Williams sisters buy team in Woods and McIlroy’s golf league June 8, 2023 Serena and Venus Williams have bought the first of six teams in the golf league backed by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy. The tennis stars have linked up with the 23-time Grand Slam legend’s husband Alexis Ohanian to purchase “Los Angeles Golf Club”. “I like betting big – and betting early – on things in sports,” [...]
McIlroy: I feel like sacrificial lamb after LIV Golf and PGA Tour deal June 7, 2023 Four-time major winner Rory McIlroy has said he feels like a sacrificial lamb and that he still hates LIV Golf after the Saudi Arabia-backed tour merged into one entity alongside the PGA Tour and DP World Tour. The Northern Irishman has been an outspoken critic of the rebel golf tour – which saw the likes [...]
PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LIV Golf to merge and take Saudi investment June 6, 2023 The PGA Tour, DP World Tour and rival LIV Golf have brought an end to more than a year of bitter conflict in the sport by announcing a deal to unify. The shock move will see the creation of a new, yet-to-be-named entity that combines the commercial businesses and rights of the three tours, which [...]
Legends Tour offering amateur golfers chance to live the life of a jet-setting pro June 6, 2023 If you have ever day-dreamed at your desk of living the life of a professional golfer, then the Legends Tour has just the package for you. Travel to the Jersey Legends tournament by private jet, rub shoulders in the locker room with greats such as Ian Woosnam, and tee it up against them in a [...]
Harold Varner III celebrates first US win at LIV Golf DC – by playing a round of golf May 29, 2023 Harold Varner III claimed a long-awaited first win on US soil at the LIV Golf DC event on Sunday and knew exactly how he wanted to celebrate: with another round of golf. The American birdied the last hole at Trump National Washington DC to finish on 11 under par and beat Branden Grace to the [...]
Brooks Koepka receives Trump endorsement for LIV Golf DC May 25, 2023 US PGA champion Brooks Koepka has been backed to thrive at the “bomber’s paradise” hosting this week’s LIV Golf League event by none other than President Trump. Koepka heads to Washington DC for the $25m tournament fresh from winning his third US PGA title and fifth major on Sunday at Oak Hill in Rochester, New [...]
Sam Torrance: Brooks Koepka looked better than ever in US PGA Championship May 22, 2023 Brooks Koepka looked back to his best in claiming a deserved third US PGA Championship on Sunday after a magnificent tournament at Oak Hill. Some of the golf played over the four days in Rochester, New York, was out of this world and the course held up unbelievably well in near-constant rain on Saturday. We [...]
Carlota Ciganda emulates England’s Charlie Hull with Aramco Team Series win in Florida May 22, 2023 Spain’s Carlota Ciganda followed in the footsteps of fellow former European No1 Charley Hull by winning the US leg of the Aramco Team Series in Florida on Sunday. Ciganda held her nerve at the end of a testing final round to clinch her seventh Ladies European Tour title, beating Czech Klara Davidson Spilkova by one [...]
Dani Holmqvist on flying helicopters, swilling wine and fighting off venomous spiders May 18, 2023 Swedish golfer Dani Holmqvist on training to be a sommelier, learning to pilot a helicopter, squeezing venom out of a spider bite and this week’s “home” Aramco Team Series event in Florida. For some, a long recuperation following a crash would be the perfect excuse to put feet up, reach for the biscuit tin and [...]
Aramco Team Series – Florida: Who is playing for $1m at Trump West Palm Beach? May 17, 2023 Lydia Ko and Lexi Thompson look to be the women to beat when the Aramco Team Series rolls into Florida for the first time this week. World No3 Ko is the highest ranked player in the field at Trump International Golf Club, West Palm Beach, while Thompson is defending champion of sorts, having won the [...]