![]() ![]() ![]() Warnings from the established tours – the PGA Tour and DP World Tour (formerly the European Tour) – have come and gone, while many players have expressed their reluctance to abandon the preeminent golfing establishments and their disappointment in their colleagues for leaving. It hasn’t come without its bumps in the road. 1 Greg Norman and with some astonishing amount of money behind it – including $250 million in total prize money – the new golf league is here. It’s taken a few years to get to this point, but, fronted by former world No. The LIV Golf series is certainly making noise. Just a few meters away, multi-time major winners Mickelson and Dustin Johnson tee off. Just meters from a massive bar and with loud music playing in the background, a group of young men try their hand at a putting challenge for an all-expenses paid trip to Miami while two entertainers, both on stilts and dressed in traditional 19th century British clothing, pose for photos with fans waiting to try their hand. “The era of free agency is beginning,” it said.Īnd with the funding behind it, the flurry of stars signing up and the lengths the new tour has gone to appeal to fans, on the ground in St Albans, it sure feels like the beginning of something, not a flash in the pan.įans enjoy the atmosphere during day one of the LIV Golf series at the Centurion Club. LIV Golf’s statement in reply to the punishment doled out was nothing but foreboding. The inaugural LIV Golf event began in earnest at the Centurion Club just north of London, after months of speculation and controversy about this breakaway golf tour and the impact it could have on the future of the sport.īacked by eye-watering money from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), the new venture has threatened to unsettle golf’s traditional set up, something to which the PGA Tour reacted to strongly on Thursday, banning 17 of its players – including lifetime member Phil Mickelson – for participating. There’s even a robotic, automated drinks transportation machine. ![]() Pop music pumping, a marching band and a human statue scaring those walking nearby. ![]()
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