Last month Tomorrow’s Golf League (“TGL”) officially kicked off its inaugural season backed by two of the sport’s biggest superstars, Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy. The first of its kind league partnered with the PGA Tour to provide an experience that allows fans to watch some of the top golfers in the world up close and... Continue Reading →
Last Thurday, PGA Tour star and 2023 Masters Champion Jon Rahm Rodriguez confirmed that he would be leaving the Tour to join the Saudi-backed LIV Golf. According to ESPN, Rahm’s LIV contract is expected to be more than $300 million and run for at least three years.[1] While the PGA Tour has banned Rahm, and... Continue Reading →
This past Tuesday, June 6, the PGA Tour, DP World Tour, and LIV Golf announced that they agreed to a merger.[1] The agreement combines the commercial entities into a new company.[2] The merger shocked the golf world, as the companies have been at odds since LIV Golf was officially announced in October 2021.[3] LIV Golf... Continue Reading →
[1] LIV Golf has joined a group of its players — including Major champions Phil Mickelson and Bryson DeChambeau— in an antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour.[2] Backed by the Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund, the upstart series is further escalating its bitter struggle for the hearts, minds, and wallets of golf fans.[3] In August,... Continue Reading →
LIV Golf, the professional golf tour financed by the Saudi Public Investment Fund, has signed star amateur golfer David Puig. Puig, who has ranked as high as fifth in the amateur world rankings, has chosen to leave Arizona State to make his professional debut at LIV Golf’s next event at Rich Harvest Farms golf... Continue Reading →