Cameron Smith’s defection to the LIV Golf circuit is the biggest blow yet to the PGA and European Tours in a power struggle threatening to rip the sport apart.
Will Zalatoris won his first PGA Tour title on Sunday, defeating Sepp Straka in a playoff to capture the St Jude Championship.
Rory McIlroy says the LIV Golf controversy got “a little more personal” when 11 LIV players sued the PGA Tour this week.
South Africa’s Christiaan Bezuidenhout carded a four-under 66 during the opening round of the PGA Tour’s Wyndham Championship on Thursday.
Henrik Stenson, stripped of the European Ryder Cup captaincy after joining the LIV Golf circuit, shook off the controversy to win the LIV Golf Invitational Bedminster on Sunday.
The professional golfers who will be flying the South African flag overseas this week.
Branden Grace signed for a second-round 69 at the LIV Golf Invitational Portland on Friday.
Matthew NeSmith birdied six of his last nine holes, matching the course record with a 10-under-par 61, to seize the lead after Friday’s second round of the Valspar Championship.
Defending champion Sam Burns closed with back-to-back birdies to match three others for the lead after Thursday’s opening round of the Valspar Championship.
Even without ‘Major’ status, there’s little doubt that the first big event on the men’s calendar – and the richest single tournament – has caught the eye of golfers.