Trump and golf aligned on mission to turn back time

The sun has set on LIV Golf, with each day bringing a fresh exodus of players fleeing the newly gaunt and impoverished lands of the rebel circuit.

The breakaway tour was dead from the moment the Saudis turned off the money tap, and noted golf fan Donald Trump can take some of the blame on this one: his decision to destabilise the Middle East by bombing Iran would convince any right-thinking sovereign wealth fund that there are better uses for their money than putting another Lamborghini in Dustin Johnson’s garage.