Former Australian Open champion Adrian Meronk says part of the reason he went to LIV Golf is that he would have felt “lonely and miserable” in America had he played on the PGA Tour in 2024.
There was no complaining, no bitterness. Carlos Ortiz stood over a pitch shot on the final hole of LIV Golf Houston confident he would win, and certain he would be asked later about the fact he will not be playing in this week’s US Open at Pinehurst.
Receiving invites were Australia’s Lucas Herbert, Dean Burmester, Adrian Meronk and David Puig. Two of those players – Herbert and Meronk – are also inside the top 100 of the OWGR.
The Englishman joins Jon Rahm among notable signings by the Saudi-backed tour heading into its third year of existence with this week’s LIV Golf Mayakoba tournament in Mexico.
McIlroy now heads to the PGA Tour to ramp up his run to the Masters after having started his season with a runner-up finish last week and this Dubai Desert Classic victory, his fourth after winning in 2009, 2015 and 2023.
The first Polish native to do just about anything in golf, the 30-year-old four-time winner on the Old World circuit is the first from his home nation to win the award at the end of a season in which he finished a career-high fourth on the Race to Dubai standings.
It is no surprise, as the DP World Tour resumes this week in Dubai, to see the 10 players who qualified for their PGA Tour cards last season planning the months ahead in their own individual ways.
Playing the last 16 holes of his Sunday final round in eight-under-par, the Pole claimed his fourth DP World Tour title at the Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters.
Yes, Adrian Meronk is still upset, which is fair enough, given the level of disappointment he has experienced recently. Eleven days from hearing he was not going to be part of the European Ryder Cup team later this month, the 30-year-old from Poland is riding a wave of sympathy from all corners of the DP Read more…
For Rory McIlroy, the Ryder Cup has always been about the bonds. The Northern Irishman spent the better part of 13 years, since his 2010 debut, forging them with a group of stalwarts who defined the European team: Sergio Garcia, Ian Poulter, and Graeme McDowell. But that trio joined LIV Golf in 2022, along with Read more…
There has always been something about the KLM Open and the Spaniards on the DP World Tour, and now Pablo Larrazabal has nine victories on his home tour, four in the past 14 months.