November 2024
Elvis holds off Smith for clutch PGA win
Elvis Smylie has stared down Cameron Smith at his pet event to win the Australian PGA Championship and book a return to the European tour.
- Murray Wenzel
January 2024
Australian grape growers fear export hit from port dispute
Australian table grape growers are concerned that long-running industrial action at the country’s ports could delay thousands of tonnes of produce bound for Asia.
- Tom Rabe
August 2023
Why Saudi Arabia is spending a fortune on luring big sporting names
The kingdom says the splurge will help its plan to diversify its economy away from oil. But critics say it amounts to “sportswashing”.
- The Economist
June 2023
LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman says 2024 schedule is ‘nearing completion’
Norman’s own future with LIV Golf is also uncertain; his duties and role beyond the 2023 season have not been publicised.
- Glynn A. Hill
PGA tour, LIV golf deal needs close DOJ scrutiny, senators say
The deal “would make a US organisation complicit” in the Saudi regime’s latest attempt to “sanitise its abuses”, the senators wrote.
- David Shepardson
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.
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- Doug Ferguson
April 2023
Adam Scott urges Min Woo Lee to seize the moment at US Masters
The Perth prodigy and Sydney amateur sensation Harrison Crowe will be the first Australians to hit the fabled fairways late on Thursday and early Friday (AEST).
- Darren Walton