LIV Golf chief executive Scott O’Neil has heaped praise on the league’s flagship Adelaide event, lauding it “one of the top sports experiences of my life”.
Ryan Ruffels, a tour pro born in Florida and raised in Southern California and Australia, felt a misconception about his career developed this year. He didn’t enter a top-level official tournament, while a YouTube channel he launched was showing promise.
The powerlines near the tee on the ninth hole at the Country Club of Jackson struck again. They got Sam Burns last year, but in the second round at the 2023 Sanderson Farms Championship, they didn’t lay a glove on Australian Harrison Endycott.
Australia is set for a LIV Golf event in mid-April next year, although after a recent scouting mission Down Under officials aren’t sure if Sydney or a venue in Queensland will host its 48-player field.
Cameron Smith says his decision to join LIV Golf, a move made official on Tuesday after weeks of speculation, was motivated by the desire to spend several months each year in his native Australia.
LIV Golf is set to give Australia three big tournaments next year as it looks to establish a foothold Down Under via its $US300 million partnership with the Asian Tour.
LIV Golf named Australia as one of the countries in its plans for a $US405 million expansion next year, in an announcement on Wednesday that revealed an increase to 14 tournaments in 2023. The series – which is headed up by Greg Norman and funded by the Saudi Arabian government’s Public Investment Fund – revealed Read more…