‘Even better now’: Smith’s massive Open reveal
Cameron Smith doesn’t have the shirt he won the 2022 British Open in with him at Royal Liverpool this week but he does have something even more important.
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PGA plotted to dump Norman from golf mega merger
Secret documents released by a US congressional committee investigating the planned alliance between the PGA and LIV has revealed a plot to push Australia’s Greg Norman out of the picture.
‘Open the floodgates’: Smith on song with $6.5 million payday
Cameron Smith will do some London sightseeing this week with a big winner’s cheque in his pocket after a LIV win a week out from his British Open defence.
Legend wants Aussie respect in new order
As Sir Nick Faldo labelled LIV nothing more than a circus, he wants Australia to have a place in golf’s new world order.
‘Very confident’: New deal marks big LIV move
LIV players are adamant their tour won’t die in golf’s new world order and a deal done in Spain adds to the mystery.
‘Amazing’: Aussie young gun’s $1m US Open payday
Only two Australians made the cut at the US Open and both stormed home on Sunday for top-5 finishes behind a first-time major winner.
Forget golf but louder, US Open is ‘golf but weirder’
As golf continues to deal with the fallout of the sudden merger between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf, the first major since the partnership was unveiled has been labelled “golf but weirder”. RICK BROADBENT explains why.
Inside the meeting that saw PGA finally crumble to LIV golf
PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan meet the governor of the Saudi Public Investment Fund in mid-May – and two weeks later the shock deal was made. Here’s why it happened.
‘We can’t compete’: behind golf’s PGA-LIV merger
Two days after the PGA Tour agreed to partner with the Saudi backers behind rival LIV Golf, Tour commissioner Jay Monahan gathered his employees to explain his stunning reversal.
Norman could be black-listed in golf’s new world order
Greg Norman could be the odd man out in golf’s LIV-PGA merger amid suggestions the path back for players such as Cameron Smith may not be as smooth as expected.
Golf’s war over but road to peace is looking rocky
While the civil war has ceased, reintegrating LIV rebels into main tours is unlikely to sit well with PGA loyalists who are simmering with anger.
‘F*** off Rory’: Inside golf’s heated merger meeting
Rory McIlroy was one of about 100 players at a meeting following the remarkable LIV Golf-PGA Tour peace agreement – and to say some were angry is an understatement.
Aussie golf braces for impact of shock LIV-PGA merger
Australian golf bosses have reacted to the stunning merger of LIV Golf and the PGA, detailing their next steps. Plus, go inside the fiery player meeting where accusations of hypocrisy were levelled.
Trump gloats as PGA players fume over LIV Golf merger
If you were wondering who was the winner from the end of the PGA v LIV Golf war then you only need to read the reaction from the players – and one ex-President.
The money wins again in PGA, LIV deal
The PGA Tour was happy to be portrayed as if it was in some sort of principled battle versus a golf Darth Vader. Was it Darth versus Darth all along?
Rory’s expensive lesson: be careful what you stand for
Unlike Aussie Cameron Smith, Rory McIlroy turned down a $100m-plus offer to join LIV Golf. Now the PGA Tour has forged an unlikely peace with the rebel tour, it would only be human to ask was it worth it?
Norman left in limbo after historic LIV and PGA merger
It’s the partnership no-one saw coming … after two years of bitter fighting golf’s establishment has forged peace with the rebel tour but the move leaves Greg Norman in limbo.
Club pro who charges $225 an hour stuns PGA with epic hole-in-one to seal $433k pay day
Michael Block has been the underdog story living out a dream at the PGA Championship – and an epic hole-in-one in the final round sent the golfing world wild.
LIV dominates final day at PGA as Koepka gets Masters redemption
It was all about the LIV defectors as Brooks Koepka held on to make up for last month’s heartbreak at Augusta to claim his fifth major championship.
‘Lots of f-words’: Day’s special message from Tiger
Jason Day will tee off in the PGA Championship at 11pm Thursday Australian time having had a very different lead in to the second major of the year.
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