Tagged: Collusion
LIV Golf Effect: The Incredibly Shrinking PGA Tour
BEDMINSTER, NJ – Can we agree that in a discussion ranking extraordinarily successful CEOs, such as Jack Welch (General Electric), Jeff Bezos (Amazon) and...
Report: PGA Tour Hired Capitol Hill Lobbyists to Crush LIV Golf
The PGA Tour paid a law firm nearly a quarter of a million dollars to lobby Congress and President Biden in what is being...
David Feherty Departs NBC-Golf Channel, Signs With LIV Golf
LIV Golf has reportedly signed David Feherty to be its lead broadcast analyst.
The New York Post reported that NBC has split with the popular...
Golf Twitter: From Smug to Sad After Rory’s Coronation Gets Canceled
Sunday at St Andrews was supposed to be a coronation of a soon-to-be "immortal" (UK Mirror) Rory McIlroy, who also happened to be "golf's...
Phil Mickelson Responds to Tiger Woods’ Low Blow With Total Class
Phil Mickelson is the second greatest golfer of his generation. The top title goes to Tiger Woods, of course.
On Tuesday, the 15-time major...
Ian Poulter Frustrates Media With Good Score, Cheerful Mood
Ian Poulter opened The 150th Open with an impressive round of 69 at St Andrews Old Course. The 48-year-old Englishman, who is beloved in...
Bryson DeChambeau Takes High Road After Being Smeared By Tiger Woods
Bryson DeCheambeau opened with a 3-under 69 at the 150th edition of the British Open Championship.
Afterwards, the media asked the 2020 U.S. Open...
The 150th Open: Media Conflicted as Rory Shares Day-1 Spotlight With DJ, LIV Golfers
In the R&A offices at St Andrews and across the pond down at Ponte Vedra Beach, and everywhere in between, golf's self-appointed gatekeepers were...
What a Coincidence: OWGR Confirms Receipt of LIV Golf’s Application
A day after news broke that the Department of Justice had launched an investigation into the PGA Tour amid accusations of anti-trust violations, specifically...
Rory McIlroy Honored by St Andrews For Being a Critic of LIV Golf
St Andrews Golf Club announced that Tiger Woods, Paul Lawrie and Rory McIlroy were made honorary members of St. Andrews on the eve of...
R&A Chief Stumbles Badly When Questioned About Collusion Against LIV Golf
Martin Slumbers is the chief executive of the R&A, the organization that runs the British Open Championship. On Wednesday morning, ahead of the Q&A...
PGA Tour Accused of Pushing Bridgestone, Mastercard to Cancel LIV Golfers’ Sponsorships
Amid news that the PGA Tour is under investigation by the Department of Justice for anti-trust practices, Bridgestone ended its relationship with Bryson DeChambeau...
Poor Sport Rory McIlroy: “Better For Game” if LIV Golfer Doesn’t Win The Open
The last time Rory McIlroy won a major championship, Barrack Obama was president, Donald Trump was a billionaire TV star, and Joe Biden was...
Legal Source: Tiger Woods Just Helped DOJ’s Anti-Trust Probe of PGA Tour
A Boston attorney emailed me this afternoon and asked, "Did you see Tiger Woods' statements today? He stepped in it big time relative to...
DOJ Investigating PGA Tour For Anti-Trust Practices Against LIV Golf
On a day when The R&A banned two-time British Open champion Greg Norman from its celebration, which would seem to perfectly exhibit collusion, the...
Trash-Talking Justin Thomas Fails to Beat a Single LIV Golfer, Misses Cut in Scotland
Leading into the Scottish Open, U.K. newspapers had a field day with Justin Thomas and his anti-LIV Golf statements.
Headlines such as, "Justin Thomas relishing...
Tour Wars: Rory McIlroy Suddenly Calls for Peace Talks With LIV Golf
To the victor goes the spoils... The loser calls for common ground.
So, when the PGA Tour's lead bomb thrower suddenly starts smoking the peace...
Rory McIlroy: Saudi Billions Would Be Better Spent Within PGA Tour
For months all we've heard from the golf monopoly down in Ponte Vedra was how this "blood money" from Saudi Arabia was going to...
Justin Thomas Takes Cheap Shot at LIV Golf’s Talor Gooch
Last week, Talor Gooch - who is one of the coolest and chillest dudes on the pro golf circuits, was excited to be part...
Patrick Reed Calls LIV Golf, “The Best Thing I’ve Ever Been a Part Of”
To a vast majority of golf fans (and tour pros alike), the annual Masters Tournament and the biennial Ryder Cup are the two most...