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Compensation for players who stuck with the US tour and LIV’s team-golf format are among the big stumbling blocks
Combined group’s shares are down 41 per cent so far in 2023
Men’s professional golf organisation initiates formal bid process amid ‘unsolicited outreach’
LPGA hopes to benefit from growing interest in women’s sport
Agreement would provide a media partner for upstart virtual tournament helmed by Woods and Rory McIlroy
A truce between the PGA and the Saudi sovereign wealth fund looks far from secure. Plus: how to make the sport more accessible for women; a Columbia Business School professor who revolutionised the game’s analytics; off-course golf points way to the future
Mark Broadie’s data-driven research into the millions of shots struck by players has radically altered the game
Hoping to build off the back of the success in Paris in 2018, one of sports greatest events is searching for new ways to engage with untapped markets
Superstars Woods and McIlroy back data-based format to widen game’s fan base
A truce between the sport’s most powerful bodies and the Saudi sovereign wealth fund has been in the works for months but fears grow that the battle is far from over
Lockdown served as the catalyst for bringing more women to the courses, now efforts are being made to make the sport more accessible
Newcomers to the sport flock to its virtual side but, then, not all modernists are shunning the course
CEO admits he doesn’t know exactly ‘how and when’ the tournament will be involved in the new PGA Tour and LIV Golf merger
PGA Tour officials tell US Senate their planned tie-up with LIV is best chance to preserve sport’s independence
Secret broker of golfing peace deal is facing a legal fight with a Greek shipping magnate
Liverpool FC and Red Sox owner buys team in new tournament played on a simulator
Many players remain frustrated while deal faces scrutiny in Washington
St Andrews, where the ancient game is said to have begun, shows little love for the merger that gives Riyadh great sway over the professional sport
Wall Street power brokers at heart of detente between US PGA Tour and Saudi-funded upstart LIV
Face of resistance to Saudi Arabia-backed venture says he still ‘hates’ rival tour after shock tie-up was announced
Deal resolves bitter dispute between established series and breakaway league that has divided men’s game
It’s always tee-time in HK — for players of all levels, on gorgeous courses
Two resorts lost £4.4mn in 2021 hit by Covid curbs, Brexit and staff shortages
Breakaway tour had struggled to find a home on channels with existing commitments to PGA
The organiser of the game’s oldest tournament plans to use platform to grow its audience
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