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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

LIV Golf has claimed two more big names from the PGA Tour. Patrick Reed, 2018 Masters champion, and Bryson DeChambeau, 2020 U.S. Open champion, will play on the LIV circuit, according to a new report in the Daily Telegraph. The report also indicated that Rickie Fowler is close to signing with LIV, as well. Sports Illustrated confirmed that report while adding that Reed and DeChambeau will join LIV at its first U.S. stop in early July. LIV Golf has not yet responded to a request for… 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

Tiger Woods makes PGA Tour return at 2022 Masters Tournament originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington Tiger Woods is back. Woods made his long-awaited return to the PGA Tour at the 2022 Masters Tournament on Thursday morning, teeing off at 11:04 a.m. ET. He was welcomed by a rousing ovation from a large gallery as he prepared for his first shot on the par-4 first hole at Augusta National. Woods wasn’t pleased with his drive or approach shot, but managed to save par by sinking an uphill… Source link

Tiger Woods is riding in a cart this week at the PNC Championship, which marks his first time back out on the course after his February car crash. Though this week is different — Woods is playing alongside his son, Charlie, in the modified 20-team, two-person event in Orlando — Woods insisted that he’d never request a golf cart to compete in an official PGA Tour event. “No, absolutely not. Not for a PGA Tour event, no,” Woods said Friday, . “That’s just not who I am. That’s not… Source link

Google’s Arts & Culture team is today launching a new online experience that lets users virtually walk the Great Wall of China. The “Walk the Great Wall of China” experience includes an exclusive 360-degree virtual tour of one of the wall’s best-preserved sections, including 370 images of the Great Wall in total and 35 stories that go into architectural details about the landmark. “As the largest man-made structure in the world, the Great Wall of China is… Source link

In light of this week’s bombshell sports news that has several top European soccer clubs were choosing to form a Super League, information leaked Tuesday via Golfweek about the PGA Tour’s efforts to keep its star golfers from breaking away for larger paydays elsewhere. The PGA Tour later confirmed to ESPN that it has created a $40 million pool to reward its top stars as it continues to stamp down the long-rumored… Source link

In light of this week’s bombshell sports news that has several top European soccer clubs choosing to form a Super League, information leaked Tuesday about the PGA Tour’s efforts to keep its star golfers from breaking away for larger paydays elsewhere. The PGA Tour has created a $40 million pool to reward its top stars as it continues to stamp down the long-rumored Premier Golf League (golf’s version of the Super… Source link