2022 British Open champion Cameron Smith, Marc Leishman reportedly join LIV Golf: 'Yeah, they’re gone'
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Meghan MacLaren: British golf star discusses LIV Golf Tour & gender equality
English professional golfer Meghan MacLaren joined Sue Anstiss on the latest season of The Game Changers podcast.
'They're gone': Percy says Cam Smith bound for LIV Tour
World No. 2 and Open Championship winner Cameron Smith is "gone" to the LIV Golf Series at the end of the PGA playoffs, Cameron Percy said on Tuesday. Percy said Smith and another fellow Australian Marc Leishman, already have signed deals to exit the PGA Tour. "Unfortunate, yeah, they're gone," Percy told RSN radio. Percy said the humanitarian element of the Saudi-backed circuit weighs on him. "The more and more you look into it, some people don't care, some people have got a conscience and do care,' he said. "It really comes down to, you know, 'They just executed 80 people this week, just chopped their heads off'.
LIV Golf and FedEx Cup play-off prize money compared as PGA players continue to defect
After a whirlwind year for golf the PGA Tour season is entering its final month of competition, with the FedEx Cup play-offs kicking off later this week. The end of season play-offs begin at the St Jude Championship this coming Thursday, where the tour’s top 125 players will compete.
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Former South African umpire Rudi Koertzen dies in car accident
"Rudi suffered fatal injuries after an accident near Stilbaai between Cape Town and Gqeberha," said the family spokesperson, who requested anonymity. "My father went to a golf tournament with some friends and they were expected to come back on Monday, but it seems they decided to play another round of golf," his son Rudi told a Gqeberha radio station. The South African team will wear black armbands on Wednesday in honour of Koertzen when they face England at Lord's in London in a Test match.
Former elite panel umpire Rudi Koertzen dies in car accident
South African former umpire and member of ICC's elite panel Rudi Koertzen has died in a car accident, a family member told AFP on Tuesday. He was 73.
Joshua v Usyk: Saudi Arabia hopes to inspire half a million boxing fans to take up sport
The world heavyweight championship rematch between Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia will be significant not only in the boxing world but also beyond.