Two weeks ago, at the US Open, an agreement to end the fallout between two players, Rory McIlroy and LIV Golf’s Sergio Garcia, was established via a simple text message and a good old handshake.
Rory McIlroy has hit back at claims the strategic alliance between the DP World Tour and PGA Tour has been hurt by significant changes to the U.S. circuit’s designated events.
The good news? The USGA and R&A continue to make strides when it comes to revising and—perhaps more importantly—simplifying the Rules of Golf. The bad news? Golf is still, and will always be, a complicated game with complicated rules no matter how straightforward they are.
The prizemoney was small, but the stage was huge as the Australian Open pulled off the historic first of running a men’s and women’s national championship simultaneously on the same courses. And the payoff for Adrian Meronk’s victory in men’s tournament will be far more valuable than the $306,000 he bagged for defeating local hero Adam Scott in an exciting finish on Melbourne’s famed Sandbelt.
Adam Scott will go head-to-head with Poland’s Adrian Meronk on the Melbourne Sandbelt as he looks to become the 20th golfer to win multiple Australian Opens.
PGA of Australia chief executive Gavin Kirkman says homegrown stars like Cameron Smith and Marc Leishman will always be welcome at future Australian PGA Championships and Opens, regardless of whether major tours around the world continue to ban LIV golf recruits.
To the victor of the Ryder Cup go the spoils—and the drinks. And the Presidents Cup is no different. If you’ve ever witnessed one of these wild victorious press conferences, you’ve seen the best golfers on the planet getting pretty loose. And guys like Kevin Kisner completely in their element.
PGA Tour winner Lucas Herbert says he’s over the constant discussions about LIV Golf and wants the topic to take a backseat, ahead of what promises to be a thrilling Australian summer of golf.
The famed Miami-area club, owned by former President Donald Trump and once host of a regular PGA Tour stop won by the likes of Greg Norman, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, holds the finale for LIV’s inaugural 2022 season.
Matt Fitzpatrick’s younger brother Alex turned pro shortly after Matt’s victory at Brookline and the two are both competing in the DP World Tour’s Italian Open this week. Through two rounds, Alex has a slight edge in driving distance over his big brother. So, of course, he let him know about it.
If Sergio Garcia thought he was getting the last laugh on the DP World Tour by being at the Texas-Alabama college football game Saturday instead of playing at the BMW PGA Championship, he might have another thing coming.