The second yr of Saudi-funded LIV Golf can be going to 3 programs owned by former President Donald Trump as a part of a 14-event schedule in 2023, in line with a report from SI.com.
The report stated LIV Golf introduced its schedule, though the LIV web site solely stated {that a} full schedule was coming quickly. The rival league beforehand stated it will open its season Feb. 24-26 on the Mexican golf resort of Mayakoba, which previously hosted a PGA Tour cease.
LIV Golf didn’t instantly reply to an e-mail in search of remark.
Meanwhile, The Daily Telegraph within the U.Okay. quoted European tour CEO Keith Pelley as saying he and PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan have recused themselves as Official World Golf Ranking board members from any dialogue on whether or not LIV Golf must be receiving world rating factors.
Pelley, of Toronto, resigned as president of Rogers Media in April 2015 to guide the European tour.
The PGA Tour confirmed Monahan was not a part of the December board assembly that addressed LIV’s standing. It usually takes a yr earlier than a brand new circuit joins the OWGR system, and LIV Golf’s league of 54-hole occasions with no cuts falls in need of a number of the OWGR pointers.
LIV Golf beforehand had introduced seven websites, together with 4 that beforehand had been used on the PGA Tour or European tour — Mayakoba, The Gallery at Dove Mountain north of Tucson, Arizona; The Greenbrier in West Virginia; and Valderrama in Spain.
The full schedule, in line with SI.com, consists of Trump National in northern Virginia (May 26-28), Trump National in Bedminster, New Jersey (Aug. 11-13), and Trump National Doral close to Miami (Oct. 20-22).
Trump programs part of final yr’s schedule
Trump’s programs in Bedminster and Doral had been a part of final yr’s schedule, as had been Centurion exterior London and Rich Harvest Farms within the Chicago suburbs. Missing from final yr’s schedule is a cease exterior Boston.
Trump National Doral held the ultimate group championship within the inaugural season. Now the LIV Golf group championship can be in Saudi Arabia. A yr in the past, an everyday LIV occasion was held in Saudi Arabia earlier than going to Doral.
SI.com additionally reported Majed Al-Sorour, the managing director of LIV Golf and CEO of the Saudi Golf Federation, is leaving his publish however will nonetheless be on the LIV board. Al-Sorour was seen as one of many key negotiators in signing gamers.
Greg Norman, the CEO and commissioner of LIV Golf, had strongly urged final yr that Pelley and Monahan recuse themselves from the OWGR determination on whether or not the rival circuit ought to get rating factors.
PGA European Tour (DP World Tour) CEO Keith Pelley speaks on the presentation after the ultimate day of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth Golf Club, south-west of London, England on Sept. 11, 2022. (Glyn Kirk/AFP by way of Getty Images)
Pelley stated he, Monahan and Keith Waters — a longtime European tour government who represents the International Federation of PGA Tours on the OWGR board — recused themselves.
That leaves solely the leaders of the 4 majors — Augusta National Golf Club, the U.S. Golf Association, Royal & Ancient and PGA of America — together with OWGR Chairman Peter Dawson to determine on LIV.
“I’ve not regarded on the LIV utility and I’ve not given my opinions on an utility I’ve not seen,” Pelley instructed the Telegraph. “So, so far as LIV goes, we’re not concerned in it and haven’t any affect or say in what transpires.”
The developments come per week after LIV Golf introduced a tv partnership with The CW, wherein the weekend rounds can be televised within the U.S. and the Friday spherical can be out there on the community’s app.
