Hannah Burke interview: Aramco Team Series tipped my season into profit June 14, 2022 Sharing in victory at the Aramco Team Series in Jeddah last year was more than just a welcome boost towards the end of a long season for England’s Hannah Burke. It also marked her first success since being sidelined by injury in 2019, losing sponsors and then having to take more time away from competition [...]
Aramco Team Series: Why the Saudi energy and chemical giant is backing women’s golf June 14, 2022 Aramco public affairs general manager Talal Al-Marri explains why the Saudi energy and chemicals giant became one of the biggest backers of women’s golf via the Aramco Team Series, and what the company looks for in a sports sponsorship. Q. How did you come to be title partners of the Aramco Team Series? A. We [...]
Aramco Team Series London: Who is playing at Centurion Club this week? June 13, 2022 From multiple Ladies European Tour order of merit winners to some of the most in-form players on the planet, the Aramco Team Series London is set to welcome a host of talent to Centurion Club this week. Here are 10 players to watch. Georgia Hall The 2018 Women’s Open champion is one of several high-profile [...]
Aramco Team Series: Where is the expanded $5m women’s golf circuit taking place in 2022? June 13, 2022 After a successful first year, the Aramco Team Series has expanded to five events in 2022, adding Thailand to a circuit that has retained stops in England, Spain, the United States and Saudi Arabia. Here is where the action is unfolding this year. Bangkok, 12-14 May Last month’s curtain raiser to the 2022 Aramco Team [...]
Sam Torrance: Stage is set for Rory McIlroy and Justin Thomas to continue rivalry at US Open June 13, 2022 Recent form dictates that Rory McIlroy and Justin Thomas will be the most fancied players in the field when the US Open returns to the Country Club, Brookline, this week. The Massachusetts venue is a really famous course and one of the oldest in the United States which has held this major three times before, [...]
LIV Golf has won opening skirmish in tussle with PGA Tour to shape the future of the sport June 12, 2022 Charl Schwartzel lifted the trophy, posed for the photographs and collected the £3.85m pay cheque but he wasn’t the only winner at the first LIV Golf Invitational, which concluded just outside London on Saturday. Also celebrating will have been Greg Norman, frontman for the new circuit hoping to lure the world’s best players, and Saudi [...]
LIV Golf blasts ‘vindictive’ PGA Tour as £200m series begins to backdrop of bitter row June 9, 2022 LIV Golf accused the PGA Tour of being “vindictive” as the war of words between the two organisations spilled over into the first day of the £200m breakaway circuit. With what appeared to be pointed timing, the PGA Tour announced it had suspended all 17 of its members who have chosen to play the first [...]
Ed Warner: Team sportspeople like Gareth Bale are held to double standards over loyalty June 9, 2022 Commentary stat of last weekend for me was that Gareth Bale has spent more time on a football pitch for Wales this season than for Real Madrid. Having run down his lucrative contract with the Spanish club, Bale is now a free agent – the footballing equivalent of the golfers signing up for this week’s [...]
Poulter predicts more players will join LIV Golf Invitational Series June 8, 2022 Ryder Cup hero Ian Poulter has predicted that more of the world’s top players will sign up to the LIV Golf Invitational Series, the £200m super league prototype which starts today at Centurion Club in Hertfordshire. Poulter, six-time major winner Phil Mickelson and former world No1 Dustin Johnson are among a 48-man field for the [...]
Greg Norman interview: LIV Golf can emulate cricket’s IPL and create ‘generational wealth’ June 8, 2022 Greg Norman has conquered some of the world’s finest golf courses and forged a successful career as an entrepreneur but he considers his biggest challenge to be his current mission as chief executive of LIV Golf. That is partly because Norman isn’t just trying to establish a challenger circuit that offers lucrative new opportunities for [...]