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Brendan shows nerves of Steele to claim LIV Adelaide

Brendan shows nerves of Steele to claim LIV Adelaide

Some soothing words of wisdom from Phil Mickelson have been instrumental in fellow American Brendan Steele capturing LIV Golf's Adelaide title. 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
Herbert Smokes 7-under 65; Ripper GC within two of LIV title

Herbert Smokes 7-under 65; Ripper GC within two of LIV title

Lucas Herbert finished round one at LIV Adelaide at The Grange as one of nine players in the 54-man field over-par. In round two on Saturday he smoked eight birdies in a 65 that could've been anything, and had the home team Ripper GC just two shots off the lead. 27 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
Playing From The Tips Ep.60: LIV Adelaide, Zurich Classic & more

Playing From The Tips Ep.60: LIV Adelaide, Zurich Classic & more

With a whirlwind fortnight of majors behind us the travelling professional golf caravan this week heads to all corners of the globe. 23 Apr 2024
Second-place finish for Aussie at Saudi Open

Second-place finish for Aussie at Saudi Open

Australian Wade Ormsby registered his best performance since winning the International Series Thailand in March last year by carding a stunning 64 in the final round of the Saudi Open at Riyadh Golf Club at the weekend. 22 Apr 2024
Cleary: The LIV Golf vs PGA Tour argument is a rabbit hole full of Komodo Dragons

Cleary: The LIV Golf vs PGA Tour argument is a rabbit hole full of Komodo Dragons

LIV Golf’s on this week which means one thing: golf’s version of #CodeWars will heat up again, with punters and pundits shouting opinions into TikTok, or what have you, about whether the PGA Tour or LIV Golf is better, and denigrating the other one to make their point. 22 Apr 2024
Cleary: The Green Coats, The Stories, The Nirvana of Augusta

Cleary: The Green Coats, The Stories, The Nirvana of Augusta

David Gair Inglis was a man who would introduce himself as “DGI – it stands for Damn Good Ideas”. In 1979 he had a damned good one – a golf tournament called ‘The Australian Masters’, a complete and unashamed rip-off of the Masters at Augusta National in the United States. 15 Apr 2024
Huggan: LIV update… or downdate

Huggan: LIV update… or downdate

The proud “father” that is Greg Norman came to watch his 13-strong LIV clan in action at the Masters Tournament. 13 Apr 2024
Calls grow for major boost to Australian Open

Calls grow for major boost to Australian Open

Calls are growing louder for the Australian Open to be elevated in global status in a bid to unify world golf after two years of civil warfare. 12 Apr 2024
Australian Open praised as Masters make exceptions

Australian Open praised as Masters make exceptions

Augusta National is receiving praise for inviting Australian Open champion Joaquin Niemann to the Masters – despite the Chilean not meeting the usual entry criteria. 11 Apr 2024
The Shark strolls the Augusta fairways again

The Shark strolls the Augusta fairways again

A year after being persona non grata at Augusta National, Australian golf legend Greg Norman is back at the Masters, declaring "the boss is here" to cheer on his LIV stars. 11 Apr 2024
Rahm wants peace at golf’s biggest week

Rahm wants peace at golf’s biggest week

Jon Rahm has returned to Augusta National not only as defending Masters champion but, he's hoping, as golf's peacemaker too. 10 Apr 2024
Burmester wins LIV Miami as Garcia falls short again

Burmester wins LIV Miami as Garcia falls short again

Dean Burmester of South Africa has clinched his first LIV Golf win, closing with a four-under-par 68 to beat Sergio Garcia in a play-off in Miami. 8 Apr 2024
Cleary: LIV Golf is not a meritocracy, Augusta should embrace it

Cleary: LIV Golf is not a meritocracy, Augusta should embrace it

LIV Golf’s one great issue in its Quixotic quest for legitimacy remains that its tournaments are not ranked by the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) body and its players cannot earn points to qualify for majors such as this week's Masters. 8 Apr 2024
Anthony Kim learns to love golf after 'dark moments'

Anthony Kim learns to love golf after 'dark moments'

Anthony Kim has spoken about falling victim to "scam artists" and "snakes" as he prepares to compete in the United States for the first time since 2012. 3 Apr 2024
Smith dreaming of more major glory at Augusta

Smith dreaming of more major glory at Augusta

Steeling himself for "the best week of the year", Cameron Smith can't disguise his desperation to join golf royalty with a career-defining Masters triumph. 3 Apr 2024
PGA and LIV rift cannot go on: McIlroy

PGA and LIV rift cannot go on: McIlroy

The split in the men's game between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf is unsustainable and will not benefit anyone in the long term, according to Rory McIlroy 3 Apr 2024