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Saudi Golf Executive: I’ll create new majors if LIV defectors are banned from traditional big four
There’s been speculation that the major championships may be holding LIV Golf members out of the four major championships during the 2023 season.
At the moment, it remains up in the air. However, if the players are indeed banned from participating, Majed Al Sorour, the chief executive of Golf Saudi who’s heavily involved with LIV Golf, has an idea of his own.
According to Zach Helfand of The New Yorker, LIV Golf will create their own major championships if the players can’t participate in the traditional ones.
In the interview, Sorour states that he believes the major championships are leaning towards siding with the PGA TOUR and keeping LIV golfers out.
“For now, the majors are siding with the Tour, and I don’t know why,” he said.
Sorour then added:
“If the majors decide not to have our players play? I will celebrate. I will create my own majors for my players. Honestly, I think all the tours are being run by guys who don’t understand business.”
If LIV is forced to create their own majors, Sorour didn’t specualte as to whether their “own majors” would be tournaments that are currently scheduled or additional events.
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‘You’re f***ing hilarious, aren’t you?’ – Shane Lowry snaps at spectator during WGC Match Play
It’s been a struggle for Shane Lowry throughout his career at the WGC Dell Technologies Match Play. Since 2019, the Irishman is now 3-6 at the event prior to the 2023 version of the event.
The struggles continued on Wednesday for Lowry as he found himself two down to Taylor Montgomery on the 17th hole when a fan said something to him after his tee shot.
The frustration finally showed through and Lowry snapped back at the fan.
“You’re f***ing hilarious ,aren’t you?”
Shane Lowry not a happy bunny ?? pic.twitter.com/0V1gHa7kJX
— Andy Roberts (@AndyRobertsGolf) March 22, 2023
Laura Davies on Sky Sports reacted immediately, saying “Apologies for the language.”
Lowry will give it another crack tomorrow as he faces off against Mackenzie Hughes on Thursday at 11:59 A.M. EDT.
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Holly Sanders, who was a host on Golf Channel working on “School of Golf” and “Playing Lesson with the Pros,” before going to Fox Sports until 2019.
According to her post on Twitter, the 34-year-old is about to be back in the world of sports in the form of a topless sports league.
@holly_sonders announces the launch of her new topless sports league, and suffice it to say, there are NO complaints over here. https://t.co/Mo6CCS0GB0 pic.twitter.com/MTXvazik3f
— Chulo Magazine (@ChuloMagazine) March 20, 2023
Sonders also made an Instagram post about her new venture, saying she was still looking to “add talent” to the league.
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“I will be watching over all operations making sure the content is of the highest quality possible, and that the girls are safe, having fun and enjoying themselves. This league is owned by women and will be run by women. Feminists should praise this as it’s creating opportunities for women.”
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LPGA Tour superstar Nelly Korda recently signed a deal with both TaylorMade and Nike. In a promotional Instagram video for TaylorMade, Korda was hitting the Stealth 2 driver.
The post read: #Fargiveness with a view. ? #TeamTaylorMade is gearing up for a big week in Arizona and striping their #Stealth2Drivers around Superstition Mountain.”
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However, the post didn’t go as planned, with some users comparing Korda to Rickie Fowler because of her wardrobe choice, while one user simply said: “Orange pants with red shoes? Bruh for real?”
Korda responded on Instagram shortly after, saying “Don’t hate me for my Orange pants and red shoes,” she wrote. “It was a bit of a wardrobe malfunction.”
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jgpl001
Nov 10, 2022 at 4:27 am
Yeah, the Khashoggi Open or Masters has a good ring to it, go for it boneheads!
BJ
Oct 20, 2022 at 6:30 pm
What if they make it a open event, full field with a cut for their majors. And first gets 15 million?
You think people wont watch that? The chance to see some Monday qualifier have a chance to change his life. Those 4 majors would qualify for points by everyones standards as well…..Thats when Ill start watching lol
BJ
Oct 20, 2022 at 6:31 pm
Them… open events.
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Chuck
Oct 19, 2022 at 2:42 pm
I’m as big a LIV/Trump hater as anybody you can find. But I hope that the majors don’t “ban” any currently-eligible/exempt players. As a trial and appellate lawyer, I’d hate to see them get sued, and create some bad law.
Let the exempt players play, while their exemptions remain in effect. Let them all try to qualify for the US Open and Open Championship like anybody else. (They may be forced into local qualifying!) Let the small handful of Masters winners continue to play as exempt past champions.
As for the PGA Championship, I’m not quite sure. The LIV guys have lost their PGA TOUR status; their PGA professional status is another matter.
All in all, I just don’t want to see any sort of spiteful banning help to create any good lawsuits for LIV payoff recipients.
benseattle
Oct 19, 2022 at 11:55 am
The Saudi Golf Tour has so much money that they can finance a trip back in time to create a major that was started BEFORE the British Open. They have so much money that they can purchase the Naming Rights to deceased golfers so that even their new “majors” will claim that winners include names such as Hogan, Snead, Palmer and Sarazen. They have so much money that purses will be $500 million with $100 million to the winner. And still…. nobody will watch. For people who “understand business,” the Saudi Golf Tour has to be the worst investment Mohammed bin Salman has ever made.
OrangeClown
Oct 19, 2022 at 9:02 am
tRump will get involved and it will be the best thing, they will have a plan in 2 weeks, all the best people will be working on it.
McLovin
Oct 19, 2022 at 8:57 am
“They don’t understand business” says the guy who has no sponsors, no broadcasts, and online viewership that has dropped from 100k to 25k people.
Weird Science
Oct 19, 2022 at 8:22 am
Cha right Chet! Good luck “creating” your own majors.
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Bob
Oct 19, 2022 at 1:34 am
Go ahead. Call them superduper majors even. Still no OWGR points for your ponies. LOL!
Bob loves @nal
Oct 19, 2022 at 9:21 am
Bawhaha