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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

old - LIV Golf: How to watch the first event of new tour

The inaugural event will take place at Centurion Club, St Albans this week

The Independent UK

old - What is LIV Golf, who is playing and how can I watch?

The inaugural event will take place at Centurion Club, St Albans this week

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Greg Norman: Golf superstar turned pioneer

St Albans (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Former world number one Greg Norman will watch from the sidelines on Thursday as stars including Phil Mickelson launch a controversial bid to revolutionise golf.

AFP

Mickelson says he does not condone rights abuses on eve of Saudi-backed golf series

St Albans (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Phil Mickelson said Wednesday he does not condone human rights violations in Saudi Arabia as he prepares to tee off in the inaugural event of the divisive LIV Golf Invitational Series funded by the Gulf kingdom.

AFP

Phil Mickelson awkwardly tackles PGA Tour ban question ahead of rebel Saudi series debut

Phil Mickelson is one of the headline acts at the inaugural rebel Saudi tour event in St Albans this week, and was quizzed on his PGA Tour situation during an awkward press conference on Wednesday

Daily Mirror

Mickelson says he does not 'condone human rights violations' on eve of new series

St Albans (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Phil Mickelson said Wednesday he does not condone human rights violations in Saudi Arabia, on the eve of the first tournament of the divisive LIV Golf Invitational Series near London funded by the Gulf kingdom.

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What is LIV Golf, who is playing and how can I watch?

The inaugural event will take place at Centurion Club, St Albans this week

The Independent UK

Golf's divisive LIV series prepares to tee off

St Albans (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Phil Mickelson headlines a field of 48 golfers at this week's LIV Golf Invitational London -- the inaugural event in a breakaway series threatening to tear the sport apart.

AFP

Dustin Johnson quits PGA Tour to play in Saudi-funded breakaway series

St Albans (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Former world number one Dustin Johnson said Tuesday he has resigned from the US PGA Tour to play in the Saudi-funded LIV Golf Invitational Series, which tees off outside London this week.

AFP

Dustin Johnson quits PGA Tour to play in breakaway series

St Albans (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Former world number one Dustin Johnson confirmed on Tuesday he has resigned his membership of the US PGA Tour to play in the Saudi-funded breakaway LIV Golf Invitational Series.

AFP

Former world No. 1 Dustin Johnson quits PGA tour

St Albans (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Former world number one golfer Dustin Johnson confirmed on Tuesday he has resigned his membership of the US PGA Tour to play in the breakaway LIV Golf Invitational Series.

AFP

Greg Norman brands Jack Nicklaus a 'hypocrite' over rebel Saudi golf league stance

The first event of the Saudi-backed rebel golf tour takes place at The Centurion Club in St Albans this week, with Phil Mickleson amongst the star names to have signed up

Daily Mirror

What is LIV Golf London, who is playing and how can I watch?

The inaugural event will take place at Centurion Club, St Albans this week

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Graeme McDowell defends ‘right decision’ to play LIV Golf event

The Northern Irishman was named in the 48-player field for next week’s event in St Albans, the first in a money-spinning new series fronted by Greg Norman and backed by the Saudi regime

AFP

Questions swirl over Saudi-backed breakaway golf tour

St Albans (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Golf is in turmoil as it braces for the launch of a new Saudi-backed breakaway tour but figurehead Greg Norman is confident it will be a success despite a host of unresolved issues.

Manchester Evening News

The chilling echoes between the Ripper attacks and the killings of Jacci and Barbara

Did Peter Sutcliffe have 'secret victims' he was never convicted of killing? And did they include two young hitchhikers? It's a chilling theory which Manchester Evening News chief reporter, Neal Keeling, explores here, in the last of a series of spec

Daily Mirror

‘Fireball’ meteor spotted lighting up sky hundreds of miles apart in UK

The meteor was spotted in several places around the UK, with one man in St Albans, Hertfordshire having seen it at around 12:40 am on Thursday morning

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‘Defend, reimburse, represent’: Greg Norman accelerates into PGA Tour collision course

The LIV Golf series will launch at Centurion Club in St Albans next month but the build-up to the event has been clouded by human rights concerns and power struggles

AFP

'We've all made mistakes' Greg Norman says of Saudi journalist's murder

St Albans (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Greg Norman batted away concerns over Saudi Arabia's rights record and the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by saying "we've all made mistakes" as he defended his new money-spinning golf tour.

AFP

Norman promises to fight for golfers who join breakaway tour

St Albans (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Greg Norman vowed Wednesday to fight for the rights of players who defect to a new tour that is threatening to tear golf apart.

Daily Mirror

Mum's fight against 'ludicrous' policy to rip out carpets after boy hospitalised

Harley Tremayne ended injured himself badly twice thanks to the state of the flooring in his home in St Albans, Hertfordshire, which was uncovered when the council removed the carpet

Evening Standard

Talking Point: Should the Garrick Club allow women membership?

The subject of the Garrick Club’s “gentlemen only” policy, which has been in operation for 191 years, has reared its head once more after MPs have backed a motion calling for the institution to revoke its policy. The motion was tabled by Daisy Cooper, Liberal Democrat MP for St Albans,…

Daily Mirror

Rock star signs deal with non-league club and is set to make debut aged 35

Enter Shikari's Chris Batten will pull on the shirt of St Albans City - who his band sponsor - next weekend for a special match taking place to raise funds for the Ukraine appeal

Daily Mirror

Son stunned after mum's ashes lost in last year's floods turn up 12 months later

Michael Hedger from New South Wales, Australia, lost his mum's ashes a year ago while scattering them around a tree in St Albans, during a 2021 flood, but was left delighted when they came back to him a year later

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