PGA of Australia chief executive officer Gavin Kirkman has addressed Wednesday’s bombshell revelation of a merger between Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and the PGA Tour.
Reigning Open champion and PGA Player of the Year Cameron Smith will headline next month’s $US5 million PIF Saudi International, powered by Softbank Investment Advisers.
Phil Mickelson recently said he “never did an interview with Alan Shipnuck” in November 2021, which golf writer Shipnuck released in February this year, creating enormous controversy for the left-handed golf great.
The last time Phil Mickelson was in Saudi Arabia he accused the PGA Tour of “obnoxious greed.” Eight months on, his latest remarks are not exactly a peace offering.
Paul Casey knows he’ll be accused of back flipping with regards to LIV Golf. But he says his stance has not been reversed as much as it has been enlightened.
Keeping an unusually low media profile during the opening events of his divisive LIV Golf Invitational Series, Greg Norman is finally ready to do the talking. In a wide-ranging interview with Australian Golf Digest, The Shark explains how golf found itself in conflict, what it all means for countries like Australia, and why his second attempt at globalising the pro circuit will end differently to the first.
So, how was it for you? Did the earth move? Or was an underwhelming feeling of “meh” the prevailing aftertaste after three days of no-cut, guaranteed money tournament golf at The Centurion Club north of London?
Andrew Gardiner, a British attorney and businessman whose association with PGL has been known since he teed it up with Phil Mickelson at the Saudi International, has come forward as the league’s chief executive officer.
The European Tour added that it is closely watching the Iran situation, and taking the necessary steps to ensure protection to players and their families.