[ad_1] Unpacking the planned PGA-LIV Golf merger – CBS News Watch CBS News Tuesday’s Senate hearing on the PGA Tour’s potential deal with LIV Golf is putting one of America’s most popular sports under the microscope. Brody Miller, golf writer for The Athletic, joins CBS News to break down the enormity of the possible merger. … Read more
[ad_1] LOS ANGELES: The US Open returns to Los Angeles next week for the first time in 75 years, but the biggest uncertainty facing the world’s top golfers isn’t the unfamiliar Los Angeles Country Club North Course. The bombshell announcement that the US PGA Tour and DP World Tour were throwing in with rebel LIV … Read more
[ad_1] CNN — Walking up the final fairway at Quail Hollow on Sunday, victory all but assured, Wyndham Clark made a conscious effort to soak up all the sights and sounds around him. Moments later, the American tapped home to clinch the Wells Fargo Championship and his first ever PGA Tour title. “You only can … Read more
[ad_1] CNN — It’s been quite the year for Jon Rahm – and he’s got the prize money to prove it. A runner-up finish at the Mexico Open on Sunday took the Spaniard’s PGA Tour season earnings to $14,462,840, setting a new Tour record for money earned in a single season. Denied a defense of … Read more
[ad_1] CNN — In 2013, a 14-year-old Alex Fitzpatrick caddied his older brother Matt to victory at the US Amateur Championship in Brookline, a win that secured the champion an exemption for the following year’s US Open. The rest is history: Matt Fizpatrick would return to the same site in 2022 to clinch the major, … Read more
[ad_1] ADELAIDE: Major winners Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson and Bryson DeChambeau said Wednesday there was no animosity towards them at the Masters earlier this month despite their defection to LIV splitting the golf world. The Saudi-backed series began last year with several big-name PGA Tour players jumping to the upstart circuit for record US$25 million … Read more
[ad_1] CNN — Matt Fitzpatrick conquered reigning champion Jordan Spieth in a playoff to seal an emotional RBC Heritage victory at Hilton Head on Sunday. With the duo unable to be separated at 17-under par after an enthralling final day battle, the Englishman broke the deadlock in stunning fashion on the third playoff hole, punching … Read more
[ad_1] AUGUSTA: This year’s Masters will pay the winner a record $3.24 million from a highest-ever $18 million prize money purse, Augusta National announced on Saturday. But if leader Brooks Koepka captures the green jacket, he still won’t take home as much money as the $4 million he took by winning last week’s 54-hole LIV … Read more
[ad_1] AUGUSTA: Reigning British Open champion Cameron Smith and two-time major winner Dustin Johnson were among LIV Golf players receiving a warm welcome from PGA rivals at Monday’s first practice for the 87th Masters. Fears of a tense showdown at the practice facility or in pairings at Augusta National did not happen for Smith, Johnson … Read more
[ad_1] CNN — Tigers, great white sharks, and hawks; in terms of nicknames, golf thought it had the top of the food chain covered. That was until the king of the monsters – “Quadzilla” – roared onto the scene in March. Victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational sealed a first PGA Tour title for Kurt … Read more