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Evening Standard
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Matt Majendie

‘Golf but louder’: LIV Golf making a big noise but still creating rifts ahead of series debut

Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson are the most high-profile players to commit to the LIV Golf series

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‘Golf but louder’ goes the slogan for LIV Golf — and whether golf likes it or not, the noise around the Saudi-backed series is becoming deafening.

This morning, 27 of the world’s top 150 and 48 players in total converged on Centurion Golf Club in St Albans for the first practice session of a week which has caused all manner of fissures even before a competitive ball has been struck. The eyes of the golfing world are on it, irrespective of your views, of which there are plenty.

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