The biggest controversy of the modern era of golf is reopened this week as St. Andrews hosts the 150th edition of The Open.
Scotland will host the fourth and final major of 2022 at the Home of Golf, a fitting location to 'conclude' this year's calendar considering many feel the sport's heritage is under serious threat. The Claret Jug may be seen as a meagre reward compared to the riches on offer in the breakaway LIV Golf Invitational Series, which finally got underway in mid-June.
But the prospective PGA Tour rival—which is financed by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF)—was causing a stir long before that date. Advertised as an eight-event series featuring at least $25million (£21m) in prize money at every stop, LIV Golf insisted its schedule would not interfere with its PGA counterpart before it emerged the league will expand to 14 events next year.
