February
Golf club drama in the way of the Saudi revolution
The Saudi-backed golf exhibition will need Grange club members to agree to host the event in the years ahead.
April 2024
Not even Greg Norman’s hysterical hubris can hide LIV’s collapse into periphery
Far from rescuing golf, he has plunged it into a profound crisis, where many of the game’s leading men are squirrelled away on a tour whose TV ratings are pathetically low.
December 2023
Jon Rahm joins LIV Golf in $455m blow to PGA Tour
The 29-year-old becomes the biggest name to sign on with the Greg Norman-run rebel circuit since Cameron Smith joined after winning the 2022 British Open.
August 2023
Mickelson’s bets topped more than $1.5b, says former gambling associate
Although the golfer has been open about his gambling addiction, he denied ever betting on the Ryder Cup.
June 2023
Rory McIlroy now feels like ‘sacrificial lamb’ in shock LIV Golf deal
The Northern Irish player has been the loudest LIV critic, and a member of the PGA Tour’s policy board. And he was among the last to hear news of the merger.
Who are the world’s highest-paid golfers?
Tiger Woods has earned roughly $US1.8 billion during his professional golf career.
April 2023
Jon Rahm wins riveting Masters in special day for Spain
The Spanish superstar’s success fittingly came on the 40th anniversary of his idol Seve Ballesteros’ second Masters win in 1983, and on what would have been the late Ballesteros’ 66th birthday.
November 2022
Woods says Greg Norman ‘has to go’ in golf’s mounting feud
The 15-time major champion took aim at the Australian over the legal fight between the controversial Saudi-funded LIV tour and the PGA Tour.
August 2022
Phil Mickelson sues PGA Tour in fresh LIV fight
The six-time major winner and other golfers say the PGA Tour is an ‘entrenched monopolist with a vice grip on professional golf’.
July 2022
LIV Golf nabs another big name, and Cam Smith may be next
The Greg Norman-run series has created an ugly fissure in the golf world, with players guaranteed more money than traditional tours in the US and Europe.
Talk of Saudi tour clouds Smith’s historic Open win
Cameron Smith refused to rule out joining Greg Norman’s rebel LIV Golf tour after winning the Open Championship with one of the most extraordinary rounds in major history.
June 2022
PGA suspends Greg Norman’s rebel golfers
Phil Mickelson, who counts six major championships among his 45 PGA Tour wins, Dustin Johnson and Sergio Garcia are among the high-profile golfers suspended.
Phil Mickelson joins Greg Norman’s Saudi golf series
The six-time PGA tour champion will be one of 48 players competing for $35 million in prize money when the Saudi-backed tournament begins on Thursday.
June 2021
Jon Rahm first Spaniard to win US Open
Only two weeks ago, Mr Rahm had a six-shot lead at the Memorial after 54 holes, only to be notified that he had a positive COVID-19 test and had to withdraw.
Golf’s greats line up for the US Open
If Tiger Woods can hoist the trophy on one leg, can Phil Mickelson bring it home as the tournament’s oldest winner?
May 2021
Mickelson’s historic PGA win not a surprise to those closest to him
For most, it was an out-of-left-field win for ‘Lefty’, who collected his sixth major and first since the 2013 British Open. However, those who knew him say they saw this coming.