one of its greatest ever golf seasons, headlined by an $8 million, 16-event tour, starting in October. The PGA of Australia on Thursday confirmed the summer schedule, which has grown from 12 events in 2019-20, and will see the return of the Australian Open. The announcement is bolstered by the … Read more
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Rory McIlroy was paying attention to court proceedings Tuesday, when a federal judge in California denied a temporary restraining order to three suspended PGA Tour members who had signed with LIV Golf and then wanted to play in the playoffs of the FedExCup. Talor Gooch, Matt Jones and Hudson Swafford will not … Read more
Everything that happened this season led to this. The top 125 players in the FedEx Cup leaderboard compete in Memphis, Tennessee at TPC Southwind for the FedEx St. Jude Championship. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, No. 2 Cameron Smith and No. 3 Rory McIlroy are all returning to the PGA Tour after a three-week layoff … Read more
Cameron Percy has lifted the lid on Cameron Smith’s intentions, revealing the Open champion is ‘gone’ and will join the Saudi-backed LIV golf series. Smith, 28, was furious when asked about his future in the moments after his extraordinary one-shot victory at St Andrew’s last month. “I just won the British Open and you’re asking … Read more