LIV Golf Series
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US Open
McIlroy insists hot start to US Open not about sending LIV Golf message
Rory McIlroy is one shot off the lead at the US Open with Adam Scott the only Australian under par after the opening round at The Country Club.
- by Frank Pingue
Latest
Why the top-earning Australian at Norman’s first event says LIV golf is here to stay
Travis Smyth says he can’t turn down further starts in the LIV Golf concept with the chance to take on major winners Bryson DeChambeau and Patrick Reed looming.
- by Adam Pengilly
Opinion
Greg Norman
Is Greg Norman’s Saudi-backed rebel league the fast food golf needs?
“The evolution of the game has arrived,” boasted the Shark after the first tournament of the LIV Golf Invitational Series. But I’m not so sure.
- by Andrew Webster
Aussie golfer banks $1.1m in a week after huge LIV payday
Shellharbour professional Travis Smyth finished joint 33rd in Greg Norman’s first LIV Series event but still managed to double his career earnings with a huge payday.
- by Ian Chadband
$6.71m: Schwartzel wins richest golf event amid Saudi outcry
Former Masters champion Charl Schwartzel won the richest tournament in golf history, while the event’s Saudi backers faced renewed backlash after a 9/11 victims’ group called for American players to withdraw from the rebel series.
- by AP
Journalist claims he was ‘physically removed’ from presser as Norman watched
Biographer Alan Shipnuck reported controversial comments from Phil Mickelson earlier this year in relation to Saudi Arabia and golf’s civil war.
- by Adam Pengilly
Opinion
Rafael Nadal
Money talks for LIV Golf Series, but Nadal’s name will be shouted forever
The key difference between the golfing sideshow under way outside London and the king of clay’s remarkable 14th French Open crown? Nadal actually matters.
- by Darren Kane
Analysis
Analysis
Golf’s grotesque fight for money and pride fuels a dramatic day
Arguably the most dramatic action at the inaugural tournament of the LIV Golf Series was the PGA Tour’s suspension of players taking part in the rebel league.
- by Rob Harris
PGA bans some of golf’s biggest names for entering Saudi-backed tournament
The series began in front of mediocre crowds amid a scandal over its links to the Saudi regime, which has attracted fierce criticism for human rights abuses.
- by Rob Harris
Bryson DeChambeau, Patrick Reed reportedly will join Saudi-backed LIV Golf
The move gives the Saudi-funded competitor to the PGA Tour two more big names to go along with Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson.
- by Matt Bonesteel
‘You can’t knock it back’: Latest Australian to join Norman’s Saudi tour to bank career payday
Travis Smyth played his way into an 11th-hour invite for the mega-money first event of Norman’s tour. And he could collect one of the biggest cheques of his career - even if he finishes last.
- by Adam Pengilly