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The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 11 June 2022

Saudi petro-billions, grasping champions, and a murder that just can't simply be swept under the rug. 48 years after the PGA Tour broke away, the world's leading golf organiser is suffering its own rebellion.

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Charl Schwartzel three-shots clear in pursuit of £3.2m prize after second round of LIV Golf Invitational event

South African duo Charl Schwartzel and Hennie Du Plessis led the way after the second round of the LIV Invitational event at the Centurion Club in St Alban’s.

Evening Standard

Bryson DeChambeau joins Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series

South Africa’s Branden Grace welcomed the addition of DeChambeau.

The Independent UK

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Ian Poulter to appeal PGA Tour ban of LIV Golf players as civil war continues to erupt

Ian Poulter alongside a whole host of other golf stars have received suspensions from the PGA Tour, after competing in this week’s inaugural LIV Golf Invitational Series event.

Daily Mirror

LIV Golf: Bryson DeChambeau becomes latest player to join tour

The former US Open champion joins the likes of Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson in switching to the breakaway Saudi-backed series

The Independent UK

Newcastle owners £340m double signing proves talent for disruption - but Toon may have to wait

The Saudis have blown apart golf this week by spending hundreds of millions to attract the top stars to their LIV golf events, which has further proven that the PIF has billions to spend on disrupting the world of sport

Daily Mirror

LIV Golf: London taxis, fly-bys, Grenadier guards and pots of cash - it’s still golf, but not as you know it

For all the fanfare and in-fighting, the London cabs taking players to tee off and the comic-book team names, not to mention the ludicrous sums of money involved in the LIV series, in the end, this is still just golf.

Evening Standard

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Phil Mickelson’s biographer in telling Greg Norman exchange after LIV Golf press ejection

Phil Mickelson's biographer, who released the iconic golfer's controversial comments on the Saudi regime, was ejected from the press area at the inaugural LIV Golf event on Thursday

Daily Mirror

Tim Cowlishaw: Professional golfers are setting the new standard for greed in a sports world gone mad

DALLAS — I was surprised at the voicemail that clocked in at over two minutes, the angry gentleman going off on Phil Mickelson, how he had cheered for him for 30 years and never would again, his dismay at the outright greed displayed by the man, already wealthy despite gambling…

Tribune News Service

Rory McIlroy backs PGA Tour decision to ban LIV Golf rulebreakers: ‘There are going to be consequences’

Rory McIlroy has backed the PGA Tour’s decision to boot out its 17 rebels competing in the LIV Golf series.

Evening Standard

What is LIV Golf, who is playing and how can I watch?

The inaugural event will take place at Centurion Club, St Albans this week

The Independent UK

LIV Golf: Where is the new tour being played?

The inaugural event will take place at Centurion Club, St Albans this week

The Independent UK

LIV Golf: How to watch Day 2 of new tour’s first event

The inaugural event will take place at Centurion Club, St Albans this week

The Independent UK

Absence of Tiger Woods means Phil Mickelson can take advantage at Brookline

Woods withdrew from the year’s third major in order to give his battered body more time to heal.

The Independent UK

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Chicago Tribune

Saudi-backed LIV golf tour tees up geopolitical intrigue and moral quandaries

CHICAGO — Rich Harvest Farms, a lush private golf course near Aurora, might not seem like a natural setting for geopolitical intrigue and moral quandaries, but they will arrive as surely as the morning dew when the LIV Golf Invitational Series comes to Illinois in September.

Tribune News Service

Rocket Mortgage cuts ties with paid ambassador Bryson DeChambeau

DETROIT — Rocket Mortgage has terminated its business relationship with top golfer Bryson DeChambeau, effectively immediately, over the 2020 U.S. Open winner's decision to depart the PGA Tour for the new and controversial LIV tour.

USA Today Sports Media Group

LIV Golf kicks Phil Mickelson’s biographer, Alan Shipnuck, out of news conference

Maybe Phil Mickelson has had enough of Alan Shipnuck or Greg Norman wanted to make a point.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Charl Schwartzel shoots 65, leads first-ever LIV Golf Invitational Series event in London

Just a few hours after being suspended by the PGA Tour, Charl Schwartzel took the lead in the inaugural LIV Golf.

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The Guardian - UK

LIV Series offers no sign of revolution against backdrop of golf’s civil war

The Saudi-backed series began with an inaugural event that was quickly overshadowed by the PGA Tour’s reaction

The Independent UK

Phil Mickelson draws a crowd as Saudi Arabia’s controversial LIV Golf swings into town

LIV has attempted to style itself as the future of golf but it remains to be seen whether it can deliver entertainment for Saudi Arabia’s sportswashing machine

The Independent UK

Q&A: Key talking points as controversial LIV Golf Invitational Series begins

The PGA Tour announced it was suspending the 17 players in the field who were taking part despite having been refused permission.

The Independent UK

PGA Tour decision to suspend players competing in LIV Golf gets show of support

Phil Mickelson is among 17 players competing at Centurion who have been penalised by the Tour

Irish Mirror

Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry off to flying starts at RBC Canadian Open as McIlroy praises PGA Tour's ban on LIV defectors

Both men played put together quality opening rounds to leave them high up the leaderboard after opening day

Evening Standard

LIV Golf Series: Charl Schwartzel upstages Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson on opening day

All eyes had been on Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson but the highly paid star turns of LIV Golf were upstaged on the opening day of the inaugural event by South Africa’s Charl Schwartzel.

The Independent UK

Pomp and fractures: Defectors open Saudi-funded golf series

The Saudi-funded golf breakaway has started outside London, attempting to bring a sense of faux regal pageantry to the rebellion splitting the sport

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