LIV Golf’s decline leaves sport with more questions than answers May 7, 2026 LIV Golf. What was that all about? Ok, the past tense might be a bit harsh. But could anyone have the appetite and depth of pockets to rescue a venture that has burned through $5bn from the ignominy of collapse? Where too does this embarrassing failure leave Saudi Arabia and its sporting ambitions? Time has [...]
LIV Golf hires restructuring experts as Saudi Arabia PIF ends funding April 30, 2026 LIV Golf have hired restructuring specialists to a newly established board of directors as the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund plans to halt its investment in the rebel league. Eugene Davis and Jon Zinman, described by the breakaway leagues as “seasoned experts in complex transactions, turnarounds, and restructurings” will come into LIV Golf as it [...]
LIV Golf to seek investment as Saudi Arabia PIF to cut funding April 30, 2026 LIV Golf is set to announce it is seeking new investment amid reports that Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund is to cut off its funding. PIF has ploughed more than $5bn into LIV Golf since launching it as a challenger to the PGA Tour in 2022 and poaching top players including Bryson DeChambeau and Jon [...]
DP World Tour hits $300m sponsorship record after agreeing HCLTech deal April 29, 2026 DP World Tour sponsorship revenue is set to top $300m for the first time this year after the European professional golf circuit added HCLTech as a top-tier partner. The India-headquartered tech multinational has been named the tour’s official digital experience partner, with an initial focus on building a new website and app to improve fan [...]
DP World Tour events become first in sport to use Amazon Leo satellites April 20, 2026 Golf’s DP World Tour is to become the first live sport organiser to use Amazon Leo, the tech giant’s pioneering low-Earth orbit satellite broadband network. The European-based circuit will rely on Amazon Leo rather than miles of temporary fibre at tournaments to ensure more reliable high-speed internet connectivity essential for live scoring, broadcasting and commercial [...]
LIV Golf under ‘pressure’ but is ‘the future of the game’, says CEO O’Neil April 16, 2026 LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil says the breakaway tour is facing a “moment of pressure” but has dismissed suggestions that it is on the verge of collapse. Reports this week stated that Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund could withdraw its funding of LIV Golf, having spent more than $5bn on bankrolling the signing of stars [...]
Rory McIlroy, Gout Gout and the search for sport’s elusive heroes April 16, 2026 Rory McIlroy’s back-to-back Masters triumphs have triggered the inevitable mythologising. Destiny fulfilled, demons banished after previous heartbreak, a journey not only completed but now extended. If he was merely the Hero of Hollywood before (that’s Hollywood, County Down not Los Angeles), to many the golfer has now donned the mantle of universal sporting hero along [...]
Manchester United’s £10m boost; £5k Masters gnomes and Southgate TikTok April 15, 2026 Manchester United are set for a £10m boost from kit sponsor Adidas if, as now seems likely, they qualify for the Champions League. The club sit third in the Premier League with a seven-point cushion over sixth-placed Chelsea, despite Monday’s shock defeat by struggling Leeds United. Uefa confirmed last week that the top five Premier [...]
Rory McIlroy Masters win sets him up to break Tiger Woods prize money record April 13, 2026 Rory McIlroy could eclipse Tiger Woods’s all-time PGA Tour prize money record this year following his successful defence of the Masters. McIlroy held off the challenge of world No1 Scottie Scheffler, England’s Justin Rose and American Cameron Young to retain the Green Jacket at Augusta on Sunday. The Northern Irishman’s second Masters win earned him [...]
Familiarity of Masters and Augusta should be lesson to other golf majors April 9, 2026 Let me get the azaleas reference out of the way in this first sentence. After all, no Masters preview is seemingly complete without citing Augusta’s horticultural features. The flora are just one ingredient, though, in the secret sauce of golf’s first major of the season which starts today. Even if other sports could steal the [...]