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Cleary: "Maybe more is more": How established tours trump LIV Golf

Cleary: "Maybe more is more": How established tours trump LIV Golf

Despite a motherlode of publicity in the popular, social and anti-social media - not to mention an estimated $US5 billion in seed money from Saudi Arabia - LIV Golf's TV ratings reflect that it hasn't shaken its "exhibition" tag, reckons Matt Cleary (and LIV Golf insiders). 7 May 2025
Cleary: Horror movie, right there on my TV: Greg Norman's Masters of 1996

Cleary: Horror movie, right there on my TV: Greg Norman's Masters of 1996

The Masters at Augusta National is special because the course can tell stories. Glorious ones, compelling ones. There's been happiness, hubris and horror shows. And then there is Greg Norman in 1996, which nearly 30 years on remains borderline unwatchable. 7 Apr 2025
Ford NSW Open heading to the Hunter Valley

Ford NSW Open heading to the Hunter Valley

The NSW Open is heading to the Hunter Valley. 3 Apr 2025
Huggan: Adding-up majors should never be the sole measure of ultimate worth

Huggan: Adding-up majors should never be the sole measure of ultimate worth

As recent events in the male professional game have done nothing but escalate an already tasteless emphasis on money, the suspicion here is that the historical significance of golf’s four major championships is only going to increase. 19 Mar 2025
Smith applauds call for LIV Golf to stay in Adelaide

Smith applauds call for LIV Golf to stay in Adelaide

Adelaide will remain host of a LIV Golf tournament until at least 2031 amid plans to shift the event to a city course being redeveloped by Greg Norman. 16 Feb 2025
Gallery: LIV Golf Adelaide 2025 Round 1

Gallery: LIV Golf Adelaide 2025 Round 1

There were scenes indeed at The Grange Golf Club as LIV Golf Adelaide thundered into action for the opening round. 15 Feb 2025
Cleary: If LIV Golf so wows Adelaide, why's it so 'meh' on TV?

Cleary: If LIV Golf so wows Adelaide, why's it so 'meh' on TV?

The tourism industry loves it, the South Australian premier loves it, and the sports fans of Australia have voted with their feet. For the last two years the good burghers of the World Golf Awards have declared LIV Adelaide the best tournament in the world. It's passing odd, then, that LIV Golf remains a bit of a dud on television. 12 Feb 2025
Cleary: LIV Adelaide and the power of people

Cleary: LIV Adelaide and the power of people

On a mild April afternoon in 2022, day three of LIV Adelaide at The Grange, the enigmatic, cosmopolitan final group of Talor Gooch, Pat Perez and Charl Schwartzel were followed down the 18th fairway by what looked like everybody on the property. It was a triumph for organisers. Greg Norman was vindicated. Because LIV Golf had arrived. 10 Feb 2025
Norman dares golf megastars Woods, McIlroy to debate

Norman dares golf megastars Woods, McIlroy to debate

Greg Norman wants to debate golf megastars Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy and explain how LIV Golf has made them even richer. 22 Jan 2025
Rahm: LIV Golf image 'less threatening' without Norman

Rahm: LIV Golf image 'less threatening' without Norman

Jon Rahm believes LIV Golf's decision to replace Greg Norman with Scott O'Neil as the new CEO will give the breakaway Saudi circuit a "less threatening image" and improve its position amid negotiations for an investment deal with the PGA Tour. 20 Jan 2025
McIlroy believes LIV replacing Greg Norman is good move

McIlroy believes LIV replacing Greg Norman is good move

Rory McIlroy believes that Greg Norman being replaced as LIV Golf's chief executive officer is "probably a good move" for the Saudi-funded breakaway which he believes is here to stay. 17 Jan 2025
Greg Norman replaced as LIV Golf boss

Greg Norman replaced as LIV Golf boss

An experienced sports executive has been named to replace Greg Norman as the boss of the breakaway golf series LIV Golf. 16 Jan 2025
Norman confirms he's to be replaced as LIV Golf CEO

Norman confirms he's to be replaced as LIV Golf CEO

Greg Norman says he's "fine" with moving aside as LIV Golf CEO, amid reports a successor is close. 8 Dec 2024
Leishman says golfers owe Shark for LIV money move

Leishman says golfers owe Shark for LIV money move

Marc Leishman says "love him or hate him" professional men's golfers owe Greg Norman, who is reportedly set to be replaced as chief executive of LIV Golf. 28 Nov 2024
Elvis eyes elite company before Sun City swing

Elvis eyes elite company before Sun City swing

Rising star Elvis Smylie is looking to join an elite club who have completed the golden summer double before chasing a massive pay-day in South Africa. 26 Nov 2024
Leishman's major lure driving his Australian Open push

Leishman's major lure driving his Australian Open push

The chance to return to golf's major championships and a burning desire to fill a glaring CV void are the two big motivators driving Marc Leishman's Australian Open title bid in Melbourne. 26 Nov 2024
Cleary: Sky's the limit for Elvis but the tale of Jed Morgan is cautionary

Cleary: Sky's the limit for Elvis but the tale of Jed Morgan is cautionary

Elvis Smylie has won the 2024 PGA Championship in super-impressive fashion, holding off his "elders" Cam Smith and Marc Leishman over the closing holes at Royal Queensland. But a tale of another 22-year-old "Next Big Thing" is cautionary. 25 Nov 2024
LIV, the PGA, the PIF, and all that: Gav Kirkman on where Australia sits in golf's ecosystem

LIV, the PGA, the PIF, and all that: Gav Kirkman on where Australia sits in golf's ecosystem

In part two of our feature piece with PGA of Australia chief Gavin Kirkman, we discuss Australia's position in the great PGA Tour versus LIV Golf imbroglio, how to attract international players to our 'major' tournaments ("have you heard of the Whitsundays?"), and why Australia has aligned with the 'European' tour when there's a Saudi-funded Asian one on our doorstep. 20 Nov 2024
Green's triple treat earns her second Greg Norman medal

Green's triple treat earns her second Greg Norman medal

Hannah Green's rare three-win season has earned the Australian a second Greg Norman Medal as the country's golfer of the year. 19 Nov 2024
It's complicated: the challenges and opportunities for Australia's PGA

It's complicated: the challenges and opportunities for Australia's PGA

Gavin Kirkman, CEO of the PGA of Australia, has to provide the best pathway opportunities for Australia’s players and at the same time try to satisfy local fans and sponsors by luring the biggest names in golf come to support our major tournaments. In part one of Matt Cleary's feature (in our December issue, on shelves now) we discuss his organisation's challenges and opportunities... 19 Nov 2024
LIV seeking to replace Greg Norman as CEO: report

LIV seeking to replace Greg Norman as CEO: report

Australian Greg Norman's position as chief executive of LIV Golf may be under review, according to a report from the Sports Business Journal. 16 Oct 2024