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☆ Miles Russell: The US 15-year-old golfer who’s making history – and then some
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

But Miles Russell is no ordinary 15-year-old. In doing so, high school freshman Russell became the youngest player on record (since 1983) to notch a top-25 finish on the PGA Tour or the Korn Ferry Tour. Before turning 18, players are not eligible for non-member Korn Ferry Tour Points toward Special Temporary Membership. As the youngest player at the tournament by far, there was plenty of pressure on Russell throughout. “But good play is always good, and [it’s] definitely confidence-boosting to finish where we’re going to finish today.”

Persons: Miles Russell, Gipper Finau, Russell wasn’t, Russell, Korn, ” Russell, “, Douglas P, ”, ” Russell –, – Organizations: CNN, Lakewood, Jacksonville Beach, PGA Tour, Veritex Bank, Texas Rangers Golf Club, American Junior Locations: Utah, Saturday’s, Arlington

☆ Insider Today: Skip the supplements
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Joi-Marie Mckenzie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. The singer's rollout strategy for "The Tortured Poets Department" — releasing zero singles and barely promoting — is a true power move. Bernadette RankinThis week's dispatchGet into destination dupesAre you sick of high prices to travel to your favorite destination across the pond? AdvertisementAccording to Expedia, one of the biggest trends of 2024 is destination dupes — places where you can travel for way less. More of this week's top reads:The Insider Today team: Joi-Marie McKenzie, editor-in-chief, in New York.

Persons: —, Taylor, Bernadette Rankin, Expedia, That's, Graham Denholm, Chelsea Jia Feng, Taylor Swift, Amy Sussman, WireImage, Alex Garland, Garland, Michael Pollan, Tabitha Soren, subjug, Tyler Le, Broccoli, Carl Juste, Rebecca Zisser, Birkin, Robert Durst, Riley Keough, Lily Gladstone fictionalizes, Joi, Marie McKenzie, Jordan Parker Erb, Dan DeFrancesco, Lisa Ryan Organizations: Service, Department, Business, Boeing, Danish, Mount, Rights Management, Chelsea, Poets Department, Defense, Food, Miami Herald, Tribune, Getty, Augusta National Golf, Hulu Locations: California, Copenhagen, Netherlands, Mount Vernon , Washington, Paris, New York City, New York

☆ Five things that are hard to get even if you're pretty rich
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementHere are five things that are hard to do even if you're considered rich. The tournament is a favorite of the rich, and wealthy golf fanatics flock to Georgia during the first full week of April to attend. AdvertisementSecuring an apartment in this New York City co-op buildingThe River House sits along the East River of New York City. The 26-floor Art Deco River House is considered one of the most exclusive places to live in New York City. Its original location in New York City is one of the toughest reservations to secure.

Persons: —, Kevin C, Cox, Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Stanley Druckenmiller, Atlantide Phototravel, Richard Nixon, Joan Crawford, Diane Keaton, Uma Thurman, Henry Kissinger, Birkin, Carl Juste, Rebecca Zisser, It's, Rao's, Frank Pellegrino Jr, They're, Pellegrino, Cartier Cheich, Arnold Jerocki, Cartier, Gaston Rahier Organizations: Service, Business, Augusta National Golf, Augusta National Golf Club, National Golf, Bloomberg, Miami Herald, Tribune, Getty, Google, Town, New York Times, Forbes, Cartier Locations: Georgia, New York City, Atlantide, East, there's, New York, Paris, Dakar

☆ 5 things that are hard to get even if you're pretty rich
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementWealth grants access to a lot, but even the wealthy can't just buy anything. AdvertisementHere are five things that are hard to do even if you're considered rich. The tournament is a favorite of the rich, and wealthy golf fanatics flock to Georgia during the first full week of April to attend. AdvertisementSecuring an apartment in this New York City co-op buildingThe River House sits along the East River of New York City. Its original location in New York City is one of the toughest reservations to secure.

Persons: —, Kevin C, Cox, Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Stanley Druckenmiller, Atlantide Phototravel, Richard Nixon, Joan Crawford, Diane Keaton, Uma Thurman, Henry Kissinger, Birkin, Carl Juste, Rebecca Zisser, they're, It's, coowner Frank Pellegrino Jr, Delish, Pellegrino, Cartier Cheich, Arnold Jerocki, Cartier, Forbes, Gaston Rahier Organizations: Augusta National, Service, Augusta National Golf, Augusta National Golf Club, National Golf, Bloomberg, Deal, Miami Herald, Tribune, Getty, Business, Google, Town, New York Times, Cartier Locations: Georgia, New York City, Atlantide, East, there's, New York, Paris, Dakar

☆ The Masters bubble: No phones and no news – a rare escape from reality
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Don Riddell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Augusta National CNN —A ticket to the Masters, known as a badge, is one of the most elusive items in all of sports. The use of cell phones is strictly prohibited on the property of Augusta National, meaning that patrons – fans at the Masters – quickly become oblivious to outside events. Or you come to the Masters.”During these times of heightened international tensions, that makes Augusta National feel like one of the most isolated places on earth. Maddie Meyer/Getty ImagesIt’s hard to make an argument against Augusta’s restrictive cell phone policies. “For her, the liberation of being without a cell phone was absolutely spectacular,” he said.

Persons: “, Mike Rawl, azaleas, Louisa Cranford, ”, ” Cranford, Warren Little, Billy Payne, Fred Ridley, Brian Snyder, Scottie Scheffler, Meredith, Ted Scott, Maddie Meyer, O.J, Simpson, they’d, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Rachelle Rawl, Bob Nesbit, who’s Organizations: Augusta National CNN, CNN, Augusta, CBS, Reuters, Mental, Columbia University’s Department of Psychiatry, Hooters, McDonalds, Washington, Golf Locations: Augusta, Israel, American

Seventy-five years ago this past week, Sam Snead won the Masters Tournament and became the first champion to receive one of Augusta National Golf Club’s green jackets. Since the start of the month, Lottie Woad has captured the Augusta National Women’s Amateur. More than 30 past Masters winners gathered for dinner to honor Jon Rahm, last year’s champion, and Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Tom Watson hit tee shots to start this year’s tournament. On Sunday, someone — perhaps someone new, perhaps someone already admitted to the locker room reserved for past champions — will win the 88th Masters. But this past week, all of the possibilities seemed to be on greater display than usual.

Persons: Sam Snead, Lottie Woad, Jon Rahm, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Tom Watson, —, peered skyward, Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Woods Organizations: Augusta, Augusta National Locations: Augusta, men’s

But this week’s dinner was overshadowed by the fight between the PGA Tour and the Saudi-backed LIV Golf series that has split the sport. The only certainties, according to insiders who have spoken to DealBook, are that a final agreement isn’t imminent after a series of deadlines have come and gone. And whatever happens between the PGA and LIV may permanently shape the future of professional sports. The 2023 winner, Jon Rahm, designed a menu that reflected his roots in the Basque region of northern Spain. There was, however, a bitter taste to his triumphant return: He quit the PGA Tour for LIV almost four months ago.

Persons: LIV, Jon Rahm Organizations: Augusta National Golf Club, PGA Tour, PGA Locations: Saudi, Basque, Spain

An Augusta National Golf Club green jacket hangs on the wall, and 81 televisions show the theatrics and athletic brilliance unfolding on the emerald grounds that host the Masters Tournament. Entrance to this particular sanctum, christened Map & Flag in a nod to the Masters’s storied logo, runs $17,000 per person for the week of golf’s first major tournament. And Map & Flag is not even perched on the 18th green. It is across the street from Augusta National. The hope is that refined appeals to deep-pocketed fans will result in over-the-top spending, bigger profits and lasting loyalty.

Organizations: Augusta National Golf, Augusta National Locations: Paris, Southern, Augusta

☆ The Landline’s Not Dead (at Least at the Masters)
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( Alan Blinder | Doug Mills | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In Georgia, an old-fashioned custom keeps one of the country’s most beloved golf tournaments connected to its past. They call to offer up weather reports, food reviews, golf commentaries, celebrity sightings, souvenir spending confessions, legal advice and trips down memory lane. Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia has long forbidden cellphones for almost anyone inside its gates for the Masters Tournament, which is scheduled to conclude Sunday. “Dad, it’s Ali,” Ali Daschbach began this past week. She paused, a shared moment of anticipation stretching from a phone near the 17th green in east Georgia to Washington State.

Persons: ”, Dad, it’s Ali, ” Ali Daschbach Organizations: Augusta, Golf Club, Washington State Locations: Georgia, Augusta, Washington

☆ 10 of the most exclusive golf clubs in the world — and how to get in
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-12 | by ( Mykenna Maniece | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The prestigious golf tournament, which is the first major event on the PGA Tour, is held in Augusta, Georgia, at the Augusta National Golf Club. "There's a huge amount of very exclusive clubs all over the world. Advertisement"I think that there's two different ways to look at why a club is exclusive and one of them is the quality of the golf course. Sometimes, the golf course has so much history behind it that the club becomes extremely exclusive by default because of the importance of the golf course," said Carrega. So, in case you never have the opportunity to befriend Tiger Woods or win the lottery, here's a peek at 10 of the most exclusive golf clubs in the world.

Persons: —, Phil Knight, Bill Gates, Barnabas Carrega, Tiger Woods Organizations: Service, PGA, Augusta National Golf, Business, Nike Locations: Augusta , Georgia, Augusta

Learn moreThe Masters Tournament is officially here and the competition for the elusive green jacket is underway. We've laid out all of your watch options for the Masters tournament, including the Masters website's free live stream option. Where to watch Masters in the USThere are a few US-based watch options, which vary depending on the day. The cheapest version is the free live stream offered through the Masters website, which should show most of the tournament. Hulu + Live TV Hulu + Live TV includes over 90 channels, along with Hulu's on-demand library and access to Disney Plus and ESPN Plus.

Persons: Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods, Woods, We've, Hulu's, ExpressVPN Organizations: Business, Augusta, Masters, CBS Sports, ESPN, CBS, Hulu, Disney Plus, Paramount, Showtime, Paramount Plus, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, BET, MTV

☆ Welcome to the Masters, a staple of the billionaire's social calendar
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

In today's big story, we're doing a deep dive into the golf tournament at one of the most exclusive clubs in the world . Mike Ehrmann/Getty ImagesHarvard University alumni, Goldman Sachs partners, Birkin bag owners — those exclusive groups are nothing compared to an Augusta National Golf Course membership. The Masters Tournament, the first of four men's major golf tournaments, kicks off today , write Business Insider's Madeline Berg and Taylor Rains. Since it's almost impossible to check out Augusta National otherwise, the Masters has become a staple of the billionaire's social calendar. Augusta National runs a lottery system for them.

Persons: —, Mike Ehrmann, Goldman Sachs, Birkin, Madeline Berg, Taylor, it's, Cork Gaines, aren't, Joe Ciolli, didn't, Chelsea Jia Feng, Bill Smead, Brad Porter, Elon Musk's, Y, Paul Graham, Alyssa Powell, Larry Ellison, David Ellison, Larry Ellison's, Dan DeFrancesco, Jordan Parker Erb, Hallam Bullock, George Glover Organizations: Business, Service, Getty Images Harvard University, Augusta, Waste, bros, Augusta National, Renaissance Technologies, Sigma, Robotics, Amazon Robotics, xAI, Paramount, Oracle, Google, JPMorgan, SpaceX Locations: Augusta, swag, Chelsea, D.E, Shaw's Valence, New York, London

☆ Big donation to Rudy Giuliani defense fund is target of lawsuit alleging fraud by donor
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

There is no public evidence that Giuliani and Martorano know each other. Giuliani spokesman Ted Goodman, in an email to CNBC, said "This is a lawsuit unrelated to us." CNBC requested comment from lawyers for Martorano, his wife, and the other defendants in both the Georgia lawsuit and a federal civil racketeering and fraud lawsuit in California related to the alleged skincare cream scam. In her ruling, the judge wrote that the plaintiff "has shown by a preponderance of the evidence that Konnektive Defendants deceived banks and credit card companies." "The Konnektive software was designed specifically for the purpose of facilitating automated bank fraud," according to the federal suit.

Persons: Rudy Giuliani, Bonnie Cash, Rudy Giuliani's, Matthew Martorano, Giuliani, Donald Trump, Trump, —, Martorano, Kevin Kneupper, LeAnne Tan, Ted Goodman, Kathryn Martorano, Konnektive, Kneupper, San Diego judge's, Don Emmert Organizations: New York, U.S, Reuters, New York City, CNBC, La, Visa, Mastercard, Fulton County Superior Court, San Diego, Federal, New, Trump National Golf, AFP, Getty, Trump Save America, Save, Commission Locations: Washington , U.S, Georgia, Martorano, Fulton County, California, San Diego, San, New York, Bedminster , New Jersey

☆ The Masters merch scene is a feeding frenzy unlike anything I've ever seen before
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Joe Ciolli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementWhen the Masters golf tournament starts this Thursday, those watching on TV will be treated to the usual assortment of visuals: lush green grass, immaculate flower beds, and the world's greatest players putting on a show. But at the actual tournament, an even fiercer competition will be raging behind the scenes: the battle for authentic Masters merch. It stretched back 50 feet from the actual entrance, which was followed by a series of winding metal gates reminiscent of a TSA checkpoint. AdvertisementA sea of people near the entrance of the Masters golf shop, on April 9, 2024. It's also possible people are less merch-obsessed from Thursday to Sunday when the actual tournament is going on.

Persons: didn't, —, Tiger Woods, Scottie Scheffler, Christian Petersen, wasn't, would've, It's, Ben Jared, they'd Organizations: Service, Masters, Augusta National Golf Club, eBay, TSA, Disney, Forbes Locations: swag, snaking, merch

☆ Generative AI is allowing golf fans to get closer to the Masters Tournament than ever before. Here's how.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Sponsor Post | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

That's because Augusta National, undeniably beautiful and impeccably maintained, is deceivingly difficult, with subtle defenses not always obvious to the casual observer. To get fans closer to the Masters than ever before, IBM worked with the Masters digital team to infuse generative AI into the 2024 Masters app. First, these models need to be fueled by an organization's trusted data. In tech industry circles, there's a tendency to count parameters or tokens to quantify the power of an AI model. We can manage the lifecycle of their AI models, from curating their trusted data, to training open-source foundation models, and managing and monitoring the results.

Persons: Noah Syken, impeccably, we've Organizations: Sports, Entertainment Partnerships, IBM, Augusta, Augusta National, National, Masters, Augusta National Golf Club, Insider Studios

☆ Billionaire golf fans' favorite tournament, the Masters, kicks off this week in Augusta
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Madeline Berg | Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The Masters Tournament begins this week at Augusta National Golf Club. That's thanks to the Masters Tournament, the first in an annual run of major professional golf championships and a favorite of the superrich. Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice became one of the first women to join Augusta National in 2012. But if you're not a member, you're not invited by a member, you're not getting on Augusta National." The names of Augusta National members are kept confidential, though their green jackets are a tell.

Persons: Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, —, Dirk Ziff, Stanley Druckenmiller —, Barnabas Carrega, Carrega, State Condoleezza Rice, Timothy A, Clary, weren't, Darla Dee Moore, Richard Rainwater, Augusta National's, Billy Casper, Horton Smith, Jamie Squire, Phil Knight —, Robert Rowling, Herbert Allen Jr, David Duffield, Ernest Garcia, Greg Mondre, Garth Brooks, Luke Bryan, Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods, that's Organizations: Augusta National Golf, Private, Service, Michelin, Golf, Bloomberg, State, Augusta National, Getty, Augusta, Augusta Regional Airport, Nike, reselling, Ticketmaster Locations: Augusta , Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, United States, Carvana

☆ The Five Players to Watch at the Masters
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Michael Arkush | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

No golfer has repeated as the champion of the Masters Tournament, which begins on Thursday at Augusta National Golf Club, since Tiger Woods successfully defended his crown in 2002. Such is the challenge facing Spain’s Jon Rahm, who closed with a 69 last year to secure his second major title. Here are five other players to watch:Scottie SchefflerThe strong favorite will be Scheffler, who is so precise from tee to green. 1 in the world, Scheffler turned in a six-under 66 in the final round to capture the Arnold Palmer Invitational last month. One week later, he shot an eight-under 64 to rally to win his second consecutive Players Championship, which no player had done since the tournament — considered the unofficial fifth major — began in 1974.

Persons: Tiger Woods, Jon Rahm, Rahm, LIV Golf, Scottie Scheffler, he’s, Scheffler, Arnold Palmer, — Organizations: Augusta National Golf Club, Tiger, United, LIV, Arnold Palmer Invitational

☆ The Masters: The eclipse is all anyone can talk about at Augusta National
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The total solar eclipse plunged Augusta National Golf Club into darkness shortly after 3 p.m. local time in Georgia, bringing the major’s first practice round to a standstill as players, caddies and patrons turned their gazes skyward. 1 Scottie Scheffler – though only after being provided with a pair of viewing glasses by one helpful young fan. Caddies also donned solar glasses. “This is timed up pretty good; get to watch the end of the world at Augusta National,” the American said, laughing. An eclipse hasn't coincided with Masters week since 1940.

Persons: “, Will Zalatoris, ”, Bubba Watson, Matt Slocum, Stewart Hagestad, Scottie Scheffler –, Hagestad, Scottie, Jimmy Demaret, Caddies, Warren Little, Peter Malnati, Brian Harman, Adam Cairns, Corey Conners, Conners Organizations: CNN, Golf, PGA, Augusta National, Reuters Locations: Georgia, USA

☆ To Choose the Menu, Just Win the Masters
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Alan Blinder | Doug Mills | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The winner of the Masters Tournament gets a green jacket, an elegantly engraved trophy and a lifetime invitation to play one of the most revered events in professional golf. He also has the chance to plan a dinner the next spring for other Masters winners (and to pick up the check for one of the most exclusive evenings in sports). “How rare is it to get everybody like that in a room where it’s just us?” Scottie Scheffler said hours before his dinner last year with 32 fellow Masters champions and Fred S. Ridley, the chairman of Augusta National Golf Club, the site of the tournament.

Persons: Scottie Scheffler, Fred S, Ridley Organizations: Augusta National Golf Club

☆ Biden trolls Trump over golf 'championship' trophies: 'Quite the accomplishment'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Retired professional golfer Jack Nicklaus presents Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump with the 2024 Trump International Golf Club Most Improved Player award on March 24, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Florida. President Joe Biden trolled Donald Trump late Sunday after his Republican challenger bragged about winning not one but two "club championship" trophies at his own Florida golf club. The Democrat's social media team has been quick this election cycle to zing Trump as they prepare for a rematch of the 2020 election. Other social media users already roasted Trump for his boast on Truth Social, which said, "It is my great honor to be at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach tonight, AWARDS NIGHT, to receive THE CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY & THE SENIOR CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY." Tim O'Brien, a senior executive at Bloomberg Opinion, replied to Biden's clap-back, writing, "He's too nice to note that Trump is a notorious cheater at golf."

Persons: Jack Nicklaus, Donald Trump, Joe Biden trolled Donald Trump, Donald, Biden, zing Trump, Trump, Tim O'Brien Organizations: Republican, Golf, Trump International Golf Club, THE, Bloomberg Locations: West Palm Beach , Florida, Florida, West Palm

☆ Trump tried to move assets to Florida, NY officials complain in fraud-judgment filing
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

But officials say he recently tried to change the addresses for major assets from NY to Florida. AdvertisementDonald Trump tried — but failed — to switch the addresses of key assets from Trump Tower in New York to Florida, officials with the state attorney general's office said in their latest civil fraud case filing. Trump attempted to switch the Trump Tower addresses of several key assets to new addreses in Florida, state officials allege. AdvertisementFinally, Trump's lawyers claimed the "proper address" for Trump Tower in Chicago — another defendant in the fraud case — is Trump's Jupiter, Florida golf course, rather than Trump Tower in New York. In his final judgment, dated February 22, the judge uses the Manhattan Trump Tower address for all six of these defendants — not the Florida addresses Trump claimed.

Persons: Trump, —, Donald Trump, general's, Letitia James, Trump's, he's, James, Arthur Engoron, Clifford S, Robert, Donald J, Engoron, E, Jean Carroll Organizations: Service, Trump, Business, New York Attorney, Trump Revocable Trust, Trump Organization, Trump National Golf, Trump's, Post, Trump Tower, Manhattan Trump Locations: NY, Florida, New York, Manhattan, York, West Palm, Jupiter , Florida, Trump's Miami, Washington ,, Trump, Chicago

☆ Shake Shack founder Danny Meyer invests $20 million in indoor golf experience company Five Iron
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Ian Thomas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

That led Meyer to take a lesson with a golf pro on an indoor simulator, an experience that eventually led him and his investment firm, Enlighted Hospitality Investments, to make a $20 million minority investment in Five Iron Golf, an indoor golf and entertainment company. Five Iron Golf, founded in 2017, has grown as it has looked to appeal to several types of golfers, according to CEO Jared Solomon. "The core of Five Iron Golf is to be the best place for the serious golfer as well as the entertainment-type person," Solomon said. But the amount of people who are only playing golf on courses is decreasing, down 9% from the previous year. In fact, there are more players now playing at golf entertainment venues like Topgolf , standalone driving ranges, and businesses like Five Iron Golf with simulator and screen golf setups than there are players playing on a course, according to the NGF data.

Persons: Danny Meyer, hasn't, Meyer, we've, Jared Solomon, Solomon Organizations: Shake, Enlighted Hospitality Investments, National Golf Foundation Locations: U.S

Learn moreGolf season is officially here, and with it comes one of the biggest sporting events of the spring: the Masters tournament. With only a month until some of the world's greatest golfers descend on Georgia, it's a great time to find out how to get Masters tournament tickets. While original standard tickets sold out long ago, there are several resale tickets available throughout the whole tournament, from practices to competition days. How to buy tickets for the Masters 2024There are no original standard tickets left for the Masters Tournament 2024, but resale tickets are available on StubHub, Vivid Seats, and Ticketmaster. The Masters tournament live streams for free on the Masters website in the US.

Persons: it's, Jon Rahm of, we've, you'll, They're, ExpressVPN Organizations: Business, Augusta National Golf Club, Ticketmaster, US, Vivid Locations: Augusta, Georgia, Jon Rahm of Spain

☆ Getting the chance to play at The Masters isn’t easy. Just ask LIV Golf’s Joaquin Niemann
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

It’s the final two sets of criteria that are most pertinent for Niemann and LIV Golf players. Though exact criteria differs between the four major championships, all incorporate world ranking points as a viable qualifier. Why is that an issue for some LIV Golf players? Mike Ehrmann/Getty ImagesHow are LIV Golf players making it to the majors? Meanwhile LIV Golf players without such past glories to stamp their tickets to major championships are, like Niemann, crossing the globe in pursuit of alternative routes in.

Persons: LIV, LIV Golf’s Joaquin Niemann, Tiger Woods, Jon Rahm, Ross Kinnaird, Nick Dunlap –, –, Niemann, It’s, Greg Norman, Gary Davidson, Peter Dawson, LIV Golf, ” Dawson, OWGR, Tom Dulat, “ It’s, it’s, ” Niemann, “, ”, don’t, Mike Ehrmann, Japan’s Ryo Hisatsune, Fred Ridley, Brooks Koepka, Phil Mickelson, Rahm, Mike Blake, Reuters Rahm, Koepka, Cameron Smith, Adrian Meronk, Tyrell Hatton, Bryson DeChambeau, Patrick Reed, DeChambeau, Reed, Dean Burmester, David Puig jetted, Burmester, December’s Organizations: CNN, PGA, Augusta National, PGA Championship, British, Amateur, American Express, LIV Golf, LIV, OWGR, Hero Dubai, CBS, Golf, Augusta, Reuters, 152nd, Puig, Malaysian, Royal Locations: Augusta, Asia, Pacific, America, Saudi, Dubai, Chilean, South Africa, Malaysia, Johannesburg, Kuala Lumpur, Scotland

☆ Tiger Woods signs apparel and footwear deal with TaylorMade following his split with Nike
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-12 | by ( Jessica Golden | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Tiger Woods at the practice range on April 5, 2022, before the start of the 2022 Masters at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Woods says the name of the brand "Sun Day Red" is a tribute to the fact that he's always worn red on Sundays. The tiger logo is a tribute to the 15 majors he has worn over the course of his career. The brand, Sun Day Red , will be available first only online beginning in May. Tiger Woods and TaylorMade have made it official.

Persons: Tiger Woods, Woods, Tiger, TaylorMade, David Abeles, Abeles, Mark Steinberg, Michael Jordan, Eric Smallwood, Smallwood, Rory McIlroy, That's, Josh Gerben, Gerben Organizations: Augusta National Golf Club, PGA, Sun, Nike, CNBC, TaylorMade, Air, Apex Marketing, of Famer, Apex, ESPN, Ventures, Gerben, CNBC PRO Locations: Augusta , Georgia, Pacific Palisades , California, Carlsbad , California, TaylorMade, Los Angeles

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