England’s Jess Baker produced an impressive display to claim the biggest title of her career and win the 119th Women’s Amateur Championship at Hunstanton. The 19-year-old from Newcastle shone in the sun over the Norfolk links to achieve a 4&3 success against Sweden’s Louise Rydqvist in the 36-hole final. Having defeated in-form duo Emilie Alba Paltrinieri and Hannah Darling yesterday, Baker continued her form to come out on top from a field of 144 players representing 24 countries this week. […]
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The DP World Tour has finally unveiled the sanctions it is to impose on members who took part in the LIV Golf event at Centurion Club, despite not having received releases to allow them to do so. All DP World Tour members who took part in the first LIV Golf Invitational event are to be fined £100,000 and will no longer be able to play in the Scottish Open (July 7-10), the Barbasol Championship (July 7-10) and the Barracuda Championship […]
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The PGA Tour has unveiled a series of major changes to its structure, scheduling and prize funds in what is being seen as a reaction to the threat posed by the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Series. Speaking at a press conference held on the eve of the PGA Tour’s Travelers Championship, PGA Tour Comissioner Jay Monahan outlined significant changes to the current set up, with the first being that the Tour will be returning to a calendar-year schedule from the beginning of […]
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LIV Golf has released the names of all 48 players scheduled to take part in the second tournament of the LIV Golf Invitational Series which is taking place from June 30-July 2 at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club in Oregon, USA. Among the players making their LIV Golf debuts are four-time major champion and former world No.1 Brooks Koepka, 2020 US Open champion Bryson DeChambeau, 2018 Masters champion Patrick Reed, and and current world No.20 Abraham Ancer. Pat Perez, who boasts 74 […]
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Brooks Koepka is set to quit the PGA Tour and join the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational series. The four-time major winner has removed all references to the PGA Tour from his social media profiles and will tee it up in the second event at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club in Oregon, USA, next week. The 32-year-old dual US Open and PGA Championship winner is set to become the latest major champion from America to join the series, following Dustin Johnson, Bryson […]
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