South China Morning Post - Golf

LIV Golf’s plan for its post-PIF future includes player equity, a scaled-back league of just 10 events, and a model seeking up to US$350 million in new investment. The league’s banker, Ducera Partners, was expected to begin formally presenting a business plan to potential backers on Thursday, sources close to the move told the South China Morning Post. Reports had swirled in rec...

Jon Rahm will be returning to play in the Scottish Open for the ⁠first time since 2022, an additional ⁠tournament requirement that will clear the ⁠way for his participation in the Ryder Cup in 2027. Rahm had been in a dispute with the DP World Tour, relating to his association with LIV Golf. Rahm, 31, is one of LIV’s biggest stars and best paid golfers, having finished in the to...

The LIV injection would have pushed the total prize fund from around US$1 million (HK$7.8 million) to a record US$1.5 million for the historic tournament first played in 1958. However, on Wednesday, it released a statement saying: “The Asian Tour can confirm the prize money for the Kolon Korea Open has been revised to the original amount of 1.4 billion Korean won (US$1 million),...

Aaron Rai grew up hard-working and humble in central England, family examples developing the patterns that led to his victory on Sunday at the PGA Championship. The 31-year-old became the first English golfer since Jim Barnes in 1919 to capture the PGA crown, making four birdies and an eagle in the last 10 holes to produce a four-stroke victory at Aronimink. “It definitely feels...

Former Manchester United and England star David Beckham has become Britain’s first billionaire sportsman, according to the 2026 Sunday Times Rich List. Beckham and his wife Victoria’s collective wealth reached an estimated £1.185 billion (US$1.583 billion) this year, the Rich List compilers said. That moved them into second place in the list of the UK’s wealthiest athletes, behi...