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The Latest Breaking News from LIV

Families of 9/11 victims accuse Saudi League golfers of betraying their country in hard hitting statement

The group sent letters to the agents of a number of high profile golfers.

Irish Mirror

As expected, Patrick Reed officially announced as newest LIV Golf member

The 2018 Masters champion and nine-time winner is the ninth major champion to commit to the series.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Jamal Khashoggi’s fiancée wants LIV golfers "banned" from some PGA Tour tourneys

“This will show that there are consequences for supporting murderers," she said.

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In their naked self-interest, LIV golfers are being refreshingly true to the sport’s roots

Golf can offer sublime entertainment but is not a sport with any deep sense of social conscience. Why pretend otherwise?

The Guardian - UK

The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 11 June 2022

Saudi petro-billions, grasping champions, and a murder that just can't simply be swept under the rug. 48 years after the PGA Tour broke away, the world's leading golf organiser is suffering its own rebellion.

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Hoopla in Hertfordshire as Bryson DeChambeau joins the big money trail

The big-hitting American has become the latest star name to defect to LIV Golf but the opening event in the rebel series has been a low-key affair

The Guardian - UK

‘We’ve kind of kept them at arm’s length’: As LIV Golf threatens to upend the men’s game, how vulnerable is the LPGA?

"As Rory put it, $100 million isn’t going to change his life. But a couple million changes my life completely."

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Ian Poulter says he’ll appeal PGA Tour suspension; Sergio Garcia, Graeme McDowell hope to stay on DP World Tour

While Poulter could be headed to litigation, Graeme McDowell resigned his membership to "keep the moral high ground."

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LIV Golf kicks Phil Mickelson’s biographer, Alan Shipnuck, out of news conference

Maybe Phil Mickelson has had enough of Alan Shipnuck or Greg Norman wanted to make a point.

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LIV Series offers no sign of revolution against backdrop of golf’s civil war

The Saudi-backed series began with an inaugural event that was quickly overshadowed by the PGA Tour’s reaction

The Guardian - UK

Phil Mickelson draws a crowd as Saudi Arabia’s controversial LIV Golf swings into town

LIV has attempted to style itself as the future of golf but it remains to be seen whether it can deliver entertainment for Saudi Arabia’s sportswashing machine

The Independent UK

LIV Golf Series: Charl Schwartzel upstages Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson on opening day

All eyes had been on Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson but the highly paid star turns of LIV Golf were upstaged on the opening day of the inaugural event by South Africa’s Charl Schwartzel.

Evening Standard

LIV Golf Calls PGA Tour Suspensions ‘Vindictive’

The Saudi-backed golf tour criticized the PGA Tour’s decision to suspend its players on Thursday.

Sports Illustrated

LIV Golf series rebels swing into action as the rift widens

Golf’s new dawn began today at Centurion Club in St Albans, with the split in the sport set to become ever wider.

Evening Standard

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Controversial LIV Golf Invitational Series is here. What you should know.

The LIV Golf Invitational Series is already disrupting the dynamics in professional men's golf.

Tribune News Service

Mac Engel: Two of the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational events owned by a Fort Worth company

FORT WORTH, Texas — The new Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational series features eight courses, five in the United States, two of which are owned by a company in Fort Worth.

Sports Illustrated

PGA Tour to Announce Discipline for LIV Players Thursday, per Report

The Tour is expected to weigh in on the golfers playing in the new tournament this week.

Benzinga

Dustin Johnson Getting Paid So Much To Join LIV Golf, He Just Passed Tiger Woods In Golf Related Earnings

A major shift in the world of golf could be happening with the Saudi Arabian backed LIV Golf Invitational Series seeking to compete with the PGA Tour. To lure away one of the top golfers, LIV helped set a new record for earnings.

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Chicago Sun-Times

LIV Golf is letting us know what the stars are really like, and it’s not pretty

In return for tons of money, Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau, et al., are willing to overlook Saudi Arabia’s horrific record on human rights.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Lynch: Graeme McDowell’s reputation the latest victim of the Saudi’s rent-a-stooge scheme

McDowell probably didn’t realize that his words were an unwitting explanation of how sportswashing works.

Tribune News Service

Kevin Sherrington: Without more star power, LIV Golf’s rebels could become sports’ next flash in the pan

DALLAS — Unlike LIV Golf — which tees off Thursday outside London — most upstart leagues aren’t backed by the Saudi government, which murdered/dismembered a journalist and executes people because of their sexual orientation at will. Phil Mickelson’s words, by the way, not mine. The numbers back him up, though.…

Evening Standard

Rebel Phil Mickelson refusing to give up PGA Tour membership after LIV Golf move

Phil Mickelson has warned he won’t give up his PGA Tour membership without a fight but refused to answer whether he had been banned from the tour.

Sports Illustrated

The CFP Would Be Far Better Off Without Ari Fleischer

The media consultant’s moderation of Saudi-backed LIV Golf’s presser was just his latest of a string of stunts garnering negative publicity.

Tribune News Service

5 things to know about LIV Golf, the Saudi-backed PGA Tour rival debuting this week

DALLAS — Despite being just a week away from the U.S. Open, one of the biggest events on the annual golf calendar, there’s a non-PGA Tour event that’s dominating the headlines.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Who is Arlo White? And why is he a surprise as the new LIV Golf announcer?

White has headed NBC Sports coverage of the Premier League since 2014, but has little experience in golf.

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