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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
Lytham and Secret Plans: How the International team sacked an Aussie golf legend

Lytham and Secret Plans: How the International team sacked an Aussie golf legend

The Presidents Cup kicked off in 1994 with a 20-12 win to the USA at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Virginia. Within two years, the International team had sacked their captain, Australian golf legend, David Graham. Nearly 30 years later, some of the players regret it still. 26 Sep 2024
International Rescue: Can the Aussies save the Presidents Cup?

International Rescue: Can the Aussies save the Presidents Cup?

Once again the International team will be relying on the Aussie stars to supply the bulk of the team spirit in their war against the Americans in the Presidents Cup. This isn’t specifically Australia’s fight to take up, but it’s one we’re in, whether it still captivates the fans or not. 25 Sep 2024
CLEARY: Zed's dead but LIV lives, one year on from predicted doom

CLEARY: Zed's dead but LIV lives, one year on from predicted doom

Unlike Zed who is dead, LIV Golf is still kicking and Greg Norman remains chief executive despite a proposal that he be "terminated”. 27 Jul 2024
Feature story: This is Royal Troon

Feature story: This is Royal Troon

This week The Open returns to Royal Troon for the 10th time across its 152-year history. While not as popular with the tourists as some of the other glamour courses across Scotland, this layout’s claim to fame is the mental challenge it presents to those brave enough to take it on. 16 Jul 2024
Cleary: Australian golf right to play Switzerland in game's civil war

Cleary: Australian golf right to play Switzerland in game's civil war

As critiqued on social media by his excellency, the Great White Shark Greg Norman, the PGA of Australia didn’t use the names ‘LIV Golf’ or ‘Ripper GC’ when congratulating the all-Aussie team that had won back-to-back LIV tournaments in Adelaide and Singapore. 13 May 2024
CLEARY: How Aussies' LIV win is explained by Rocky IV

CLEARY: How Aussies' LIV win is explained by Rocky IV

As ever, it’s Rocky Balboa who says it best. 6 May 2024
R&A unaware if Norman plans to attend Open

R&A unaware if Norman plans to attend Open

The R&A is not aware if LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman plans to be among a record crowd for this year's Open Championship at Royal Troon. 1 May 2024
Cleary: Merge? Forget it. LIV Golf should take on the PGA Tour

Cleary: Merge? Forget it. LIV Golf should take on the PGA Tour

Greg Norman has this line when asked about the ‘Framework Agreement’ or ‘merger’, or whatever they call the interminable discussion between the Strategic Sports Group, PGA Tour Inc. and the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia to decide what ‘golf’ will look like in 2025 and beyond. And it goes, effectively, like this: 29 Apr 2024
Ripper! Aussie team downs South Africans in raucous LIV Adelaide play-off

Ripper! Aussie team downs South Africans in raucous LIV Adelaide play-off

We’re at The Grange GC for the LIV league's first teams play-off and the crowds line the 18th fairway 20-deep all the way down its 345 metres. The humanity forms an eddy around the green which spills upwards into the stands and the suites called ‘Club 54’. It's the all-Australian Ripper team taking on the all-South African Stingers. There are people in the trees. 28 Apr 2024
Ripper: Aussies in touch after entertaining day one at LIV Adelaide

Ripper: Aussies in touch after entertaining day one at LIV Adelaide

The big sign at the front gate of The Grange says 'WELCOME' in LIV Golf's recognisable font with aquamarine plumage, and on Friday for day one of the second annual golf-, drink- and music-fest maybe 35,000 fans said don't mind if they do. 26 Apr 2024
Cleary: If nobody cares about LIV Golf, why do so many people care?

Cleary: If nobody cares about LIV Golf, why do so many people care?

The man on talkback radio was adamant: it’s party golf. It’s an exhibition. It isn’t real golf. The punters on Facebook agree: no legacy, no history, no value. And the kicker, uttered without irony, without reading this yarn: nobody cares. 25 Apr 2024
Norman rejects other states, locks in Adelaide

Norman rejects other states, locks in Adelaide

Greg Norman has rejected lucrative offers from other states to declare Adelaide as the sole LIV Golf host in Australia for the foreseeable future. 24 Apr 2024
Turn it up: Greg Norman on Rory McIlroy, LIV Adelaide, and the "best golf event that's ever been to Australia"

Turn it up: Greg Norman on Rory McIlroy, LIV Adelaide, and the "best golf event that's ever been to Australia"

And so to Adelaide for a movie we’ve seen before - call it 'LIV Adelaide II: Return to The Grange' - and we’re straight into a mighty marquee for a Big Cheese Presser, Matt Cleary reports. 24 Apr 2024