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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
How to watch this week’s golf

How to watch this week’s golf

We get our first taste of Augusta National this week when the Augusta National Women’s Amateur goes down Magnolia Lane. 3 Apr 2024
Cam open to merged golf tours but at what cost?

Cam open to merged golf tours but at what cost?

Australian golf superstar Cameron Smith is open to a return to a unified world tour – but not necessarily if it means playing more. 2 Apr 2024
McIlroy approves of bid to end golf's civil war

McIlroy approves of bid to end golf's civil war

Rory McIlroy has welcomed the news a group of PGA Tour players will meet officials from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund as efforts continue to make a deal to end golf's civil war. 18 Mar 2024
Cleary: Scottie Scheffler and the triumph of the most boring man alive

Cleary: Scottie Scheffler and the triumph of the most boring man alive

‘Schadenfreude’ is a cracker of a German word describing “the pleasure derived by someone from another person’s misfortune”. It talks to a certain, half-dark part of us. It talks to the pleasure of death-riding certain golfers in tournaments on television. 18 Mar 2024
Cleary: Why LIV Golf needs Johnny Miller

Cleary: Why LIV Golf needs Johnny Miller

On a fold-out and aptly-named Lazy Boy lounge, with LIV Golf in HD on a Smart TV, with Cowboys and Dolphins streaming via the magic of Bluetooth (I will not ever fathom how) onto a less smart but still very adequate other TV, and with a cold tinny of beer wedged into the excellent can-holder socket thing on the hand-rest, you could make a case this was the perfect Sunday afternoon. 11 Mar 2024
Smith falls short in LIV play-off to Ancer

Smith falls short in LIV play-off to Ancer

Australia's Cameron Smith has narrowly missed victory in the inaugural LIV Golf event in Hong Kong, sharing second after being beaten in a three-way play-off as Abraham Ancer took the spoils. 11 Mar 2024
How to watch this week’s golf

How to watch this week’s golf

The PGA Tour's next signature event heads to the famous Bay Hill for the Arnold Palmer Invitational, and LIV Golf tees off in Hong Kong. 6 Mar 2024
LIV reportedly abandons effort for OWGR recognition

LIV reportedly abandons effort for OWGR recognition

LIV Golf has abandoned the effort for accreditation for its members from the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) system. 6 Mar 2024
Playing From The Tips Ep.53: Arnold Palmer, Blue Bay LPGA, LIV Hong Kong & more

Playing From The Tips Ep.53: Arnold Palmer, Blue Bay LPGA, LIV Hong Kong & more

There’s golf action in all parts of the world this week with the PGA Tour in Florida and Puerto Rico for the Arnold Palmer Invitational and Puerto Rico Open, while the DP World Tour continues its South African swing at Glendower Golf Club for the Jonsson Workwear Open. 5 Mar 2024
Winner’s Bag: Joaquin Niemann – LIV Jeddah.

Winner’s Bag: Joaquin Niemann – LIV Jeddah.

Australian Open champion Joaquin Niemann has continued his electric start to the 2024 season, picking up his second LIV Golf win of the year at LIV Jeddah. Here is the equipment he used to seal the deal at Royal Greens Golf & Country Club. 4 Mar 2024
Cleary: Fear, loathing and exceptionalism - why the PGA Tour is bad for world golf

Cleary: Fear, loathing and exceptionalism - why the PGA Tour is bad for world golf

There’s a theory, a term, you could call it a Thing, called ‘American exceptionalism’, in which many of our dear, sweet and slightly left-field cousins in America believe to their star-spangled bootstraps that they live in the greatest land of liberty in the history of humankind. 4 Mar 2024
Red-hot Niemann wins second LIV title of 2024

Red-hot Niemann wins second LIV title of 2024

Joaquin Niemann has won his second LIV Golf title in three starts, closing with a four-under 66 on Sunday in Jeddah for a four-shot victory over Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel. 4 Mar 2024