August
The Games take the money out of golf, and the players love it
Rory McIlroy calls the divide between the PGA and LIV a “shit-show”, but he and other players have marvelled at the amazing vibe in Paris, even without prize money.
- Hans van Leeuwen
July
Schauffele roars to second major win of year at British Open
The American golfer has delivered one of the British Open’s great finishing rounds to tame blustery Royal Troon after the Australian challenge petered out.
- Ian Chadband
May
Sizzling Schauffele grabs early PGA Championship lead
Not even the two hottest golfers on the planet, world number one Scottie Scheffler and number two Rory McIlroy, could muster a challenge to Xander Schauffele.
- Steve Keating
April
- Opinion
- US Masters
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.
- Oliver Brown
Tiger Woods has not given up hope of adding another Masters green jacket
Never mind he is 48 and had more surgeries than his 15 major titles; or in his 10 rounds at the Masters since he won in 2019, he has broken par only three times.
- Doug Ferguson
March
Scheffler goes back-to-back in Players Championship
The American now stands alone as the only back-to-back champion in 50 years of the PGA Tour’s premier championship.
- Doug Ferguson
January
Why elite tennis could finally be at a tipping point
The potential for Saudi Arabian money to disrupt the game the same way as golf was upended in 2022 is putting the sport on notice. Many think change is overdue.
- Zoe Samios and Gus McCubbing
Flooding of Saudi money into tennis is ‘inevitable’, warns Wozniacki
The former women’s No.1 is the second active player to address Rafael Nadal’s move to become an ambassador for the Saudi Tennis Federation.
- Updated
- Gus McCubbing
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.
- Steve Keating
October 2023
How golf got its swing back
The sport is attracting whole new categories of players to a growing number of variants of the game.
- Richard Allen
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
July 2023
‘No longer required’: Greg Norman sacked if LIV golf deal sealed
Saudi Arabia has also agreed to invest more than $1.5 billion if the new golf tie-up goes ahead, US Congress has been told in testimony to a subcommittee.
- Ben Nuckols
War chest: Saudis set for global sports power grab
Saudi Arabia’s plans to launch an investment company signal Riyadh’s ambition to expand its push into football, golf, tennis and beyond.
- Samer Al-Atrush and Samuel Agini
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
Wyndham Clark plays big, edges aside greats to take US Open
This was as good as it gets for Clark, who broke through for his first PGA Tour victory only six weeks ago against an elite field at Quail Hollow.
- Updated
- Doug Ferguson
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.
- Updated
- Doug Ferguson
PGA of Australia seeking details about shock merger
Like blindsided fans and players, Australia’s professional golf organisation is trying to understand the deal that has stunned the sporting world.
- Zoe Samios
Who are the world’s highest-paid golfers?
Tiger Woods has earned roughly $US1.8 billion during his professional golf career.
- Updated
- Reuters
- Opinion
- World golf
PGA merger with LIV Golf is only the beginning
Owning a professional sports team or league is a means for wealth to project status and soft power. It was just a matter of time before Saudi Arabia joined in.
- Adam Minter