Rory McIlroy, like almost all elite-level professionals dominating the sport in 2024, was hooked on golf because of Tiger Woods’ exploits in the mid-2000s. Woods’ numbers through the 2000s were unlike anything seen before. The American’s dominance, particularly in the most significant events, saw him become the poster boy of the sport, a title…
The Masters, the PGA Championship, The Open, the Olympic Games and the Dunhill Links. Rahm did miss the US Open through injury and skipped the two DP World Tour playoff events this month in the Middle East as McIlroy won his sixth Race to Dubai crown. But the point still stands. •…
Multiple reports indicate that Scott O’Neil, who held the same title for the Philadelphia 76ers and the New Jersey Devils from 2013 and 2021, will succeed Norman as the commissioner of LIV Golf. Josh Carpenter of Sports Business Journal had it first. O’Neil most recently served as CEO of Merlin Entertainments, a London-based theme-park…
Rahm has gone on to win the LIV Golf individual championship, but his presence on the PIF-funded tour has caused complications with the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour.
The Showdown — a made-for-TV golf match pitting two PGA Tour stars against two LIV stars — enters the golf marketplace with as many questions as answers. We know only a little about who is running the show. We’re still wondering how the arrangement all works. There seems to be a lot of money…
From their time together at the 2024 Paris Olympics to their partnership on NBC’s “The Voice,” hip-hop legend Snoop Dogg and Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles have become quite the team. Fans were initially puzzled when Biles as announced as Snoop’s guest advisor on “The Voice” given she has no experience with music or signing;…
As a player, he couldn’t steamroll that decision over the entire cohort of PGA Tour pros. But now that the 48-year-old has his league, TGL, Woods and his buddy, Rory McIlroy were quick to walk the talk. Entered shot clock. You get 40 seconds to hit a shot. Miss it and you get docked…
It is certainly not difficult to see a change in how the two sides have interacted as the last three years have gone by. Rory McIlroy famously said he hated LIV Golf at one stage, but the Northern Irishman has had little problem admitting that he feels that he was too strong in his criticism…
The LPGA Tour has lost nine veteran players under the age of 40, including four major champions, who have decided to retire from full competition. Lexi Thompson, whose playing career is marked as much by the majors that got away as the one major she won, announced in late May this would be her…
Breaking News: Sadness in golf community as formal talented golfer Jack Nicklaus has been officially confirmed.……..see more👇 Breaking News: Sadness in golf community as formal talented golfer Jack Nicklaus has been officially confirmed.……..see more👇👇 In a stunning development that has left the golf world in shock, the passing of Amanda Balionis, a…