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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
Cameron Smith makes promising start to LIV Golf season
Australian ace Cameron Smith is tied for ninth in his first start of the year, carding a five-under 67 in the opening round of LIV Golf Riyadh in Saudi Arabia.
7 Feb 2025
PGA Tour close to brokering deal with LIV Golf
The PGA is closer to finalising a deal with LIV Golf, says the Tour's Commissioner Jay Monaghan.
7 Feb 2025
Lights, camera, action ... Cam Smith out to star again
Ian Poulter has predicted a prosperous year for Cameron Smith ahead of LIV Golf's after-dark season opener on a floodlight Riyadh course.
6 Feb 2025
Mickelson to miss LIV opener but eyes Adelaide return
Phil Mickelson has been ruled out of the LIV Golf season opener in Saudi Arabia this weekend, but expects to be back in action in Adelaide the following week.
4 Feb 2025
Coletta, Buchanan earn International Series exemptions
Australians Brett Coletta and Jack Buchanan have earned another chance to play for a LIV Golf berth with exemptions to all 10 events on the Asian Tour's International Series.
15 Dec 2024
Trump presidency could clear the way for golf: McIlroy
Rory McIlroy believes Donald Trump becoming U.S President for the second time could help "clear the way" for a peace deal in golf's civil war.
6 Nov 2024
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
PGA Tour return should be tough for LIV players: Thomas
Former World No.1 Justin Thomas remains on the side of Jordan Spieth, Rickie Fowler and others that LIV Golf players should be penalised in any merger between their organisation and the PGA Tour.
7 Feb 2024
2024 LIV schedule to stretch across eight nations
The 2024 LIV Golf schedule will include 12 regular-season events in eight different countries, leaving the Saudi-based tour's commissioner Greg Norman to hail it "the truly global golf league".
23 Nov 2023
Norman bullish on LIV's future
LIV Golf chief executive Greg Norman has broken his months-long silence, expressing optimism about the future of the circuit and asserting his role will remain unchanged.
20 Oct 2023
Saudis subpoenaed for documents on LIV-PGA merger
The chairman of a U.S Senate investigations subcommittee has issued a subpoena for documents on Saudi Arabia's new golf partnership with the PGA Tour, saying the kingdom needed to be more transparent about what he said was its $US35 billion ($A55 billion) in investments in the United States.
14 Sep 2023
Monahan determined to get merger right
Back to full health, commissioner Jay Monahan says the PGA Tour is on the right path to finalise a deal with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf and believes that whether he's the best person to lead the tour will depend on the results.
10 Aug 2023
R&A CEO open to Saudi investment
R&A CEO Martin Slumbers says the golf governing body would entertain investment from the Saudi Public Investment Fund amid an ever-changing global sports landscape.
20 Jul 2023
Norman, Monahan and Al-Rumayyan summoned by U.S Senate
A United States Senate hearing is to be held into the controversial partnership between the Saudi Arabia-funded LIV Golf and the PGA Tour, with leading figures including Greg Norman summoned to attend.
22 Jun 2023
PGA Tour, LIV, PIF file motion to dismiss lawsuits
The PGA Tour, LIV Golf and the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia have officially agreed to end all pending antitrust litigation among the parties.
17 Jun 2023
U.S Justice Department to investigate merger
The U.S Justice Department will review the PGA Tour's plan to merge with Saudi-backed golf interests, including LIV Golf, to determine if it violates antitrust law, the Wall Street Journal has reported.
16 Jun 2023
U.S senators call for further PGA Tour-LIV investigation
U.S senators Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden have asked the Justice Department to open an antitrust investigation into the planned deal between the PGA Tour and Saudi-backed LIV Golf, saying they believe it would result in a monopoly over professional golf operations.
15 Jun 2023
Monahan sidelined by 'medical situation'
PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan is recuperating from a "medical situation" and has been relieved of his immediate responsibilities and day-to-day operations.
14 Jun 2023
US Senator opens probe into PGA Tour-Saudi agreement
The leader of a Senate subcommittee is demanding the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia's LIV Golf present records about negotiations that led to their new agreement and plans for what golf will look like under the arrangement.
13 Jun 2023
Morri: Golf’s broader image problem
The hand wringing within the game in the wake of last week’s shock PIF, PGA Tour and DP World Tour deal has been understandably intense.
12 Jun 2023
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