Category: Golf

Tiger Woods discusses his road to recovery after the car crash that left him with a fractured leg and shattered ankle in February 2021.

Rory McIlroy says players that have joined the LIV Golf Series should not be allowed to compete on other tours.

• World No 15 says players should stick to Saudi-backed events
• ‘They decided to play on a tour and they should play that tour’

Perhaps locker-room cameras should have been installed at the Scottish Open this week. In the latest chapter in golf’s civil war, Billy Horschel used a press conference at the Renaissance Club to take direct aim at “hypocrite” golfers who have cited a light schedule as the basis for accepting hugely lucrative offers to join the Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Series.

The DP World Tour, formerly the European Tour, announced that any member who had participated on the breakaway LIV circuit would be banned from teeing up at the Scottish Open on Thursday. Ian Poulter, Adrian Otaegui and Justin Harding challenged that sanction via arbitration permitted in DP World Tour rules. Having been successful, they were added to the Scottish Open field. The Saudi Arabia-backed LIV model has staged two $25m events thus far, with a further six planned throughout 2022.

Continue reading...

Ian Poulter claims he does not expect a hostile reception at this week's Scottish Open but American Billy Horschel launches a scathing attack on LIV Golf's rebels.

Ian Poulter will be allowed to play in this week's Scottish Open after an appeal against his ban is upheld, to the "disappointment" of DP World Tour

There is "no doubt" that golfers who have joined the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Series did so for the money on offer, says Graeme McDowell.

Adrian Meronk becomes the first Polish player to win on the DP World Tour as a surging finish sees him claim the Irish Open at Mount Juliet.

Paul Casey becomes the latest high-profile golfer to join the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Series.

• 44-year-old to play first competition at Bedminster
• Will be part of Bryson DeChambeau’s Crushers GC team

Paul Casey has become the latest player to sign up with the Saudi-backed LIV Invitational Golf Series. The world No 26 is set to compete at the third LIV Golf event, which will take place at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster later this month.

The Englishman, 44, will join his former Ryder Cup teammates Lee Westwood, Sergio García, Ian Poulter and Graeme McDowell in playing on the controversial new tour, and will be part of the Crushers GC team, captained by Bryson DeChambeau.

Continue reading...

Adrian Meronk birdies three of his last four holes to take a one-shot lead into the final round of the Irish Open at Mount Juliet.

Spain's Jorge Campillo fires a second-round 68 at the Irish Open to lead Adrian Meronk and Fabrizio Zanotti by one stroke at Mount Juliet.

Three-time major winner Padraig Harrington says most DP World Tour players believe the sanctions imposed on those who joined the LIV series are too lenient.

The DP World Tour says players who joined the LIV Golf series "knew there would be consequences if they chose money over competition".

• Keith Pelley slams ‘inaccuracies’ in open letter from 16 players
• Pelley questions claim that players ‘care deeply’ about Tour

The DP World Tour chief executive, Keith Pelley, has hit back at the 16 players who have threatened the tour with legal action unless their sanctions for competing in the first LIV Golf event are rescinded.

In a strongly-worded response to the letter which “implored” the tour to reconsider the penalties before 5pm on Friday, Pelley dismissed the players’ claims that they “care deeply” about the Tour, citing how many times some have played in Rolex Series events in recent years.

Continue reading...

New Zealand's Ryan Fox has a one-shot lead after the first round of the Irish Open at Mount Juliet.