Jon Rahm made the decision to withdraw from the field at the 2024 U.S. Open this week in Pinehurst, North Carolina due to an infected sore on his left foot. After consulting with numerous doctors and my team, I have decided it is best for my long term health, to withdraw from this weeks [sic] US Open Championship,” Rahm said …
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Ian Poulter is set to play in LIV Golf’s Texas event this weekend, but right now, he doesn’t have anything to play with. The 48-year-old flew from Heathrow Airport to Texas earlier this week, but without his clubs. Midflight, the airline sent Poulter an email “to inform you that a bag has not travelled with you today” and told Poulter …
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It looks like Phil Mickelson can now say, “I told you so.” The LIV Golf pro presented an interesting dilemma on social media earlier this month in a since-deleted post on X when he questioned what the future of golf might look like if some of the best players in the game weren’t allowed to compete at the majors. Padraig …
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LIV Golf continues to chase the biggest names in the sport, but newly crowned PGA Championship winner Xander Schauffele is apparently not interested. After winning his first major over the weekend in record fashion, Schauffele’s father told Dylan Dethier of Golf.com that winning a major and the exemptions that come with it are not a sign that Schauffele is considering …
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Bryson DeChambeau could have tucked his tail between his legs after a one-stroke loss to Xander Schauffele at the PGA Championship on Sunday, but he still took time to make sure a young fan at Valhalla Golf Course took home a souvenir. DeChambeau flipped a golf ball meant for the fan, but an older man caught it instead and took …
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Brace yourselves – we are in for a wild finish at Valhalla. After a wild third round that was filled with low scores, some of which even matched gold records, two men are tied for the lead, with 13 others within five shots of the lead at the PGA Championship. Xander Schauffele and Collin Morikawa, the co-leaders at -15, will …
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Earlier this week, Jimmy Dunne resigned from his role on the PGA Policy Board, just under one year after he helped negotiate with the Public Investment Fund alongside Jay Monahan and chairman Ed Herlihy. Dunne, vice chair and senior managing principal at Piper Sandler, wrote in his resignation letter that “no meaningful progress has been made towards a transaction with …
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Jon Rahm, like most LIV Golf defectors who chose to play for the renegade series, had his PGA Tour card suspended when he left the organization. Rahm on Tuesday claimed he was still a PGA Tour member – suspended or not – and rebuked the notion he was playing for “the other side.” It was a comment that left Golf …
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The tensions built between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf have not bled over into the friendship between Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, the latter confirmed this week. McIlroy, 35, recently confirmed that he would not return to the PGA Tour’s player board, as was previously expected after he said that there was “a subset of people on the board …
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With concern rising over LIV Golf’s representation at the majors, one of the tour’s most prominent players has turned down an invitation to next week’s PGA Championship at Valhalla. The rival Saudi-backed golf tour will be represented by 16 players in Louisville, Kentucky, but noticeably missing from the PGA of America’s official field list on Tuesday was South Africa’s Louis …
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