The sport of golf was rocked to its very core when LIV Golf burst onto the scene in 2022.
The Saudi-backed tour promised to be loud upon arrival and they did just that, poaching some of the PGA Tour’s biggest stars, including Open champion Cameron Smith, by throwing even bigger sums of money at their feet.
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The format of what LIV Golf offered also proved a point of difference to the PGA Tour, complete with shotgun starts, no cuts and players divided into teams.
The brash entry into the sport may not have gained admirers, but it certainly gained onlookers and generated heated debate across the sporting world as to the benefits and detractions of LIV Golf’s disruptive presence.
Going into the second season of LIV, the schedule was expanded to 14 tournaments and…
