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Eleven players on the breakaway LIV Golf tour have filed an antitrust suit against the PGA Tour. Three of them — Talor Gooch, Hudson Swafford and Matt Jones — have an immediate challenge: whether they will be permitted to play in the first round of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs, which begin Thursday in Memphis. On Monday morning, the PGA Tour responded, leaving no doubt about its stance and the likelihood of the players returning for the playoffs. After joining LIV, the players, the… Source link

Justin Lower was all set to not only make it into the FedExCup Playoffs on Sunday afternoon, but also secure his PGA Tour card for the second straight year. Yet on the 72nd green at the Wyndham Championship, Lower slipped. Lower, after reaching the par-4 18th green in regulation, three-putted from 61 feet for a bogey — which officially knocked him outside of the top 125 in the FedExCup standings and took his Tour card away. Lower’s face walking off the 18th green said it all. “I don’t… Source link

The PGA Tour fired back at a lawsuit filed by professional golfers who recently joined the rival LIV Golf tour, dubbing them “Saudi Golf League employees,” according to a memo obtained by Yahoo Finance. Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau, and nine other LIV golfers filed an antitrust complaint against the PGA Tour on Wednesday. Within hours, the PGA Tour responded in a scorching memo to members from Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan. “It’s an attempt to use the TOUR platform to promote… Source link

Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau and nine other players involved with LIV Golf have filed suit against the PGA Tour, charging antitrust violations and alleging a wide-ranging pattern of coordinated behavior between the Tour and multiple other golf entities. In the lawsuit, , the players are challenging their suspensions from the PGA Tour, some of which extend into 2024. In addition, three players – Talor Gooch, Hudson Swafford and Matt Jones – are seeking a temporary restraining order to… Source link

Low scores set up for a close shave in the final round of the 2022 Barbasol Championship with the tournament being decided with a clutch, late putt. Trey Mullinax made a 14-footerfor birdie on the final hole to take a one-shot lead at 25 under and earn not only his first PGA Tour win, but the final spot in the field for next week’s 150th playing of the Open Championship at St. Andrews. The 30-year-old shot a 6-under 66 on Sunday to follow rounds of 65-65-67 and hold off a charging Kevin… Source link

Australian golf Thursday reaffirmed its “full support” of the US PGA Tour and European Tour in a rebuke to the Saudi-backed LIV series headed by Greg Norman, calling their relationship “stronger than ever”. The PGA of Australia had been silent since Norman, whose name is lent to Australian golf’s most prestigious annual award, debuted the mega-money LIV Golf Invitational Series in England earlier this month. But chief executive Gavin Kirkman said he was excited about the future alongside the… Source link

Golf has come to this: it’s now news when a player announces he’s staying with the PGA Tour. Collin Morikawa, the two-time major winner who led early in the U.S. Open before a disastrous Saturday, has reaffirmed his commitment to the PGA Tour. Hours after news broke that Brooks Koepka would jump to LIV, Morikawa took to Twitter to make his position clear. “I’ve said it since February at Riviera that I’m here to stay on the @PGATOUR,” Morikawa wrote, “and nothing has changed.” While the PGA… Source link

Days after announcing he would play in the inaugural LIV Golf event this week in London, Dustin Johnson indicated he has resigned from the PGA Tour entirely. Johnson, a two-time major winner and former world No. 1, is the biggest name to officially defect from the PGA Tour. Sergio Garcia, Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Schwartzel and Branden Grace have also resigned their memberships, joining Kevin Na, who did so over the past weekend. Phil Mickelson, who announced Monday that he is playing on the… Source link

The rivalry between the PGA Tour and the new LIV Golf Series took another turn Saturday when 19-year PGA veteran Kevin Na announced his retirement from the tour to join the new league. Na, 38, wrote on Twitter that he chose to leave the PGA because of “recent developments in the professional golf world” and because he wanted “the freedom to play where I want.” “For 19 years, I’ve played on the PGA Tour and I have loved every minute of it. I appreciate the platform the tour has provided me to… Source link

Sage Steele confirmed on Saturday that she was struck by a golf ball at the PGA Championship on Thursday that resulted in injuries requiring visits with doctors and a dentist. The ESPN anchor didn’t reveal the extent of her injuries, but announced in a statement released by the network that she received medical care at a hospital at the Tulsa, Oklahoma, site of the PGA Championship before returning to her Connecticut home to consult with her doctor and dentist. “I just want to thank everyone… Source link