By: Dylan Dethier June 9, 2022 The PGA Tour’s position atop the professional game suddenly feels more precarious. Getty Images Andy Gardiner insists he isn’t jealous. But you wouldn’t blame him if he was. On Thursday, a new vision for men’s professional golf began streaming to the masses. Fifty-four holes. Shotgun starts. A parallel team…
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By: Sean Zak June 9, 2022 ST. ALBANS, England — As Phil Mickelson warmed up for the first round of his strange, new LIV Golf life, his iPad was there on the turf, propped up by irony. The device leaned against a Presidents Cup Team USA drawstring bag, the kind of garb players receive only…
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By: James Colgan June 9, 2022 Greg Norman joined the LIV Golf booth moments before his Saudi-backed venture kicked off Thursday morning. LIV Golf | YouTube Before LIV Golf had players, before it had tournaments, before it even had a name, it had a promise. “We’ve talked about golf over the years, obviously, and the…
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by David Haggith We’ve gone from my being almost a lone voice at the start of the year, proclaiming a recession had begun, to a number of people now saying we are already in recession: David Rosenberg, Eric King and Egon von Greyerz, Danielle DiMartino Booth , John Williams (actually he strongly implied it, at…
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As two tours brace for impact, what happens next? Getty Images They were the shots heard round the world. Just after 9 am ET, the literal trumpets sounded at the Saudi-funded LIV Golf Invitational series, and the 48 players re-shaped the era of professional golf as we’ve known it. After months of speculation, hypotheticals, rumors,…
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By: Nick Piastowski June 9, 2022 Rory McIlroy hits his tee shot on Thursday on the 14th hole at St. George’s. Getty Images Rory McIlroy, yes, will watch a replay. But, no, he won’t be wearing a Team Majesticks or Fireballs hat or shirt. “What are the other ones, like Iron Heads? I have no…
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By: Michael Corcoran June 9, 2022 Realize it or not, Francis Ouimet’s US Open win at The Country Club in 1913 also invented something: a golf as epic drama. Alamy Stock Photo When amateur Francis Ouimet won the 1913 US Open at The Country Club, 50 years had elapsed since the Battle of Gettysburg, and…
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by Michael Will this be a summer of widespread politically-motivated violence in the United States? The Supreme Court decision that finally overturns Roe v. Wade is expected to be released this month, and authorities are fearing the worst. In fact, the Department of Homeland Security just issued an advisory warning specifically of “mass casualty violence”…
by Michael We haven’t seen anything like this in decades. Energy prices are soaring to unprecedented heights. Food shortages in some parts of the world are starting to become quite severe. Rampant inflation is out of control all over the globe. Meanwhile, economic activity is slowing down everywhere that you look. Some are comparing this…
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By: Luke Kerr-Dineen June 8, 2022 Sixty trees later, Tamarack Country Club restored the intention of its original design. GOLF.com Welcome to Play Smart, a game-improvement column that drops every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from Game Improvement Editor Luke Kerr-Dineen (who you can follow on Twitter right here). My favorite spot at Augusta National is…
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