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  • Thursday, 2 February, 2023
    Donald Trump
    Trump’s Scottish golf courses trapped in lossmaking bunker

    Two resorts lost £4.4mn in 2021 hit by Covid curbs, Brexit and staff shortages

  • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
    Saudi-backed LIV Golf to air on CW Network

    Breakaway tour had struggled to find a home on channels with existing commitments to PGA

  • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
    Scotland’s R&A joins sports streaming rush to find golf fans

    The organiser of the game’s oldest tournament plans to use platform to grow its audience

  • Wednesday, 9 November, 2022
    News in-depthSport2 min
    LIV Golf is shaking up the sport | FT Scoreboard

    It’s captured some star names, but the PGA is fighting back, says Josh Noble

  • Friday, 7 October, 2022
    Media
    Saudi-backed LIV Golf searches for US broadcaster

    Finding a partner will be critical in establishing new league as competitor to PGA Tour

  • Wednesday, 10 August, 2022
    PGA Tour Inc.
    PGA can block golfers who joined Saudi-backed rival from playoffs, judge rules

    Players allege unfair ban after joining start-up circuit backed by Saudi sovereign wealth fund

  • Wednesday, 3 August, 2022
    PGA Tour Inc.
    Phil Mickelson leads golf stars in antitrust lawsuit against PGA Tour

    Case is the latest point of friction in dominant US tour’s battle against Saudi-backed upstart LIV

  • Friday, 29 July, 2022
    Sujeet Indap
    Golf may be changing but its lure for men behaving badly remains

    A former US Congressman’s arrest for information trading post match is the latest indication of the sport’s challenges cleaning up its act

  • Monday, 11 July, 2022
    US antitrust authorities probe PGA Tour over response to Saudi rival LIV

    Battle between elite golf circuit and new challenger has divided the sport

  • Saturday, 9 July, 2022
    FT CollectionsData rich: the numbers behind corporate news
    LIV golfers put money ahead of prestige

    Series courts controversy as appearance fees and winnings draw players despite Saudi links

  • Saturday, 2 July, 2022
    Scoreboard
    The unlikely alliance between Real Madrid and Barcelona Premium content

    Why golf has a problem with Saudi money, the cost of Raducanu’s Wimbledon exit, and more

  • Friday, 24 June, 2022
    European Tour fines Saudi golf defectors £100,000 each in battle for game’s future

    UK golfer Lee Westwood and others punished as traditional European and US circuits align against new series

  • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
    PGA Tour chief accuses breakaway LIV of trying ‘to buy game of golf’

    Prize money raised, but head admits he cannot compete in ‘arms race’ with Saudi cash as another star defects

  • Thursday, 16 June, 2022
    FT MagazineRobert Shrimsley
    From golf to arms, it’s always about the money, dummy

    The biggest stars don’t care enough about human rights violations — neither do their governments

  • Saturday, 11 June, 2022
    Sport
    Why the golf establishment fears Saudi Arabia’s rebels Premium content

    Plus, takeaways from the $4.65bn Denver Broncos sale, the inside story of Elliott’s AC Milan sale, and more

  • Saturday, 11 June, 2022
    Lex
    LIV golf tour: above-par rewards come to the fore for veterans Premium content

    A tournament featuring pub quiz-style team names is novel enough; the prize money is something else

  • Thursday, 9 June, 2022
    PGA Tour suspends 17 golfers for joining Saudi rival LIV

    Phil Mickelson among those competing in lucrative new tournament

  • Saturday, 26 February, 2022
    Scoreboard
    Inside Russia’s soft power political football Premium content

    Plus, how Phil Mickelson accidentally derailed Saudi Arabia’s global golf ambitions, the economics of sports streaming, and more

  • Thursday, 25 November, 2021
    The Big Read
    Disrupting golf: the Saudi-backed plan to shake up the sport

    Inspired by cricket’s Indian Premier League, a company owned by the Public Investment Fund is exploring new formats for the game

  • Friday, 5 November, 2021
    South Korea Politics & Policy
    South Korean golf club bans Japanese cars to ‘honour’ ancestors’ fight against occupation

    Parking decree exposes difficulties of forming a US-led Asian alliance to confront China

  • Friday, 10 September, 2021
    Lex
    Vista/Foresight: green light for golf M&A Premium content

    Sports goods company bets on technology bringing new players to the game

  • Tuesday, 29 June, 2021
    Trump golf course dispute with New York heads to court

    City cites Capitol riot for ending deal with brand ‘synonymous with an insurrection’

  • Monday, 14 June, 2021
    Residential
    Five of the world’s best homes for sale for golfers

    Above par property close to prime 18-hole courses, from Torrey Pines to Royal St George's

  • Monday, 12 April, 2021
    Matsuyama becomes first Japanese player to win the Masters

    Narrow victory after late drama at Augusta secures Japan’s first men’s golf major championship

  • Friday, 9 April, 2021
    Lex
    Golf/country clubs: the drive for $1m memberships Premium content

    The loftier the bar, the greater demand will be from the status-conscious wealthy

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