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☆ Phil Mickelson and three other golfers drop out of antitrust suit against PGA Tour
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Jack Stebbins | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Phil Mickelson and three other LIV golfers have dropped out of an antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour. Mickelson and 10 other LIV-affiliated players had filed a suit against the PGA Tour in August after the tour suspended them for their participation in the rival LIV Golf league. The PGA Tour declined to comment. The Justice Department is also probing into the PGA Tour for its possible antitrust violations tied to LIV Golf. When the lawsuit was initially filed, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan stood by the decision to suspend the LIV-affiliated players.

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterGolf - The 150th Open Championship - Old Course, St Andrews, Scotland, Britain - July 15, 2022 Phil Mickelson of the U.S. at the 2nd tee during the second round REUTERS/Phil NobleWASHINGTON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Golfer Phil Mickelson and other notable golfers dropped out of a lawsuit on Tuesday which had been filed against the PGA Tour last month over its decision to suspend players who participated on the new LIV Golf circuit. Mickelson asked to be dismissed from the lawsuit along with Talor Gooch, Ian Poulter and Hudson Swafford. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Diane Bartz, Editing by Franklin Paul and Chizu NomiyamaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ U.S. win Presidents Cup as Internationals go down fighting
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Sep 25, 2022; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; Team USA captain Davis Love III celebrates with the trophy during the singles match play of the Presidents Cup golf tournament at Quail Hollow Club. Robbed of top players who defected to the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Series, the depleted Internationals were expected to be easy pickings for an American squad packed with nine players in the world's top 15. The Internationals, with a record eight Presidents Cup debutants in their 12-man squad, kept the outcome in doubt until late into Sunday's singles when Xander Schauffele beat Canada's Corey Conners 1-up to register the winning point. "But being the big, big, big favorite carries a little bit of weight. Thomas, who won his first of two PGA Championships at Quail Hollow in 2017, was first off to chants of "USA, USA" taking on South Korea's Kim Si-woo.

☆ South Korea form backbone of International team's Presidents Cup hopes
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Im Sung-jae, Kim Si-woo, Tom Kim and K.H. "Four guys is fantastic, in 2003 it was just me in South Africa, very difficult," Choi told reporters on Wednesday. Im and Tom Kim were among the six automatic qualifiers while Lee and Kim Si-woo were two of Immelman's captain's picks. Adding Japan's Hideki Matsuyama, a record five Asian players are represented on the International squad. "When you look at our team, what we're trying to tap into is the international team represents billions of people all over the world.

☆ International underdogs up for Presidents Cup fight
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Sep 21, 2022; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; The International Team poses for a team photo during a practice day for the Presidents Cup golf tournament at Quail Hollow Club. Even the American players have expressed sympathy for the challenge facing Immelman who will send a out record eight debutants into the Presidents Cup at the Quail Hollow Club. "It's never been done before, and I'm not a stats guy, but I'm going to say the percentage of it being done is very low. "We've still got to go out there and compete, and there's still a really good international team over there with a lot of up and coming players. Being installed as the favourite is not a new experience for the U.S. when it comes to the Presidents Cup, but seldom have the predictions of a runaway rout been so sweeping.

☆ Goldman Sachs insiders say they are concerned about CEO David Solomon's push to build his personal brand, pointing to staff help for his DJing and use of the firm's planes
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Dakin Campbell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

As David Solomon, Goldman Sachs' CEO, was wrapping up a work trip in late July, he boarded the company's Gulfstream G650 for Chicago. His personal account cites his role as Goldman Sachs' CEO, while his official Goldman Sachs account links to his personal account. As CEO, Solomon has overseen the firm's first investor day, launched a strategic update, and reaped record revenue of $59.3 billion in 2021. The Goldman representative disputed that characterization, saying the number of executive TV appearances has more than doubled over the past year. A Goldman representative said that Payback is run by music-industry consultants and that no Goldman Sachs resources are used for the platform.

☆ Presidents Cup overshadowed by prospect of PGA v LIV Royal Rumble
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Asked on Tuesday if there ever were a PGA Tour v LIV Golf showdown would he play in it, Sam Burns did not hesitate. Horschel acknowledged the appeal of a PGA v LIV contest, but noted that the PGA Tour had nothing to gain from such an event. said Horschel, adding that a PGA Tour v LIV Golf showdown has been discussed. "So it's really a lose-lose for the PGA Tour in that situation, and LIV's got everything to gain from it." "It's a big hypothetical," said world number one Scottie Scheffler of a PGA Tour v LIV Golf faceoff.

☆ Immelman sought PGA Tour explanation for Oosthuizen's Presidents Cup ban
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Oosthuizen, who has played in the last four editions of the Presidents Cup, had hoped that by resigning from the PGA Tour, which runs the Presidents Cup, he would remain eligible for the match-play event at Quail Hollow Club. The PGA Tour has suspended members who competed in LIV Golf events from playing on the U.S.-based circuit and said anyone else who makes the jump will face the same fate. "My understanding is that he made particular announcements and allowed himself to be used in different marketing campaigns and announcements once he was not given the release from the PGA Tour," Immelman told reporters at Quail Hollow Club. "Every single player that I spoke to from early on in this process knew exactly what the situation and the consequences were going to be," said Immelman. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto Editing by Toby DavisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ LIV Golf players urge OWGR chairman to grant ranking points
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"To maintain trust, we urge you – as one of the true statesmen of sports - to act appropriately to include, on a retroactive basis, the results of LIV Golf events in OWGR's ranking calculations," the players wrote. According to the OWGR website, the ranking points breakdown is derived from each tournament's total field rating and points are awarded players who make the cut and complete an event, subject to their finishing position in the tournament. LIV Golf's 54-hole events do not have a cut. LIV Golf, which last weekend had 12 major champions in the field, has lured some of the game's biggest names away from the PGA Tour with the promise of guaranteed, big-money paydays and a reduced schedule. Critics say LIV Golf, which is bankrolled by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, amounts to blatant "sportswashing" by a nation trying to improve its reputation in light of its history of human rights abuses.

☆ LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman visits Capitol Hill as the Saudi-backed league battles the PGA Tour
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Jack Stebbins | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

LIV CEO and commissioner Greg Norman watches play on the third hole during the final round of the LIV Golf Invitational Series Chicago at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Illinois. LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman will be visiting Capitol Hill this week to meet with members of Congress, as the Saudi-backed league tangles with the PGA Tour. The LIV Golf league was founded as a competitor to the PGA Tour and is financed by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund. LIV has already poached major golfers such as Phil Mickelson from the PGA Tour, and Norman himself is a former tour star. The LIV Saudi Golf League is not that.

☆ Smith calls for resolution on ranking points after LIV win
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Sep 18, 2022; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Cameron Smith poses with the trophy after finishing with a -13 to win the Invitational Chicago LIV Golf tournament at Rich Harvest Farms. Mandatory Credit: Jamie Sabau-USA TODAY SportsSept 18 (Reuters) - Cameron Smith, who claimed his maiden LIV Golf victory on Sunday, said a decision on whether he and other competitors on the Saudi Arabia-backed series will receive world rankings points needs to be made soon. LIV Golf, which held its fifth event this week in Chicago, applied for recognition in golf's world rankings - which play a key role in deciding entry into golf's four majors - in July and their file remains under review. Smith was one of 12 major champions in the 48-player LIV Golf field this week at Rich Harvest Farms where he secured a three-shot win. Organisers of the majors have not changed their qualifying rules but Smith, who earned $4 million for his LIV Golf win and is ranked third in the world, could one day find himself on the outside looking in as, for now, he can no longer earn world ranking points.

☆ No LIV players but rebel circuit set to dominate Presidents Cup
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The PGA Tour organises the Presidents Cup while LIV Golf, bankrolled by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, has been busy poaching players, luring away some of golf's biggest names with staggering sums of money. South African Louis Oosthuizen, Chile's Joaquin Niemann and Mexico's Abraham Ancer are also unavailable to International captain Trevor Immelman, who has called up a record eight Presidents Cup debutants. Australian Adam Scott, playing his 10th Presidents Cup and Japan's Hideki Matsuyama his fifth are the only members of the squad to have played in more than one event. Every other Presidents Cup has gone to the United States with the exception of 2003 in South Africa that ended in a draw. "We look forward to the Presidents Cup every time.

☆ Why Saudi Arabia's spending billions to take over professional golf
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWhy Saudi Arabia's spending billions to take over professional golfA growing number of pro golf's biggest names have been attracted to the deep pockets of the LIV Golf tour, which is backed by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund. The PGA Tour, in response, has changed the way its top players get paid.

☆ Is this Nigerian teen the next women's golf prodigy?
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-22 | by ( Jackie Prager | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

She remembers the day her dad took her to a golf course in Abuja, where she saw a boy teeing off. As she continues to make a name for herself and her country, Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari is taking notice. "He just keeps playing golf and he really loves the sport, even though he's not winning." Hide Caption 6 of 8 Photos: Golf's greatest-ever prodigies Arguably the greatest golfer never to go pro, Bobby Jones is one of the sport's most influential figures. According to the Nigerian Golf Federation, there are only 58 courses in the country.

☆ Whoop CFO Tricia Gugler shares how the booming health-tech company uses capital to innovate
▼ + stars: | 2021-12-09 | by ( Lily Katzman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

CFO Tricia Gugler told Insider about how it's staying disciplined when deploying capital. Whoop said the influx of capital elevated it to one of the most successful stand-alone human-performance companies in the world. The company recently announced the creation of a Women's Performance Collective which supports product development and research around women's performance. Preparing for a future capital structureWhile Whoop isn't publicly traded, Gugler said Whoop would be ready if it chose to go public. "We are very happy being a private company, but do believe WHOOP can be a successful company in the public markets," Gugler said.

☆ Discovery и MEGOGO объявляют о стратегическом партнерстве в Молдове и на 12 других рынках Восточной Европы и Азии
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-10 | by ( Сайт | Комсомольской Правды | ) kp.md time to read: +6 min

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