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Cameron Smith is eligible for next year's Open Championship, having won at St Andrew's in 2022

Masters, Open not planning on offering LIV exemptions

Organisers for the Masters and Open Championship on Thursday dismissed the notion that they would create automatic major exemptions for LIV golfers next year.

Golf • 26 Oct 23

Next year's Masters will run from 11-14 April

Masters and The Open not planning LIV player exemptions

Organisers of the Masters and Open Championship say they have no plans to create exemptions for LIV players in 2024.

Golf • 26 Oct 23

Bryson DeChambeau wants the OWGR to offer a points solution for LIV golfers

DeChambeau wants OWGR to offer LIV points solution

If the leaders of the Official World Golf Ranking won't allow LIV Golf players to earn ranking points to qualify for major championships, 2020 US Open champ Bryson DeChambeau is urging officials to come up with an alternative.

Golf • 11 Oct 23

Rory McIlroy: 'We can all grow together'

LIV void allowed others to step up, says McIlroy

Rory McIlroy said not having the "big personalities" of LIV golfers Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter at the Ryder Cup allowed others to step into leadership roles and gave younger players room to grow at the tournament.

Golf • 03 Oct 23

Reed's defamation cases against US golf media dismissed

Former Masters champion Patrick Reed has seen his defamation claims against a number of media outlets and golf journalists dismissed by a federal judge.

Golf • 28 Sep 23

Bryson DeChambeau and Sergio Garcia: Two of the biggest characters will be absent from the Ryder Cup jamboree

Ryder Cup a different animal without LIV teamsters

The Ryder Cup used to be the bitterest rivalry in golf but a far more poisonous division still hovers over the game

Golf • 28 Sep 23

Phil Mickelson: "If you ever cross the line of moderation and enter into addiction, hopefully you won't confuse your enablers as friends like I did"

Mickelson opens up on the damage caused by his gambling

Phil Mickelson has revealed the harm and hurt his gambling addiction has caused to those closest to him.

Golf • 19 Sep 23

Two-time champion Ernie Els in action during the first round of the Open

Els blasts PGA Tour board over 'circus golf' LIV merger

Former world number one Ernie Els said the PGA Tour board should step down over the decision to merge their commercial operations with the LIV Series and described the Saudi-backed breakaway circuit as "circus golf".

Golf • 21 Jul 23

Rory McIlroy continues to loathe the rebel Tour

Not if you were the last Tour on Earth - McIlroy on LIV

Rory McIlroy has made it abundantly clear how he felt about short-lived proposals that he and Tiger Woods could own LIV Golf teams and play in at least 10 events a season.

Golf • 13 Jul 23

McIlroy and Woods could have owned LIV Golf teams

Proposals for a long-term agreement between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund included Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods owning LIV Golf teams, a US Senate subcommittee investigation has revealed.

Golf • 12 Jul 23

"I'm pretty sure Rory's suffered from being constantly asked, being a spokesman"

Faldo: LIV golf won't survive proposed PGA merger

Nick Faldo believes LIV Golf cannot survive the proposed deal between golf's warring factions, but that Rory McIlroy can thrive following the shock outbreak of peace.

Golf • 28 Jun 23

Rory McIlroy and Sergio Garcia in Ryder Cup mode for Europe back in 2018

Garcia says his feud with McIlroy is over

Rory McIlroy and Sergio Garcia have ended their feud in the wake of the proposed peace deal between golf's rival factions.

Golf • 28 Jun 23

Jay Monahan will be the CEO of the new PGA Tour-LIV body

Framework of PGA Tour-LIV golf deal revealed

The framework of the merger agreement of the PGA Tour and Saudi-backed LIV Golf says a for-profit subsidiary of the US golfing body will be created to manage commercial investments and assets for all tours.

Golf • 27 Jun 23

PGA Tour commissioner blames LIV deal on US inaction

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan blamed congressional inaction for the decision to ally with LIV Golf.

Golf • 13 Jun 23

Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat from Connecticut has written to PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan

US Senate to probe planned PGA-LIV-DP World Tour merger

The US Senate has launched an investigation into the planned commercial merger between the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LIV Golf.

Golf • 12 Jun 23

The PGA Tour and the Saudi-backed LIV Golf have ceased their ongoing litigation

Harrington: Why has PGA backtracked on 9/11 stance?

Padraig Harrington says the fact that PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan has backtracked on his stance regarding Saudi Arabia involvement in the 9/11 attacks highlights the perilous state the organisation was in before this week's shock merger with LIV.

Golf • 09 Jun 23

Phil Mickelson pats Jimmy Dunne on the back during the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in 2019

Golf merger man Dunne calls for factions to unite

One of the key architects to the deal between the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and the rival LIV Golf has called for people on all sides to "come together".

Golf • 09 Jun 23

Paul McGinley feels there is a lot of discussions to be had with the PGA Tour stars who stayed away from LIV Golf

McGinley: PGA Tour faces uphill battle with loyal stars

Paul McGinley believes commissioner Jay Monahan faces a "real problem" to persuade PGA Tour loyalists they are not the losers in golf's peace deal.

Golf • 08 Jun 23

McIlroy, along with Tiger Woods, had established themselves as the biggest supporters of the PGA Tour in its battle with LIV Golf

PGA-LIV merger 'good for professional golf' - McIlroy

Rory McIlroy admitted he was "surprised" and had "mixed emotions" after learning of the shock declaration of peace in golf's civil war, but believes that the partnership will "ultimately be good for professional golf."

Golf • 07 Jun 23

Royal Green Golf and Country Club in Saudi Arabia

Merger more evidence of Saudi sportswashing - Amnesty

The shock announcement of a new commercial entity for golf backed by the financial power of Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund is "just more evidence of the onward march of Saudi sportswashing", Amnesty International has said.

Golf • 07 Jun 23

Today's announcement will be followed by a mutually agreed end to all pending litigation between the participating parties

PGA announces merger with LIV and DP World Tour

The PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LIV Golf have agreed to merge commercial operations under common ownership, the PGA Tour has announced.

Golf • 28 Nov 23

Rory McIlroy (L) with Sergio Garcia during a Ryder Cup practice round in 2021

McIlroy: LIV players should not be on European team

Rory McIlroy has reiterated his opposition to LIV Golf players being allowed to represent Europe in the Ryder Cup.

Golf • 31 May 23

Stenson was removed as Ryder Cup captain after joining LIV

Stenson latest to resign from DP World Tour

Henrik Stenson became the latest player to resign from the DP World Tour over fines assessed for participating in LIV Golf League events without the proper permission.

Golf • 12 May 23

Lee Westwood resigned his membership of the DP World Tour

DP Tour reveals details of fines for LIV rebels

Players who competed in LIV Golf tournaments without permission have been fined up to £100,000 for each breach of the DP World Tour's regulations.

Golf • 11 May 23

Sergio Garcia only LIV golfer not to pay fine

Sergio Garcia is the lone golfer of the 17 who defected from the DP World Tour to LIV Golf in 2022 to not pay his €114,000 fine by a court-required deadline, the DP World Tour announced on Thursday.

Golf • 04 May 23