MIAMI: PGA Tour chief Jay Monahan said Tuesday talks with the Saudi Arabian backers of LIV Golf were “accelerating” but was tight-lipped on how the proposed joint venture between the two bodies would work. Speaking to reporters ahead of this week’s Players Championship, Monahan said negotiations with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) were progressing. … Read more
HONG KONG: Masters champion Jon Rahm said Wednesday that the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) was not “a good system” after LIV Golf formally withdrew its application to join. LIV Golf Commissioner Greg Norman on Tuesday sent a letter to players, seen by AFP, saying the Saudi-funded breakaway circuit had ended its efforts to be … Read more
Talent spotting at under-19 level in cricket is an essential part of the game’s ecosystem. The opportunity to do so was afforded recently by the U-19 men’s ODI World Cup, which concluded on Feb. 11 in Benoni, South Africa. Australia convincingly beat India by 79 runs to cap a remarkable run of success for all … Read more
LOS ANGELES: The contentious issue of how players who embraced the LIV Golf League might return to the US PGA Tour as the global game evolves remains under “daily” discussion, superstar Tiger Woods said Wednesday. “We’re looking into all the different models for pathways back,” Woods said at a press conference on the eve of … Read more
PEBBLE BEACH, California: Patrick Cantlay has spent about as much time on the phone as the golf course this week as a PGA Tour board member trying to nail down a deal for a $3 billion investment. It didn’t seem to affect his day job at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. On a surprising day … Read more
LOS ANGELES: Taiwan’s Kevin Yu, chasing a first PGA Tour title, carded eight birdies in his 8-under 64 to take a one-shot lead after the first round of the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines on Wednesday. Yu, a former world amateur No. 1 who missed four months after suffering a torn meniscus in his … Read more
ORLANDO: Outside of a great honeymoon to start 2023, Lydia Ko had a year she’d pretty much like to forget. She struggled mightily on the golf course after winning three times the previous season, and on several occasions left the 18th green at a tournament in tears. Ko, a 19-time LPGA Tour winner, two-time major … Read more
YAMOUSSOUKRO, Ivory Coast: Sadio Mane scored late to seal a 3-1 win for defending champions Senegal over Cameroon and secure progress to the Africa Cup of Nations knockout stage on Friday. Mane was mobbed by teammates after sweeping in the third goal in the fifth minute of injury time, capping an impressive performance after Ismaila … Read more