PGA TOUR

2022 - 5 - 19

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Webb Simpson's iron switch paying off at PGA (pgatour.com)

TULSA, Okla. – While major equipment switches the week of a major are rare, one is paying off for Webb Simpson at the PGA Championship.

The biggest thing for me is when I look down I want to make sure it looks good, and then after that all I care about is the numbers and how it's going to perform out of the rough. So I might have given to a friend, but I see them in there, we bring them out, and all the numbers we tested were way better. Approach to the green is typically a strength for me; this year it's been a weakness, and I've struggled out of the rough. Simpson shot 1-under 69 at Southern Hills on Thursday. It was one of the top rounds in a breezy and blustery afternoon at the Oklahoma course. “Today felt like the golf that I know how to play. “I've had a couple of short stints with non-blades in my career but not many,” said Simpson, who had been using Titleist’s 620 MB irons.

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PGA Championship LIVE! Latest updates, news and highlights from ... (Sky Sports)

Tiger Woods returns to the venue of his 2007 PGA Championship victory; Jordan Spieth looks to complete the career Grand Slam; Jon Rahm has the opportunity ...

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Phil Mickelson “not missed” at PGA Championship dinner he was ... (Mirror.co.uk)

Phil Mickelson has been in golf exile following his comments regarding human rights in Saudi Arabia ahead of his attempt to join the LIV Golf Invitational ...

Mickelson’s agent confirmed he has asked the PGA Tour for a conflicting event release to play in the first LIV Golf Invitational series to be held June 9-11 outside London. Stockton reportedly played a crucial role in restructuring the dinner for past champions, according to Golf Channel. However, he remains away from the game after his controversial remarks. However, Mickelson - who became the oldest major champion when he claimed the PGA Championship title at Kiawah Island in 2021 - is absent from the upcoming event at Southern Hills. However, it appears Mickelson’s absence from the dinner was almost preferred. “It was a fun evening.

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Bombshell turn in $363M rebel tour as Norman ally quits — and the ... (Fox Sports)

Bombshell turn in $363M rebel tour as Norman ally quits — and the Shark is on 'the outs' too.

LIV GOLF: The looming spectre of civil war hangs over golf this week. Bratches was only in the role for six months but, according to insiders, gave the LIV tournament an ounce of credibility after a successful four-year tenure with the Formula One as managing director of commercial operations. LIV can change that. “The PGA of America and the PGA Tour have been taking advantage of the players for many years,” he wrote on his own social media platform, Truth Social. According to multiple outlets, Norman’s own position is at risk with “whispers” mounting at the US PGA Championship that the Australian was on the nose with the Saudis. On the same day the PGA Tour celebrated the focus of the sport returning to the golf course, the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational series suffered one of its biggest blows.

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Donald Trump: PGA Tour have been taking advantage of players for ... (Golfmagic.com)

Donald Trump did not hold back in his criticism of the PGA Tour as he calls on players to embrace the "very fine" Saudis.

"They can do the job right. "Take the money and run (or stay!)," Trump wrote. They're very fine people. Trump told The Firepit Collective: "I made a deal with them [LIV Golf Investments]. They're very good people. Donald Trump has sounded off on the PGA Tour on his new platform Truth as he called on players to embrace the "very fine" Saudis. Donald Trump did not hold back in his criticism of the PGA Tour as he calls on players to embrace the "very fine" Saudis.

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UPS Dumps Lee Westwood On Heels of LIV Golf Waiver Request (Sports Illustrated)

Lee Westwood had a 14-year relationship with the global courier, with its logos on his shirts and bag. He began the PGA Championship without them.

“The decision to end our partnership is a strategic business decision that allows us to focus on other initiatives. “I feel fortunate to have been with UPS for 14 years. The Public Investment Fund, an autonomous wealth fund administered by the government of Saudi Arabia, is the main shareholder.

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Donald Trump hits out at PGA Tour as Greg Norman's right-hand ... (Telegraph.co.uk)

Trump once again called for the world's best golfers to join the Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series.

LIV can change that!“ Trump wrote on his Truth Social profile, the media platform he uses since being banned by Twitter. But the venture suffered a sizeable blow this week after it emerged that Sean Bratches, LIV Golf Chief Commercial Officer, had suddenly resigned. At least Norman has Trump’s rant as consolation.

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Donald Trump Slams PGA Tour And Calls On Players To 'Embrace ... (Golf Monthly)

The former POTUS took aim at golf's status quo and encouraged players to join the new LIV Golf Series.

A number of players have requested releases to tee it up in the inaugural $25m LIV Golf Invitational next month. "Take the money and run (or stay!)," Trump wrote. "The PGA of 'America' and the PGA Tour have been taking advantage of the players for many years (not much different than charging fans $19 for a beer), and players are not happy.

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Donald Trump speaks out on Phil, Jack, Saudi Arabia and the PGA ... (GolfDigest.com)

After a reporter's story on Trump's lost 2022 PGA, the former president called unannounced to weigh in with his own thoughts.

I said I didn’t but offered that maybe he was embarrassed by the remarks he made to my colleague Alan Shipnuck about the Saudi golf investors and the PGA Tour. I said maybe he was not ready to be with his peers and face reporters. “I know [the PGA Tour] is putting a lot of pressure on the players [not to play]. I don’t think it’s legal. He knows a lot about golf and he is good at golf, although some of the scores he has reported over the years, and some of the club titles he claims, seem beyond unlikely. I said, ‘I’m gonna challenge you now for the club championship.’ Which of course he wouldn’t do, because the club championship is like a four-day deal. Near the end, Nicklaus said he had to wrap things up, because Trump and Kerry Haig, a PGA of America official, were waiting in another room to discuss possible sites for the PGA Championship, courses that would have both the Trump and Nicklaus stamps on them. I moved the 11th hole and the 10th hole out into the ocean. After Bevacqua’s move from the PGA of America to NBC Sports, in Trump’s telling, the standing of Trump Golf with the PGA of America fell. He’s a student of the game and a formidable figure in the game. “He says, ‘Uh, I would cut off my right arm for it.’ And then Pete gets hired for a fortune by NBC — not my friends, NBC — but Pete gets hired for an absolute fortune by NBC.” “And that was up to her because she’s in charge of the security. And she’s the one that turned it down because she’s in charge of security. I think you should have 10,000 soldiers wrapped around the Capitol or in the Capitol. And she said, ‘No, it won’t be a good look.’

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