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Elvis Smylie was part of Cam Smith’s scholarship program as a junior and today he held off Jon Rahm to win LIV Golf Riyadh, securing the individual and team titles for Ripper GC on his league debut. Cam reacted to his win: “Yeah, extremely proud. I knew he was going to come out here and do some pretty great things. To win on debut is pretty great. Probably really great. I probably wasn't expecting that, but no, super proud of him. “I've watched him grow up as a person and as a golfer over the past six or seven years now. Yeah, it's pretty cool to see, and it's pretty cool to see that moment there at the end and the excitement. Just the emotion coming out of him was really cool.” It took Elvis a long time to eventually agree terms to join Cam Smith’s Ripper GC during the off season. Now he’s won the first OWGR recognised LIV Golf League event to move firmly inside the top 100 in the world, quadrupled his career earnings, and heads home next week to play in Adelaide. What a season debut for the young Aussie flusher 🇦🇺 Ripper GC LIV Golf
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Elvis Smylie was part of Cam Smith’s scholarship program as a junior and today he held off Jon Rahm to win LIV Golf Riyadh, securing the individual and team titles for Ripper GC on his league debut. Cam reacted to his win: “Yeah, extremely proud. I knew he was going to come out here and do some pretty great things. To win on debut is pretty great. Probably really great. I probably wasn't expecting that, but no, super proud of him. “I've watched him grow up as a person and as a golfer over the past six or seven years now. Yeah, it's pretty cool to see, and it's pretty cool to see that moment there at the end and the excitement. Just the emotion coming out of him was really cool.” It took Elvis a long time to eventually agree terms to join Cam Smith’s Ripper GC during the off season. Now he’s won the first OWGR recognised LIV Golf League event to move firmly inside the top 100 in the world, quadrupled his career earnings, and heads home next week to play in Adelaide. What a season debut for the young Aussie flusher 🇦🇺 Ripper GC LIV Golf

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Ian Poulter’s son, Luke, is currently ranked as the 5th best amateur in the world and has been selected for his 2nd Walker Cup for GB&I. Luke is watching his Dad at LIV Golf New York this week and Ian fired an opening bogey free, 5 under par, 66 to be T2. After the round, Ian was asked if he has any extra motivation to impress Luke: “I try not to think about that, but you know what, look, he's on an amazing trajectory: Top 10 in the world, playing great golf, plays golf courses that are exceptional. So he doesn't come and watch me that often. “I kind of had to put a round in today and just show him that Dad's not done yet. It's great. I love having the family come out and watch, and it inspires me to keep playing well.” In Ian’s own words, Luke has more “firepower” than he had at that age and he’s also super motivated. Luke is also likely to start top 10 on the PGA Tour University standings next year and in line to potentially earn a PGA Tour card via the system. If he can keep working hard and maintain his current trajectory, he’s a really exciting prospect for English golf. Ian Poulter
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Ian Poulter’s son, Luke, is currently ranked as the 5th best amateur in the world and has been selected for his 2nd Walker Cup for GB&I. Luke is watching his Dad at LIV Golf New York this week and Ian fired an opening bogey free, 5 under par, 66 to be T2. After the round, Ian was asked if he has any extra motivation to impress Luke: “I try not to think about that, but you know what, look, he's on an amazing trajectory: Top 10 in the world, playing great golf, plays golf courses that are exceptional. So he doesn't come and watch me that often. “I kind of had to put a round in today and just show him that Dad's not done yet. It's great. I love having the family come out and watch, and it inspires me to keep playing well.” In Ian’s own words, Luke has more “firepower” than he had at that age and he’s also super motivated. Luke is also likely to start top 10 on the PGA Tour University standings next year and in line to potentially earn a PGA Tour card via the system. If he can keep working hard and maintain his current trajectory, he’s a really exciting prospect for English golf. Ian Poulter

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If you are looking for an underdog to root for at the U.S. Open, we know just the guy. “Really low times … I’ve been leaning on my wife.” Three years after becoming a PGA TOUR champion, Nick Hardy finds himself in no-man's land as he bounces between Tours. In 2026, Hardy has made seven Korn Ferry Tour starts with zero top-25s, and six PGA TOUR starts with just one made cut. He's outside the top 130 on each circuit's season-long standings, fighting to secure a playing schedule for 2027. Today, he earned his spot in a major championship. He even leaned on advice from a former U.S. Open champion, Lucas Glover. “The lows are never as low as it seems and the highs are never as high as it seems.” Golf is a funny game … One that inspires perseverance, hard work and a positive attitude. Nick Hardy has shown all of the above, and now he has a tee time at Shinnecock Hills in his national championship ❤️ And in the words of the man himself … “I like my game for a U.S. Open.”
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If you are looking for an underdog to root for at the U.S. Open, we know just the guy. “Really low times … I’ve been leaning on my wife.” Three years after becoming a PGA TOUR champion, Nick Hardy finds himself in no-man's land as he bounces between Tours. In 2026, Hardy has made seven Korn Ferry Tour starts with zero top-25s, and six PGA TOUR starts with just one made cut. He's outside the top 130 on each circuit's season-long standings, fighting to secure a playing schedule for 2027. Today, he earned his spot in a major championship. He even leaned on advice from a former U.S. Open champion, Lucas Glover. “The lows are never as low as it seems and the highs are never as high as it seems.” Golf is a funny game … One that inspires perseverance, hard work and a positive attitude. Nick Hardy has shown all of the above, and now he has a tee time at Shinnecock Hills in his national championship ❤️ And in the words of the man himself … “I like my game for a U.S. Open.”

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The LIV Golf broadcast has just pushed the storyline again about all players, regardless of star power, being open to relegation via the Drop Zone. If applied properly, this has the potential to be the most brutal relegation process in all of sport. The difference between being on the LIV Golf League or dropping down to The International Series on the Asian Tour could be more than a 90% pay cut to their season long earnings. From playing in $25 million purses to $2 million. If everyone is open to relegation regardless of their fame, whether they’ve won a major or many majors, or even whether they won on the league the previous season, then it will add the much needed jeopardy that many, including myself, have accused the league of significantly lacking. It will also be the only major tour in the world of golf that doesn’t have categories. You’re either in or you’re out for the entire year and the only thing affecting that is your performances on the golf course. The players currently in the Drop Zone include Ian Poulter, Anthony Kim, Mito Pereira, Andy Ogletree and new 2025 signings Yubin Jang and Frederik Kjettrup. But Lee Westwood and Henrik Stenson are all within reach just above too. So there could be a potential storyline at the final event of the season where the Majesticks co-captains could be facing off directly against each other to secure their individual contracts for the following year. It’s going to be a dramatic few events for these guys and there’s no where to hide anymore. The time to perform is right here and right now.
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The LIV Golf broadcast has just pushed the storyline again about all players, regardless of star power, being open to relegation via the Drop Zone. If applied properly, this has the potential to be the most brutal relegation process in all of sport. The difference between being on the LIV Golf League or dropping down to The International Series on the Asian Tour could be more than a 90% pay cut to their season long earnings. From playing in $25 million purses to $2 million. If everyone is open to relegation regardless of their fame, whether they’ve won a major or many majors, or even whether they won on the league the previous season, then it will add the much needed jeopardy that many, including myself, have accused the league of significantly lacking. It will also be the only major tour in the world of golf that doesn’t have categories. You’re either in or you’re out for the entire year and the only thing affecting that is your performances on the golf course. The players currently in the Drop Zone include Ian Poulter, Anthony Kim, Mito Pereira, Andy Ogletree and new 2025 signings Yubin Jang and Frederik Kjettrup. But Lee Westwood and Henrik Stenson are all within reach just above too. So there could be a potential storyline at the final event of the season where the Majesticks co-captains could be facing off directly against each other to secure their individual contracts for the following year. It’s going to be a dramatic few events for these guys and there’s no where to hide anymore. The time to perform is right here and right now.

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LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil was asked about the importance of keeping Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau in the new 2.0 model. After delivering a lengthy spiel that didn’t answer the question, he was asked again and said: “Yeah, it's wonderful. We've been blessed with stars. I define it a little bit differently, and for those of you who have had the privilege and pleasure to travel with us around the world, you get to see it. But I don't think there was any bigger star on the planet in South Africa than Dean Burmester. And I don't think there was any bigger star on the planet than Cam Smith when we were in Australia. “I think when you have a global game and you have 57 players from 21 countries and you're playing in 10 countries on five continents, how you define stars gets really interesting. “So while I have all the time in the world for Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau, I think I'd be remiss in saying they're not only two of the biggest, best golfers on the planet, but I think they're some of the biggest stars in sports, let alone golf. Would certainly love them to come along for the ride and journey because they carry maybe more weight than anybody in the game and I have a lot of time for that. “I think we have enough support from enough players, and we have such an interesting format and global format, I think we'll do quite well in getting the right stars for this game.” While Bryson DeChambeau hosted a players only meeting yesterday to rally the troops and has publicly stated his commitment to the league at every opportunity, Jon Rahm is a very different proposition. Jon refused to commit his future to LIV Golf when asked directly in a press conference at LIV Golf UK, and will have a 9 figure sum outstanding on his contract once this season finishes. Even if LIV Golf does finalise a deal with a new investor as Scott O’Neil says, the biggest challenge will be yet to come… keeping the players on board.
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LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil was asked about the importance of keeping Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau in the new 2.0 model. After delivering a lengthy spiel that didn’t answer the question, he was asked again and said: “Yeah, it's wonderful. We've been blessed with stars. I define it a little bit differently, and for those of you who have had the privilege and pleasure to travel with us around the world, you get to see it. But I don't think there was any bigger star on the planet in South Africa than Dean Burmester. And I don't think there was any bigger star on the planet than Cam Smith when we were in Australia. “I think when you have a global game and you have 57 players from 21 countries and you're playing in 10 countries on five continents, how you define stars gets really interesting. “So while I have all the time in the world for Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau, I think I'd be remiss in saying they're not only two of the biggest, best golfers on the planet, but I think they're some of the biggest stars in sports, let alone golf. Would certainly love them to come along for the ride and journey because they carry maybe more weight than anybody in the game and I have a lot of time for that. “I think we have enough support from enough players, and we have such an interesting format and global format, I think we'll do quite well in getting the right stars for this game.” While Bryson DeChambeau hosted a players only meeting yesterday to rally the troops and has publicly stated his commitment to the league at every opportunity, Jon Rahm is a very different proposition. Jon refused to commit his future to LIV Golf when asked directly in a press conference at LIV Golf UK, and will have a 9 figure sum outstanding on his contract once this season finishes. Even if LIV Golf does finalise a deal with a new investor as Scott O’Neil says, the biggest challenge will be yet to come… keeping the players on board.

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Scottie Scheffler was asked ahead of the Masters if he’s surprised himself with how quickly he became the best player in the world and not only did he give a great answer, but he also explained why pathways are so important: “I mean, that's a good question. I think it's a hard one to answer. I always had faith and belief in myself, but I didn't -- I never told myself I want to win these tournaments. I always just had what I feel like were dreams and aspirations, and I feel like I had the talent to be able to accomplish certain things. “I never really kind of thought this far ahead. I dreamed of having a chance to win the Masters tournament, and I'm fortunate to have been able to have done that twice. Did I imagine that? I imagined myself winning, and I was hopeful I could accomplish that, but I didn't set out, when I came off the Korn Ferry Tour, you know what, I'm going to get to No. 1 in the world. I'm going to win this many majors. I'm going to win this many tournaments. “It was more taking it a step at a time. My manager was a big part of that as I turned pro. When I turned pro, I kind of went through all the steps. I tried some Monday qualifiers for the Korn Ferry Tour. I played some mini tour events to stay sharp. I went through Q-School, went through Korn Ferry Tour, and then I got out on the PGA Tour. Everything for me was step by step. “The year I played on the Korn Ferry Tour, I had some opportunities to come out here and play on the PGA Tour, but my manager and I kind of spoke about just being -- you can only be on the Tour where you're at, and our goal that year was to continue to play good golf, focus on the Korn Ferry Tour, develop, get better, and then get ready for the PGA Tour. “We just kind of took everything step by step, so I never really looked that far ahead, to be honest with you.” Scottie Scheffler’s rise to the top happened fast but he had to work his way up from the bottom tiers of professional golf. He turned pro in 2018 after graduating and played Monday Qualifiers for the Korn Ferry Tour, he then earned a card via Q School for 2019. That year he was Korn Ferry Tour Player of the Year and earned a PGA Tour card for the 2019/20 season where he was rookie of the year. He then made his Ryder Cup debut in 2021, beating the then world number 1 Jon Rahm in the singles. That gave him the confidence to go on and win 3 times in early 2022 to overtake Jon and become world number 1 himself. He then won the 2022 Masters by 3 shots over Rory McIlroy becoming just the 5th player in history to don the green jacket as the best player in the world and he’s never looked back. Since the start of 2022 Scottie has won 25 times worldwide, including 4 majors, an Olympic gold medal and won The Players twice. He’s 3 legs towards the Career Grand Slam and looking to win his 3rd Masters title this week. He also has 16 top 10s in the 22 majors he’s played since 2020. Truly astonishing. Scottie Scheffler is already one of the best players of all time and at every major championship he plays he is chasing more history. The Masters
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Scottie Scheffler was asked ahead of the Masters if he’s surprised himself with how quickly he became the best player in the world and not only did he give a great answer, but he also explained why pathways are so important: “I mean, that's a good question. I think it's a hard one to answer. I always had faith and belief in myself, but I didn't -- I never told myself I want to win these tournaments. I always just had what I feel like were dreams and aspirations, and I feel like I had the talent to be able to accomplish certain things. “I never really kind of thought this far ahead. I dreamed of having a chance to win the Masters tournament, and I'm fortunate to have been able to have done that twice. Did I imagine that? I imagined myself winning, and I was hopeful I could accomplish that, but I didn't set out, when I came off the Korn Ferry Tour, you know what, I'm going to get to No. 1 in the world. I'm going to win this many majors. I'm going to win this many tournaments. “It was more taking it a step at a time. My manager was a big part of that as I turned pro. When I turned pro, I kind of went through all the steps. I tried some Monday qualifiers for the Korn Ferry Tour. I played some mini tour events to stay sharp. I went through Q-School, went through Korn Ferry Tour, and then I got out on the PGA Tour. Everything for me was step by step. “The year I played on the Korn Ferry Tour, I had some opportunities to come out here and play on the PGA Tour, but my manager and I kind of spoke about just being -- you can only be on the Tour where you're at, and our goal that year was to continue to play good golf, focus on the Korn Ferry Tour, develop, get better, and then get ready for the PGA Tour. “We just kind of took everything step by step, so I never really looked that far ahead, to be honest with you.” Scottie Scheffler’s rise to the top happened fast but he had to work his way up from the bottom tiers of professional golf. He turned pro in 2018 after graduating and played Monday Qualifiers for the Korn Ferry Tour, he then earned a card via Q School for 2019. That year he was Korn Ferry Tour Player of the Year and earned a PGA Tour card for the 2019/20 season where he was rookie of the year. He then made his Ryder Cup debut in 2021, beating the then world number 1 Jon Rahm in the singles. That gave him the confidence to go on and win 3 times in early 2022 to overtake Jon and become world number 1 himself. He then won the 2022 Masters by 3 shots over Rory McIlroy becoming just the 5th player in history to don the green jacket as the best player in the world and he’s never looked back. Since the start of 2022 Scottie has won 25 times worldwide, including 4 majors, an Olympic gold medal and won The Players twice. He’s 3 legs towards the Career Grand Slam and looking to win his 3rd Masters title this week. He also has 16 top 10s in the 22 majors he’s played since 2020. Truly astonishing. Scottie Scheffler is already one of the best players of all time and at every major championship he plays he is chasing more history. The Masters

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Brooks Koepka missed 3 cuts in majors in the 2025 season and his performance in them since winning the 2023 PGA Championship has been well below expectations. Doug Ferguson of the Associated Press asked about the effect LIV Golf had on his preparation, and after a fun back and forth, Brooks gave the following answer: “It doesn’t matter the preparation if you don’t play well those weeks. I mean, it’s tough to, number one, make a cut in a major, and then to win one is extremely difficult. Everything’s kind of got to go your way, bounces have to be right, you have to have some luck. “If you’re just not playing — I mean, I just didn’t play good last year. I don’t think, maybe the end of ‘24, just wasn’t playing that great. So it’s tough to — I’m not going to put an excuse on anything else other than I’m the one holding the club, I’m the one who’s got to execute everything and I just didn’t do a good enough job.” Brooks’ performances in majors this season will be under more scrutiny than possibly ever before. How do you think he’ll perform? Brooks Koepka PGA TOUR
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Brooks Koepka missed 3 cuts in majors in the 2025 season and his performance in them since winning the 2023 PGA Championship has been well below expectations. Doug Ferguson of the Associated Press asked about the effect LIV Golf had on his preparation, and after a fun back and forth, Brooks gave the following answer: “It doesn’t matter the preparation if you don’t play well those weeks. I mean, it’s tough to, number one, make a cut in a major, and then to win one is extremely difficult. Everything’s kind of got to go your way, bounces have to be right, you have to have some luck. “If you’re just not playing — I mean, I just didn’t play good last year. I don’t think, maybe the end of ‘24, just wasn’t playing that great. So it’s tough to — I’m not going to put an excuse on anything else other than I’m the one holding the club, I’m the one who’s got to execute everything and I just didn’t do a good enough job.” Brooks’ performances in majors this season will be under more scrutiny than possibly ever before. How do you think he’ll perform? Brooks Koepka PGA TOUR

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Executives hit the market with LIV Golf 2.0 last week, framing it as “built by the players, for the players.” It has an emphasis on player ownership, an increased schedule utilising national opens, but reduced purses. The schedule consists of 10 team events, and 8-10 national opens, with 5 “team majors” and 5 “team signature events”. The “majors” are to be played on 5 continents in line with the most successful events: Australia, South Africa, UK, Hong Kong and Mexico. And the signature events are to be hosted predominantly in the US, around the 4 major championships. The purse sizes is fluid and dependent on the new investors. From an extensive amount of sourcing, I expect them to be $15 million for 5 events and $10 million for the rest. With a potential weighting that distributes more money at the top of the leaderboard. A well placed LIV Golf source said: “We are very confident future purses will be above DP World Tour levels and player take home will be in line with the PGA Tour.” From sourcing within player ranks, the purse sizes are, obviously, one of the most important factors impacting their commitment. Several players suggested to me if the purses fall in line with the DP World Tour they probably wouldn’t stay. But at $10-$15 million it’s a different proposition. More clarity is needed though on both LIV Golf’s future and the new structure of the PGA Tour to get a better picture. I’ve spoken directly to at least a dozen players who told me they are fully committed to LIV Golf, and if it exists, they will be there. Bryson DeChambeau is leading that charge and it’s understating it to say he’s committed. He desperately wants LIV Golf to succeed and to build a global golf league that’s built for the 21st century. He’s thinking long term and his enthusiasm is truly infectious. But a big question is what will Jon Rahm do? It’s difficult to get any real feel of it as he didn’t do media outside press conferences. But he did answer my question on whether he was taking a similar role to Bryson in trying to secure investment and he replied, “I am not, no.” The full quote is on my timeline. I was told, however, that Jon had encouraged other players to avoid reading the media because of the amount of misinformation. There was also a Legion XIII hospitality area, where the GM, Jeff Koski, was hosting current and potential future partners while offering Imperial Gran Reserva, the Rioja that Jon served at his 2024 Masters Champions Dinner. The players will be given equity in the league itself or team franchises to encourage them to stay, further committing those taking this option to the success of the league’s future. The majority of the media rights will be returned to the players. Giving them the opportunity to build their own online brands on socials and sign personal partnerships. The size of the fields is unclear at this stage, but the shotgun start will continue, so the possibility of adding 2 more expansion teams to take the league to 15 franchises (60 players) would likely be top end. I fully expect them to utilise the Asian Tour pathways to fill many of the open spots, especially if players leave. That would help further appease the OWGR concerns and increase the ability to build their own stars. But sources were also confident they could attract established names with potential equity in the league. Multiple sources indicated that Fox Sports are ready to sign a new deal with LIV Golf as soon as the league is ready. LIV Golf are also working with networks on a potential broadcast model that incorporates TV viewership with YouTube and social media in an attempt to unlock revenue streams across digital IP. I’ve spent several days going back and forth through notes and transcripts, sourcing information the best I can. I think even in these early stages as they take LIV Golf 2.0 to market this is as fair and accurate of a representation as I can offer. Let me know your thoughts in the comments 👍
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Executives hit the market with LIV Golf 2.0 last week, framing it as “built by the players, for the players.” It has an emphasis on player ownership, an increased schedule utilising national opens, but reduced purses. The schedule consists of 10 team events, and 8-10 national opens, with 5 “team majors” and 5 “team signature events”. The “majors” are to be played on 5 continents in line with the most successful events: Australia, South Africa, UK, Hong Kong and Mexico. And the signature events are to be hosted predominantly in the US, around the 4 major championships. The purse sizes is fluid and dependent on the new investors. From an extensive amount of sourcing, I expect them to be $15 million for 5 events and $10 million for the rest. With a potential weighting that distributes more money at the top of the leaderboard. A well placed LIV Golf source said: “We are very confident future purses will be above DP World Tour levels and player take home will be in line with the PGA Tour.” From sourcing within player ranks, the purse sizes are, obviously, one of the most important factors impacting their commitment. Several players suggested to me if the purses fall in line with the DP World Tour they probably wouldn’t stay. But at $10-$15 million it’s a different proposition. More clarity is needed though on both LIV Golf’s future and the new structure of the PGA Tour to get a better picture. I’ve spoken directly to at least a dozen players who told me they are fully committed to LIV Golf, and if it exists, they will be there. Bryson DeChambeau is leading that charge and it’s understating it to say he’s committed. He desperately wants LIV Golf to succeed and to build a global golf league that’s built for the 21st century. He’s thinking long term and his enthusiasm is truly infectious. But a big question is what will Jon Rahm do? It’s difficult to get any real feel of it as he didn’t do media outside press conferences. But he did answer my question on whether he was taking a similar role to Bryson in trying to secure investment and he replied, “I am not, no.” The full quote is on my timeline. I was told, however, that Jon had encouraged other players to avoid reading the media because of the amount of misinformation. There was also a Legion XIII hospitality area, where the GM, Jeff Koski, was hosting current and potential future partners while offering Imperial Gran Reserva, the Rioja that Jon served at his 2024 Masters Champions Dinner. The players will be given equity in the league itself or team franchises to encourage them to stay, further committing those taking this option to the success of the league’s future. The majority of the media rights will be returned to the players. Giving them the opportunity to build their own online brands on socials and sign personal partnerships. The size of the fields is unclear at this stage, but the shotgun start will continue, so the possibility of adding 2 more expansion teams to take the league to 15 franchises (60 players) would likely be top end. I fully expect them to utilise the Asian Tour pathways to fill many of the open spots, especially if players leave. That would help further appease the OWGR concerns and increase the ability to build their own stars. But sources were also confident they could attract established names with potential equity in the league. Multiple sources indicated that Fox Sports are ready to sign a new deal with LIV Golf as soon as the league is ready. LIV Golf are also working with networks on a potential broadcast model that incorporates TV viewership with YouTube and social media in an attempt to unlock revenue streams across digital IP. I’ve spent several days going back and forth through notes and transcripts, sourcing information the best I can. I think even in these early stages as they take LIV Golf 2.0 to market this is as fair and accurate of a representation as I can offer. Let me know your thoughts in the comments 👍

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Rory McIlroy said it, but no one is paying attention, especially those from major golf organizations and the PGA Tour board At the Valero Texas Open pre-tournament Wednesday interview Rory McIlroy said: “It will be really interesting to see how the major championship numbers fare compared to the other bigger events because there’s an argument to be made if the numbers are better and you’ve got all the best players in the world playing, then there’s an argument to say ‘OK, we need to get this thing back together.’ “But on the flip side, if the numbers aren’t as good, it’s an argument to still say we need to put everyone back together because people are losing interest in the game even if they don’t want to tune in to the four major championships.” The Masters final round ratings came out today and there is a reported 20% drop in TV viewership from last year’s final round. Earlier in the week ESPN reported that it had its largest two-day average (3.4 million viewers) for the first and second rounds of The Masters tournament since 2018. Coincidentally the first-round leader of the tournament was @b_dechambeau , Tiger Woods was back and playing decent (the first two rounds) and world #1 Scottie Scheffler was one shot back from DeChambeau. At the end of the second round DeChambeau was tied for the lead with Scheffler, and Tiger Woods made the cut. No wonder ESPN had good viewership numbers for the first two rounds. A LIV Golf player was tied for the lead with world number #1 Scottie Scheffler after the second round and Tiger Woods made his 24th consecutive cut in The Masters, a record for major championships. Then everything went downhill from there. At the end of the third round DeChambeau had faded to 5th place, 4 shots behind the leader Scheffler and at that point everyone had Scheffler as the tournament winner, which he won on Sunday. Scheffler played wonderful golf and dominated the last round of the tournament, he won by 4 shots over a PGA Tour player playing in his first ever major championship and 7 strokes over a group of Tour veterans. LIV Golf players Cam Smith and DeChambeau finished in a tie for 6th place, 9 shots back of the winner. The tournament was decided early in the final round, there were no back nine roars, and no one really threatened Scheffler’s lead. In the past when Tiger Woods had those dominant tournaments the TV ratings did not suffer. On the contrary, sometimes they increased. There are four factors for the drop in TV ratings: 1. The lack of charismatic players at the top of that leaderboard, starting with the eventual winner Scottie Scheffler and followed by a Tour rookie with a wonderful game but not much personality. Scheffler is playing the best golf in the world and is the undisputed world #1 but as we say in Spanish, he is a “huevo sin sal” (a boiled egg without salt), his game is awesome, but even with all the push from the golf establishment he doesn’t have the charisma or the “star power” of a Woods, McIlroy or DeChambeau to name a few. 2. All the analysts gave the tournament to Scheffler at the start of the week and once he had the solo lead after the third round it was over for the viewers. They had been hearing all week that Scheffler was going to win it, and the golf media did not really push anyone else. 3. The lack of LIV golfers within close distance of Scheffler like it happened on the first two rounds, and CBS not showing much of those LIV players closer to the lead on Sunday. Four LIV players finished in the top 12 but LIV Golf fans saw little of them on TV. CBS ignored the LIV fans while ESPN was showing plenty of LIV players since Wednesday’s par 3 contest, big mistake by CBS! 4. Golf is divided! Like Rory said, “we need to put everyone back together because people are losing interest in the game.” That losing interest translates to 20% less on the PGA Tour and now 20% less on the final round of a major that is considered the biggest draw. Just a couple of weeks ago the women’s college National Basketball Championship game had almost twice as many viewers as The Masters final round. Now they will try to spin the bad ratings numbers with streaming app numbers, but we have been hearing for three years that streaming numbers does not count. For them, suddenly, streaming numbers are valuable! What the major golf organizations should do is stop the pettiness, move the egos to the side, ACCEPT that your industry is being disrupted (it was there for the taking, but you guys were asleep on the wheel), listen to what McIlroy and Jon Rahm Rodriguez have to say, and instead of dividing it further, get together in a room and solve this problem at ONCE (not in a year or two to see what happens or to wait for other investments like the TGL to get off the ground), do it for the good of the game! A lot has been said about the players greed and the money talks, but the major golf organizations and its leaders (Ridley, Tiger, Whan, Waugh, Slumbers, Kinnings, Monahan/Herlihy, et al.) are the greediest and most power hungry of them all, and are doing a disservice to the game of golf.
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Rory McIlroy said it, but no one is paying attention, especially those from major golf organizations and the PGA Tour board At the Valero Texas Open pre-tournament Wednesday interview Rory McIlroy said: “It will be really interesting to see how the major championship numbers fare compared to the other bigger events because there’s an argument to be made if the numbers are better and you’ve got all the best players in the world playing, then there’s an argument to say ‘OK, we need to get this thing back together.’ “But on the flip side, if the numbers aren’t as good, it’s an argument to still say we need to put everyone back together because people are losing interest in the game even if they don’t want to tune in to the four major championships.” The Masters final round ratings came out today and there is a reported 20% drop in TV viewership from last year’s final round. Earlier in the week ESPN reported that it had its largest two-day average (3.4 million viewers) for the first and second rounds of The Masters tournament since 2018. Coincidentally the first-round leader of the tournament was @b_dechambeau , Tiger Woods was back and playing decent (the first two rounds) and world #1 Scottie Scheffler was one shot back from DeChambeau. At the end of the second round DeChambeau was tied for the lead with Scheffler, and Tiger Woods made the cut. No wonder ESPN had good viewership numbers for the first two rounds. A LIV Golf player was tied for the lead with world number #1 Scottie Scheffler after the second round and Tiger Woods made his 24th consecutive cut in The Masters, a record for major championships. Then everything went downhill from there. At the end of the third round DeChambeau had faded to 5th place, 4 shots behind the leader Scheffler and at that point everyone had Scheffler as the tournament winner, which he won on Sunday. Scheffler played wonderful golf and dominated the last round of the tournament, he won by 4 shots over a PGA Tour player playing in his first ever major championship and 7 strokes over a group of Tour veterans. LIV Golf players Cam Smith and DeChambeau finished in a tie for 6th place, 9 shots back of the winner. The tournament was decided early in the final round, there were no back nine roars, and no one really threatened Scheffler’s lead. In the past when Tiger Woods had those dominant tournaments the TV ratings did not suffer. On the contrary, sometimes they increased. There are four factors for the drop in TV ratings: 1. The lack of charismatic players at the top of that leaderboard, starting with the eventual winner Scottie Scheffler and followed by a Tour rookie with a wonderful game but not much personality. Scheffler is playing the best golf in the world and is the undisputed world #1 but as we say in Spanish, he is a “huevo sin sal” (a boiled egg without salt), his game is awesome, but even with all the push from the golf establishment he doesn’t have the charisma or the “star power” of a Woods, McIlroy or DeChambeau to name a few. 2. All the analysts gave the tournament to Scheffler at the start of the week and once he had the solo lead after the third round it was over for the viewers. They had been hearing all week that Scheffler was going to win it, and the golf media did not really push anyone else. 3. The lack of LIV golfers within close distance of Scheffler like it happened on the first two rounds, and CBS not showing much of those LIV players closer to the lead on Sunday. Four LIV players finished in the top 12 but LIV Golf fans saw little of them on TV. CBS ignored the LIV fans while ESPN was showing plenty of LIV players since Wednesday’s par 3 contest, big mistake by CBS! 4. Golf is divided! Like Rory said, “we need to put everyone back together because people are losing interest in the game.” That losing interest translates to 20% less on the PGA Tour and now 20% less on the final round of a major that is considered the biggest draw. Just a couple of weeks ago the women’s college National Basketball Championship game had almost twice as many viewers as The Masters final round. Now they will try to spin the bad ratings numbers with streaming app numbers, but we have been hearing for three years that streaming numbers does not count. For them, suddenly, streaming numbers are valuable! What the major golf organizations should do is stop the pettiness, move the egos to the side, ACCEPT that your industry is being disrupted (it was there for the taking, but you guys were asleep on the wheel), listen to what McIlroy and Jon Rahm Rodriguez have to say, and instead of dividing it further, get together in a room and solve this problem at ONCE (not in a year or two to see what happens or to wait for other investments like the TGL to get off the ground), do it for the good of the game! A lot has been said about the players greed and the money talks, but the major golf organizations and its leaders (Ridley, Tiger, Whan, Waugh, Slumbers, Kinnings, Monahan/Herlihy, et al.) are the greediest and most power hungry of them all, and are doing a disservice to the game of golf.

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Australian Travis Smyth shot rounds of 72, 66, 68 and 67 to finish T8 at LIV Golf Korea. He also become just the 2nd reserve player to win the team event after filling in for Paul Casey, who has a wrist injury, on Bryson DeChambeau’s Crushers GC as they won their 10th title, the most by any team on the league. He spoke about the experience this week: “It was wild. I was back in Sydney over the weekend hanging with some friends, celebrating, a bit of a party sort of weekend, which I don't normally do, so I was quite hungover. I got the call that I'd be reserve on Sunday and I was like, all right, sweet, I'll get on a flight as soon as I can. “Came in Tuesday, got up really early Wednesday to play nine holes in a pro-am in the rain and kind of passed by Bryson and he was like, hey, man, we're choosing you this week. I kind of thought that he meant he's choosing me as the fill-in guy if someone pulls out. I hadn't heard that Paul had hurt his wrist. “I felt bad for about two and a half hours because I wasn't quite sure if I was actually playing and the fact that I may have just brushed Bryson when he told me that I'm in. “It's just been a whirlwind of a week. I felt extremely nervous, just like Charles was saying. He still feels it; imagine how I felt. I didn't want to be the fill-in guy that disappoints the team and stops them from standing on the podium. I'm over the moon. I'm super proud of myself, super proud of these guys, and couldn't have asked for a better first week. “But actually, I was one of the founding fathers of the Crushers when LIV first started. Peter Uihlein was the captain and we came second then as a team, and we came first this week. So I don't know. There's something to that.” Travis is having the best season of his career so far, winning the PGA Tour of Australasia OOM to earn a DP World Tour card for 2027 already. He also sits top of the Asian Tour standings and 2nd in The International Series Rankings, in line for a potential contract for LIV Golf in 2027. Travis will now make the trip to Spain for LIV Golf Andalucia at the famous Real Club Valderrama, where he will once again be filling in for Paul Casey on Bryson DeChambeau’s Crushers GC. Travis Smyth Crushers GC LIV Golf
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Australian Travis Smyth shot rounds of 72, 66, 68 and 67 to finish T8 at LIV Golf Korea. He also become just the 2nd reserve player to win the team event after filling in for Paul Casey, who has a wrist injury, on Bryson DeChambeau’s Crushers GC as they won their 10th title, the most by any team on the league. He spoke about the experience this week: “It was wild. I was back in Sydney over the weekend hanging with some friends, celebrating, a bit of a party sort of weekend, which I don't normally do, so I was quite hungover. I got the call that I'd be reserve on Sunday and I was like, all right, sweet, I'll get on a flight as soon as I can. “Came in Tuesday, got up really early Wednesday to play nine holes in a pro-am in the rain and kind of passed by Bryson and he was like, hey, man, we're choosing you this week. I kind of thought that he meant he's choosing me as the fill-in guy if someone pulls out. I hadn't heard that Paul had hurt his wrist. “I felt bad for about two and a half hours because I wasn't quite sure if I was actually playing and the fact that I may have just brushed Bryson when he told me that I'm in. “It's just been a whirlwind of a week. I felt extremely nervous, just like Charles was saying. He still feels it; imagine how I felt. I didn't want to be the fill-in guy that disappoints the team and stops them from standing on the podium. I'm over the moon. I'm super proud of myself, super proud of these guys, and couldn't have asked for a better first week. “But actually, I was one of the founding fathers of the Crushers when LIV first started. Peter Uihlein was the captain and we came second then as a team, and we came first this week. So I don't know. There's something to that.” Travis is having the best season of his career so far, winning the PGA Tour of Australasia OOM to earn a DP World Tour card for 2027 already. He also sits top of the Asian Tour standings and 2nd in The International Series Rankings, in line for a potential contract for LIV Golf in 2027. Travis will now make the trip to Spain for LIV Golf Andalucia at the famous Real Club Valderrama, where he will once again be filling in for Paul Casey on Bryson DeChambeau’s Crushers GC. Travis Smyth Crushers GC LIV Golf

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Anthony Kim is in the middle of an incredible comeback season. Having been relegated from LIV Golf last year, he earned his way back via the Promotions Event and then won on the league almost immediately in Adelaide. He’s not done there though, AK is now targeting a return to the Masters in 2027. Ahead of LIV Golf Andalucia, AK spoke to Flushing It Golf about how his season is going so far: “1% better is something that I'm keeping with me every day. “To get a win early in the season, especially in Australia, was amazing, and getting that moment with my family was amazing. But I've had a couple weeks where my focus wasn't as good as I wanted, so theres a lot to improve on still. I think that I'm progressing in the right way, and if I just keep working, I'll keep getting better.” AK’s success has been a simple combination of hard work and focusing on the fundamentals to utilise the incredible natural talent he’s had throughout his career. He spoke about the importance of getting the basics right: “I was just explaining to my friend over there, no matter how well you're playing, you always have to go back to the fundamentals. Whether it's alignment, posture, grip, all the small things to keep playing good golf. I think no matter how far along I get, whether I win a bunch more times, no matter what the result, I still have to focus on that first. And then everything else will take care of itself.” AK’s concentrating right now on solely playing LIV Golf events. But once the league season is over, he plans to play on The International Series on the Asian Tour, with a specific target of the Hong Kong Open, where there is a Masters spot on the line. He spoke about the target of returning to Augusta: “Yeah, the target is to give myself an opportunity, not only to play a major, but to win a major. I know that sounds crazy, but it also sounded crazy for me to be contending to win a golf tournament, let alone to actually win. “So, I'm excited for the opportunity that I have in front of me, and I think I'm gonna be able to keep getting better as long as I keep working.” AK still has a great chance to qualify for The Open this week at Valderrama for the highest ranked player on the LIV Golf Standings who isn’t already exempt. Hopefully he can play well and add another chapter to what has already been an inspirational story. Anthony Kim 4Aces GC LIV Golf
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Anthony Kim is in the middle of an incredible comeback season. Having been relegated from LIV Golf last year, he earned his way back via the Promotions Event and then won on the league almost immediately in Adelaide. He’s not done there though, AK is now targeting a return to the Masters in 2027. Ahead of LIV Golf Andalucia, AK spoke to Flushing It Golf about how his season is going so far: “1% better is something that I'm keeping with me every day. “To get a win early in the season, especially in Australia, was amazing, and getting that moment with my family was amazing. But I've had a couple weeks where my focus wasn't as good as I wanted, so theres a lot to improve on still. I think that I'm progressing in the right way, and if I just keep working, I'll keep getting better.” AK’s success has been a simple combination of hard work and focusing on the fundamentals to utilise the incredible natural talent he’s had throughout his career. He spoke about the importance of getting the basics right: “I was just explaining to my friend over there, no matter how well you're playing, you always have to go back to the fundamentals. Whether it's alignment, posture, grip, all the small things to keep playing good golf. I think no matter how far along I get, whether I win a bunch more times, no matter what the result, I still have to focus on that first. And then everything else will take care of itself.” AK’s concentrating right now on solely playing LIV Golf events. But once the league season is over, he plans to play on The International Series on the Asian Tour, with a specific target of the Hong Kong Open, where there is a Masters spot on the line. He spoke about the target of returning to Augusta: “Yeah, the target is to give myself an opportunity, not only to play a major, but to win a major. I know that sounds crazy, but it also sounded crazy for me to be contending to win a golf tournament, let alone to actually win. “So, I'm excited for the opportunity that I have in front of me, and I think I'm gonna be able to keep getting better as long as I keep working.” AK still has a great chance to qualify for The Open this week at Valderrama for the highest ranked player on the LIV Golf Standings who isn’t already exempt. Hopefully he can play well and add another chapter to what has already been an inspirational story. Anthony Kim 4Aces GC LIV Golf

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The PGA Championship is often accused of lacking identity but it always has one of the strongest fields in golf with the majority of the top 100 players in the world playing. It’s also had an incredible list of winners over the last 10 years that back up that theory: 2025: Scottie Scheffler beat Bryson DeChambeau, Harris English and Davis Riley 2024: Xander Schauffele beat Bryson DeChambeau 2023: Brooks Koepka beat Scottie Scheffler and Viktor Hovland 2022: Justin Thomas beat Will Zalatoris 2021: Phil Mickelson beat Brooks Koepka 2020: Collin Morikawa beat Dustin Johnson and Paul Casey 2019: Brooks Koepka beat Dustin Johnson 2018: Brooks Koepka beat Tiger Woods 2017: Justin Thomas beat Patrick Reed, Louis Oosthuizen and Francesco Molinari Justin Rose has played in 24 PGA Championships and ahead of this week’s playing at Aronimink, he spoke about what makes this particular major unique: “The PGA Championship, I would say what makes it unique is the strength of the field. The amount of players that are in the top 100 in the world is the most out of all the four majors. I think that it's played on classic tests of golf that are set up to challenge us, but also allow us to play golf. “Whether it's 8-under par, 10-under par, 16-under par, doesn't really matter too much. It's about just a good test of golf on a strong golf course. So from that point of view I think it has its character. And, yeah, listen, it's one of the four majors, and if you want to achieve amazing things in this game you have to lift all four majors. So for everybody here, it's a huge goal.” Whatever your thoughts on the PGA Championship, one thing is for the sure, it consistently delivers some electric leaderboards down the stretch on Sundays. As golf fans, isn’t that all we really want? PGA Championship Justin ROSE
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The PGA Championship is often accused of lacking identity but it always has one of the strongest fields in golf with the majority of the top 100 players in the world playing. It’s also had an incredible list of winners over the last 10 years that back up that theory: 2025: Scottie Scheffler beat Bryson DeChambeau, Harris English and Davis Riley 2024: Xander Schauffele beat Bryson DeChambeau 2023: Brooks Koepka beat Scottie Scheffler and Viktor Hovland 2022: Justin Thomas beat Will Zalatoris 2021: Phil Mickelson beat Brooks Koepka 2020: Collin Morikawa beat Dustin Johnson and Paul Casey 2019: Brooks Koepka beat Dustin Johnson 2018: Brooks Koepka beat Tiger Woods 2017: Justin Thomas beat Patrick Reed, Louis Oosthuizen and Francesco Molinari Justin Rose has played in 24 PGA Championships and ahead of this week’s playing at Aronimink, he spoke about what makes this particular major unique: “The PGA Championship, I would say what makes it unique is the strength of the field. The amount of players that are in the top 100 in the world is the most out of all the four majors. I think that it's played on classic tests of golf that are set up to challenge us, but also allow us to play golf. “Whether it's 8-under par, 10-under par, 16-under par, doesn't really matter too much. It's about just a good test of golf on a strong golf course. So from that point of view I think it has its character. And, yeah, listen, it's one of the four majors, and if you want to achieve amazing things in this game you have to lift all four majors. So for everybody here, it's a huge goal.” Whatever your thoughts on the PGA Championship, one thing is for the sure, it consistently delivers some electric leaderboards down the stretch on Sundays. As golf fans, isn’t that all we really want? PGA Championship Justin ROSE

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Rory McIlroy has never minced his words when it comes to his views on LIV Golf. He was asked about it again yesterday, and in typical Rory fashion, after saying he was “too judgemental” with players that went, he then said “if you want to be the most competitive golfer you can be, this (PGA Tour) is the place to be. And if you don't want to play here, I think that says something about you.” Speaking after a 5 under par 67 to climb inside the top 10 of the Truist Championship, Rory spoke about his thoughts on the news that the Saudi Arabian PIF was pulling funding to the league: “Yeah, look, I think everyone sort of knows my views on LIV and where it stands in the game of golf. I don't think I need to rehash any of that. It's never been for me and, look, it doesn't mean that LIV is going to go away. They're going to go and try and find alternative investment, whatever that may look like. But when one of the wealthiest sovereign wealth funds in the world thinks that you're too expensive for them, that sort of says something (laughing).” He then was asked what a possible route back for players to the PGA Tour would look like: “It's a question if they do want to come back. Obviously we have seen the quotes over the last few days. And, you know, it seems like some of the guys, if -- again, it all depends on what happens to LIV. But if it is a scenario where they have the option to come back and play on the traditional tours, you know, I think Brian Rolapp has said anything that makes this Tour stronger, anything that makes the DP World Tour stronger, I think everyone should be open to that. That's just good business practice. “So, but again I think there's going to be a lot of sort of bridges to cross to get there, just because, you know, obviously the guys over there are under contract and if they are able to keep it going and get a schedule together next year, it seems like those guys are still going to play the majority of their golf on LIV, in whatever form it takes.” That was followed up with a question about whether he was surprised that LIV Golf players have been outspoken about not wanting to return to the PGA Tour: “Yeah, which is totally fine. Like, again, I think I've said at the start, I was probably too judgmental with the guys that went because I was seeing it from my point of view and maybe not seeing it from other points of view. But again, I'm not going to judge anyone for not wanting to play on the PGA Tour. “I don't know, you know, does that mean that they go play DP World Tour maybe; if that's a pathway, that would make the DP World Tour stronger, and I would be delighted with that, because that's my home Tour, at the end of the day. “But this is, if you want to be the most competitive golfer you can be, this (PGA Tour) is the place to be. And if you don't want to play here, I think that says something about you.” Rory is 4 shots behind Sungjae Im heading to the weekend at Quail Hollow. Rory McIlroy PGA TOUR Truist Championship
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Rory McIlroy has never minced his words when it comes to his views on LIV Golf. He was asked about it again yesterday, and in typical Rory fashion, after saying he was “too judgemental” with players that went, he then said “if you want to be the most competitive golfer you can be, this (PGA Tour) is the place to be. And if you don't want to play here, I think that says something about you.” Speaking after a 5 under par 67 to climb inside the top 10 of the Truist Championship, Rory spoke about his thoughts on the news that the Saudi Arabian PIF was pulling funding to the league: “Yeah, look, I think everyone sort of knows my views on LIV and where it stands in the game of golf. I don't think I need to rehash any of that. It's never been for me and, look, it doesn't mean that LIV is going to go away. They're going to go and try and find alternative investment, whatever that may look like. But when one of the wealthiest sovereign wealth funds in the world thinks that you're too expensive for them, that sort of says something (laughing).” He then was asked what a possible route back for players to the PGA Tour would look like: “It's a question if they do want to come back. Obviously we have seen the quotes over the last few days. And, you know, it seems like some of the guys, if -- again, it all depends on what happens to LIV. But if it is a scenario where they have the option to come back and play on the traditional tours, you know, I think Brian Rolapp has said anything that makes this Tour stronger, anything that makes the DP World Tour stronger, I think everyone should be open to that. That's just good business practice. “So, but again I think there's going to be a lot of sort of bridges to cross to get there, just because, you know, obviously the guys over there are under contract and if they are able to keep it going and get a schedule together next year, it seems like those guys are still going to play the majority of their golf on LIV, in whatever form it takes.” That was followed up with a question about whether he was surprised that LIV Golf players have been outspoken about not wanting to return to the PGA Tour: “Yeah, which is totally fine. Like, again, I think I've said at the start, I was probably too judgmental with the guys that went because I was seeing it from my point of view and maybe not seeing it from other points of view. But again, I'm not going to judge anyone for not wanting to play on the PGA Tour. “I don't know, you know, does that mean that they go play DP World Tour maybe; if that's a pathway, that would make the DP World Tour stronger, and I would be delighted with that, because that's my home Tour, at the end of the day. “But this is, if you want to be the most competitive golfer you can be, this (PGA Tour) is the place to be. And if you don't want to play here, I think that says something about you.” Rory is 4 shots behind Sungjae Im heading to the weekend at Quail Hollow. Rory McIlroy PGA TOUR Truist Championship

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In 2022, Justin Rose had the opportunity to join LIV Golf, which he declined. Since then, he’s won 3 times on the PGA Tour, won a home and away Ryder Cup, finished runner up in The Open and the Masters, and risen to 5th in the world. He spoke about whether he feels his decision was validated with his wire to wire, record setting victory at the Farmers Insurance Open: “Yeah, I feel like, yeah, my career goals have always only been attainable by staying on the European Tour and the PGA TOUR because access to them is not, you know, not possible the other way. “But obviously I want to play in amongst the best players in the world. That obviously for me is kind of what keeps me motivated, what keeps me hungry, what keeps me pushing. “So yeah, it would have been easy to potentially do other things, but none of that excited me I don't think really. And none of it gave me access to what I wanted to achieve. “So I kind of always felt like my childhood self wouldn't feel very good about making that decision and kind of giving up on those dreams. “I feel like, yeah, I've been close. I would say, you know, sniffing and knocking on the door of a couple majors since those decisions were made and those moments. “Yeah, it did validate the decision. Yeah, the way things are in the world of golf right now, yeah, I feel like it's good to see people wanting to kind of play where it motivates them to be their best.” He also spoke about the goals he has left to achieve in his career: “Yeah, majors is where I have my attention, for sure. I mean, obviously I take -- like I said, I've achieved a lot in the game, but I've achieved a lot of it just once. So I'll take multiple of anything that I've achieved for sure would be great. “But if I look at my career, yeah, I've been really close to the Open, I've been really close to the Masters. The dream of winning all four was obviously the ultimate goal since I've been a kid. but it seems a long way off to think that way, but if you think about some of the results I've had in the last year or 18 months, I'm not that far away so may as well keep believing.” Justin is the model professional and with how well he’s playing right now, it wouldn’t be surprising if he were to contend in more major championships this season. Justin ROSE PGA TOUR @FarmersInsOpen
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In 2022, Justin Rose had the opportunity to join LIV Golf, which he declined. Since then, he’s won 3 times on the PGA Tour, won a home and away Ryder Cup, finished runner up in The Open and the Masters, and risen to 5th in the world. He spoke about whether he feels his decision was validated with his wire to wire, record setting victory at the Farmers Insurance Open: “Yeah, I feel like, yeah, my career goals have always only been attainable by staying on the European Tour and the PGA TOUR because access to them is not, you know, not possible the other way. “But obviously I want to play in amongst the best players in the world. That obviously for me is kind of what keeps me motivated, what keeps me hungry, what keeps me pushing. “So yeah, it would have been easy to potentially do other things, but none of that excited me I don't think really. And none of it gave me access to what I wanted to achieve. “So I kind of always felt like my childhood self wouldn't feel very good about making that decision and kind of giving up on those dreams. “I feel like, yeah, I've been close. I would say, you know, sniffing and knocking on the door of a couple majors since those decisions were made and those moments. “Yeah, it did validate the decision. Yeah, the way things are in the world of golf right now, yeah, I feel like it's good to see people wanting to kind of play where it motivates them to be their best.” He also spoke about the goals he has left to achieve in his career: “Yeah, majors is where I have my attention, for sure. I mean, obviously I take -- like I said, I've achieved a lot in the game, but I've achieved a lot of it just once. So I'll take multiple of anything that I've achieved for sure would be great. “But if I look at my career, yeah, I've been really close to the Open, I've been really close to the Masters. The dream of winning all four was obviously the ultimate goal since I've been a kid. but it seems a long way off to think that way, but if you think about some of the results I've had in the last year or 18 months, I'm not that far away so may as well keep believing.” Justin is the model professional and with how well he’s playing right now, it wouldn’t be surprising if he were to contend in more major championships this season. Justin ROSE PGA TOUR @FarmersInsOpen

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Aaron Rai talks about how proud he is to become the first English winner of the PGA Championship for more than 100 years: “I wasn't actually aware of it until yesterday. I think in this room yesterday it was mentioned, which was the first of my knowledge. “But yeah, extremely, extremely proud. There's a lot of incredible and historic English players over those hundred years who have gone on to achieve incredible things and had phenomenal careers, but to win this event and then to be the person that's the first one to have won it in a long time from England is an amazing thing and something to be extremely proud of.” Aaron’s journey to the top of the sport began with humble beginnings. When he was a junior living in Wombourne near Wolverhampton, Aaron’s Dad actually quit his job to help Aaron practice and progress his golf career, so the family relied on household income from his Mum and sister. He credits them for the incredible work ethic and moral values he has: “I think a lot of that was from my upbringing. My dad was with me, as I said, every day practice-wise, and he really instilled the importance of work and dedication and trying to consistently build just good, strong habits around the game. “My mom worked extremely hard away from golf. Her jobs, she worked a couple of jobs at one time, at a point in time, and she did a lot of work around the house. My sister took a massive role as well at a young age. She had a job from the age of 14, 15. So there was a lot of consistent messaging of hard work, and that was generally the environment that was there at the house. And that was at the golf course as well. “So I think it's been something I've just grown up with, and I guess as I've got older, something that I've really valued and tried to continue to move forward with.” Aaron works as hard as anyone in the game, regularly practicing late into the evenings and has even been seen leaving the putting green at Wentworth at 11:30pm at night on some days during a tournament week. He’s worked his way up through every level of the sport. From playing on the Europro in 2012 when he turned pro, to earning a Challenge Tour card in 2016, to then winning 3 times in 2017 to earn a European Tour card, to winning his first European Tour event at the Hong Kong Open in 2018, to qualifying for the PGA Tour via the Korn Ferry Tour finals in 2021, to winning on the PGA Tour at the Wyndham Championship in 2024, to now winning his first major in 2026 and making history. His career has been a perfect progression based on hard work and dedication. And he said earning this first major title is re-affirming for the effort he’s putting in: “Extremely affirming, and that's very kind of Xander to say. There are a lot of guys who work extremely hard. The level on the PGA Tour is so strong, let alone in a major championship. So I think that's a prerequisite of what is just required to try and compete out here. “But yeah, it's very, very reaffirming to know the things that we're doing are working and leading to continued development within the game. So, yeah, hopefully I can just continue to move along a pretty similar path moving forward.” Aaron Rai is a fantastic role model and a great ambassador for the sport. He’s a fitting winner of the 2026 PGA Championship at Aronimink. PGA Championship
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Aaron Rai talks about how proud he is to become the first English winner of the PGA Championship for more than 100 years: “I wasn't actually aware of it until yesterday. I think in this room yesterday it was mentioned, which was the first of my knowledge. “But yeah, extremely, extremely proud. There's a lot of incredible and historic English players over those hundred years who have gone on to achieve incredible things and had phenomenal careers, but to win this event and then to be the person that's the first one to have won it in a long time from England is an amazing thing and something to be extremely proud of.” Aaron’s journey to the top of the sport began with humble beginnings. When he was a junior living in Wombourne near Wolverhampton, Aaron’s Dad actually quit his job to help Aaron practice and progress his golf career, so the family relied on household income from his Mum and sister. He credits them for the incredible work ethic and moral values he has: “I think a lot of that was from my upbringing. My dad was with me, as I said, every day practice-wise, and he really instilled the importance of work and dedication and trying to consistently build just good, strong habits around the game. “My mom worked extremely hard away from golf. Her jobs, she worked a couple of jobs at one time, at a point in time, and she did a lot of work around the house. My sister took a massive role as well at a young age. She had a job from the age of 14, 15. So there was a lot of consistent messaging of hard work, and that was generally the environment that was there at the house. And that was at the golf course as well. “So I think it's been something I've just grown up with, and I guess as I've got older, something that I've really valued and tried to continue to move forward with.” Aaron works as hard as anyone in the game, regularly practicing late into the evenings and has even been seen leaving the putting green at Wentworth at 11:30pm at night on some days during a tournament week. He’s worked his way up through every level of the sport. From playing on the Europro in 2012 when he turned pro, to earning a Challenge Tour card in 2016, to then winning 3 times in 2017 to earn a European Tour card, to winning his first European Tour event at the Hong Kong Open in 2018, to qualifying for the PGA Tour via the Korn Ferry Tour finals in 2021, to winning on the PGA Tour at the Wyndham Championship in 2024, to now winning his first major in 2026 and making history. His career has been a perfect progression based on hard work and dedication. And he said earning this first major title is re-affirming for the effort he’s putting in: “Extremely affirming, and that's very kind of Xander to say. There are a lot of guys who work extremely hard. The level on the PGA Tour is so strong, let alone in a major championship. So I think that's a prerequisite of what is just required to try and compete out here. “But yeah, it's very, very reaffirming to know the things that we're doing are working and leading to continued development within the game. So, yeah, hopefully I can just continue to move along a pretty similar path moving forward.” Aaron Rai is a fantastic role model and a great ambassador for the sport. He’s a fitting winner of the 2026 PGA Championship at Aronimink. PGA Championship

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Hell yes!! Jhared Hack just won his first start on the India Pro Tour with a final round 59* to win by 5. Jhared has become a good friend, we helped raise money for him a few times. Truly one of the nicest people in golf. Won the 2007 Western Am, beat Rickie and DJ in match play. Turned pro at 18. Now 20 years into his pro career he is still grinding. Years of driver yips. It got so bad his friends would try to convince him to not play in Vegas money games, they would feel guilty taking his money. He refused. Found his way out of them. Battled back. A ton of mini-tour players have been broke, but no one as many times as Jhared. And no one plays better when he's broke. Has won mini-tour events multiple times when his cards were maxed and it was win or be done. Has played most every tour in the world. DP, PGA, KFT, Latin, Canada, Morocco, China, and now India. After he missed at 2nd stage here he told Mark Baldwin he was going to play in India. We thought he was crazy (we still think he's crazy) . He won 1st stage there, finished 2nd at final, now won in his first start. Gets $25,000 for the win, will get into 2 Hotel Planners events, possible a DP event. Moved up 2000 spots in OWGR. Talked to him this morning when I woke up, he was ecstatic. “Going to have some beers” before he gets on his way to next weeks event. I love it, every second of it. This is why I started this account, for wins like this at events no one has ever heard of. (* par 69, around 6,000 yards. A 59 to win is impressive regardless, but for full context)
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Hell yes!! Jhared Hack just won his first start on the India Pro Tour with a final round 59* to win by 5. Jhared has become a good friend, we helped raise money for him a few times. Truly one of the nicest people in golf. Won the 2007 Western Am, beat Rickie and DJ in match play. Turned pro at 18. Now 20 years into his pro career he is still grinding. Years of driver yips. It got so bad his friends would try to convince him to not play in Vegas money games, they would feel guilty taking his money. He refused. Found his way out of them. Battled back. A ton of mini-tour players have been broke, but no one as many times as Jhared. And no one plays better when he's broke. Has won mini-tour events multiple times when his cards were maxed and it was win or be done. Has played most every tour in the world. DP, PGA, KFT, Latin, Canada, Morocco, China, and now India. After he missed at 2nd stage here he told Mark Baldwin he was going to play in India. We thought he was crazy (we still think he's crazy) . He won 1st stage there, finished 2nd at final, now won in his first start. Gets $25,000 for the win, will get into 2 Hotel Planners events, possible a DP event. Moved up 2000 spots in OWGR. Talked to him this morning when I woke up, he was ecstatic. “Going to have some beers” before he gets on his way to next weeks event. I love it, every second of it. This is why I started this account, for wins like this at events no one has ever heard of. (* par 69, around 6,000 yards. A 59 to win is impressive regardless, but for full context)

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Scottie Scheffler is a member of the PGA Tour’s Player Advisory Council. He was asked today if there’s any issues he feels strongly about, and after originally saying he “doesn’t know”, he then spoke at depth about the importance of player pathways. Speaking ahead of his defence of the Memorial Tournament, Scottie said: “I don't know. Yeah, no, I don't know. Nothing too strong. “I think one thing that we talked about in terms of the new schedule was a healthy amount of turnover, and one thing that I'm actually pretty passionate about is avenues of getting onto the Tour. I felt like when I came out, that was something that wasn't an issue for me, but it was more difficult than I thought it would be. So when I turned pro -- when I was planning on turning pro after graduating college, PGA Tour U wasn't a thing. “I tried to sign up for PGA Tour Canada Q-School and there was only one qualifier that I could do due to my college schedule, finishing out the year, and that qualifier had already filled up because they give priority to the people that had already had status before, which I understand. But there wasn't an avenue for me to even qualify for PGA Tour Canada, so I spent the summer playing Monday qualifiers on the PGA Tour and the Korn Ferry Tour and playing mini Tour events so I could stay sharp and get ready for Q-School. “So when PGA Tour U started being discussed, that was something I was pretty passionate about, getting a new young group of guys out there and giving them avenues to get into our system and opportunities to get onto the PGA Tour. Because the guys coming out of college are getting better and better from a young age, and I think in a lot of other sports, it's very simple how you get into the professional ranks, is you get drafted, and in golf, there's not really that avenue, and I felt like that was something that we needed to have on the Tour is the right avenues for guys to be able to got out here. I feel like where we're at on PGA Tour U, giving those guys the opportunities is something that I think is important to me.” He went on to emphasise his feelings: “I think just giving guys opportunities is really what it is. Golf is a hard sport to predict, and I think that's why for a long time there wasn't that system, just because a guy could be a great college player, but it's really hard to figure out who is going to be the best player out here. “So I think giving guys a lot of opportunity across the board is important, and that's not giving out a ton of cards on the PGA Tour, but getting guys into our system where when you know if you play well at a PGA Tour sanctioned event, whether it's PGA Tour Canada or Latin America -- or I think it's called PGA Tour Americas now. But giving guys those starts and those opportunities to where they can prove themself and earn their spot on the Tour. “There was an avenue for me, which was Q-School and a year on the Korn Ferry Tour, but I think it's important to get guys immediately into the system when they get out of college, especially when they have had good college careers.” PGA TOUR the Memorial
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Scottie Scheffler is a member of the PGA Tour’s Player Advisory Council. He was asked today if there’s any issues he feels strongly about, and after originally saying he “doesn’t know”, he then spoke at depth about the importance of player pathways. Speaking ahead of his defence of the Memorial Tournament, Scottie said: “I don't know. Yeah, no, I don't know. Nothing too strong. “I think one thing that we talked about in terms of the new schedule was a healthy amount of turnover, and one thing that I'm actually pretty passionate about is avenues of getting onto the Tour. I felt like when I came out, that was something that wasn't an issue for me, but it was more difficult than I thought it would be. So when I turned pro -- when I was planning on turning pro after graduating college, PGA Tour U wasn't a thing. “I tried to sign up for PGA Tour Canada Q-School and there was only one qualifier that I could do due to my college schedule, finishing out the year, and that qualifier had already filled up because they give priority to the people that had already had status before, which I understand. But there wasn't an avenue for me to even qualify for PGA Tour Canada, so I spent the summer playing Monday qualifiers on the PGA Tour and the Korn Ferry Tour and playing mini Tour events so I could stay sharp and get ready for Q-School. “So when PGA Tour U started being discussed, that was something I was pretty passionate about, getting a new young group of guys out there and giving them avenues to get into our system and opportunities to get onto the PGA Tour. Because the guys coming out of college are getting better and better from a young age, and I think in a lot of other sports, it's very simple how you get into the professional ranks, is you get drafted, and in golf, there's not really that avenue, and I felt like that was something that we needed to have on the Tour is the right avenues for guys to be able to got out here. I feel like where we're at on PGA Tour U, giving those guys the opportunities is something that I think is important to me.” He went on to emphasise his feelings: “I think just giving guys opportunities is really what it is. Golf is a hard sport to predict, and I think that's why for a long time there wasn't that system, just because a guy could be a great college player, but it's really hard to figure out who is going to be the best player out here. “So I think giving guys a lot of opportunity across the board is important, and that's not giving out a ton of cards on the PGA Tour, but getting guys into our system where when you know if you play well at a PGA Tour sanctioned event, whether it's PGA Tour Canada or Latin America -- or I think it's called PGA Tour Americas now. But giving guys those starts and those opportunities to where they can prove themself and earn their spot on the Tour. “There was an avenue for me, which was Q-School and a year on the Korn Ferry Tour, but I think it's important to get guys immediately into the system when they get out of college, especially when they have had good college careers.” PGA TOUR the Memorial

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Jamal Shead's Houston Cougars had a 125-19 record over 4 years. That's 87%. Between tournaments and regular season play, he played in a grand total of 138 games and lost just 18. That's 120-18..again 87%. He's currently the third string point guard on a team that's 7-20. That's 26%. In games he's actually played they're 7-18. Either way you slice it, Jamal Shead has lost more games in the pros already than he's lost in the past 4 years combined with Houston. That's a tough pill to swallow for a guy who values winning this much. So after leading the Raptors 905 to a win over the Maine Celtics 115-114, Shead sat on the bench as his team gave a lackluster effort against the Chicago Bulls... He checked into the game at the start of the fourth quarter with his team down 11 after sitting for three quarters. He put up 10 points, 6 assists and 4 rebounds, made 4/4 of his field goals and led the charge with a ridiculous 31.7 Box Plus Minus in 12 minutes of play, capping off his career best night with a buzzer beating 3 to close the gap to just 1. Jamal is a winner. And while he may not be shooting well or winning many games right now, it's only a matter of time before all of his winning habits translate to the NBA level. The Toronto Raptors have a very special rookie and very special person in Shead. And as Blake Murphy wrote as the headline of his feature article on Shead, all the guy does is win.
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Jamal Shead's Houston Cougars had a 125-19 record over 4 years. That's 87%. Between tournaments and regular season play, he played in a grand total of 138 games and lost just 18. That's 120-18..again 87%. He's currently the third string point guard on a team that's 7-20. That's 26%. In games he's actually played they're 7-18. Either way you slice it, Jamal Shead has lost more games in the pros already than he's lost in the past 4 years combined with Houston. That's a tough pill to swallow for a guy who values winning this much. So after leading the Raptors 905 to a win over the Maine Celtics 115-114, Shead sat on the bench as his team gave a lackluster effort against the Chicago Bulls... He checked into the game at the start of the fourth quarter with his team down 11 after sitting for three quarters. He put up 10 points, 6 assists and 4 rebounds, made 4/4 of his field goals and led the charge with a ridiculous 31.7 Box Plus Minus in 12 minutes of play, capping off his career best night with a buzzer beating 3 to close the gap to just 1. Jamal is a winner. And while he may not be shooting well or winning many games right now, it's only a matter of time before all of his winning habits translate to the NBA level. The Toronto Raptors have a very special rookie and very special person in Shead. And as Blake Murphy wrote as the headline of his feature article on Shead, all the guy does is win.

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After rounds of 67, 68 and 68 Lee Westwood has a share of the lead at LIV Golf Singapore with Jaoco Niemann and he says a win tomorrow would probably be the best of his career: “I guess at the age of -- I'm 53 on the 24th of April, so at that stage, it would probably be the best win of my career. I get asked that question a lot, and I normally go back to the '97 Australian Open beating Greg Norman in a playoff as certainly my favorite win, and then obviously winning at Sun City with my wife carrying my golf bag, I have to then say that that's one of my favorite wins or she's clips me around the ear. “But all of my wins have special memories. But to still be competitive at my age and up there and having chances to win tournaments like this is validation for driving myself on and doing all the hard work and practice that nobody sees and still being competitive, like I say, and having a good enough game to compete against them.” He went on to talk about how comfortable he feels playing in Asia: “Yeah, I've always loved coming to Asia. I set my stall out the beginning of my career, coming to Malaysia and places like that. I went to Japan very early on in my career, 1994, for the Acom International, and then I played Visa Taiheiyos and Dunlop Phoenix and won three Visa Taiheiyos in a row and a Dunlop Phoenix back-to-back with the Visa. I won the Malaysian Open. One place I haven't won is Singapore, so it would be nice to add that to the list. I came close in 2005. Adam pipped me. “I don't have too much of an issue with the heat for some reason. It's hot, but you just deal with it, right? I'd rather play in the heat than the cold. My body seems to loosen up in these conditions, which is a bonus. “I've always enjoyed coming to Asia, and I class myself as a player that's played a world tour all my career. I never really wanted to stay in one spot. I never really wanted to play the PGA TOUR full time. I think I was a member of that tour for six or seven years but I wanted to go and play all around the world and see what the world is all about.” Lee Westwood has won 44 times around the world in more than 20 different countries. He’s looking to add to that list on Sunday in Singapore 🇸🇬 Lee Westwood Majesticks Golf Club LIV Golf
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After rounds of 67, 68 and 68 Lee Westwood has a share of the lead at LIV Golf Singapore with Jaoco Niemann and he says a win tomorrow would probably be the best of his career: “I guess at the age of -- I'm 53 on the 24th of April, so at that stage, it would probably be the best win of my career. I get asked that question a lot, and I normally go back to the '97 Australian Open beating Greg Norman in a playoff as certainly my favorite win, and then obviously winning at Sun City with my wife carrying my golf bag, I have to then say that that's one of my favorite wins or she's clips me around the ear. “But all of my wins have special memories. But to still be competitive at my age and up there and having chances to win tournaments like this is validation for driving myself on and doing all the hard work and practice that nobody sees and still being competitive, like I say, and having a good enough game to compete against them.” He went on to talk about how comfortable he feels playing in Asia: “Yeah, I've always loved coming to Asia. I set my stall out the beginning of my career, coming to Malaysia and places like that. I went to Japan very early on in my career, 1994, for the Acom International, and then I played Visa Taiheiyos and Dunlop Phoenix and won three Visa Taiheiyos in a row and a Dunlop Phoenix back-to-back with the Visa. I won the Malaysian Open. One place I haven't won is Singapore, so it would be nice to add that to the list. I came close in 2005. Adam pipped me. “I don't have too much of an issue with the heat for some reason. It's hot, but you just deal with it, right? I'd rather play in the heat than the cold. My body seems to loosen up in these conditions, which is a bonus. “I've always enjoyed coming to Asia, and I class myself as a player that's played a world tour all my career. I never really wanted to stay in one spot. I never really wanted to play the PGA TOUR full time. I think I was a member of that tour for six or seven years but I wanted to go and play all around the world and see what the world is all about.” Lee Westwood has won 44 times around the world in more than 20 different countries. He’s looking to add to that list on Sunday in Singapore 🇸🇬 Lee Westwood Majesticks Golf Club LIV Golf

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