LIV Golf Invitational Series

Tom McKibbin shapes up for eventful new season with Team Cup matchplay duty

Young Belfast golfer, who is expected to soon join the lucrative LIV circuit, is the only non-English player on Justin Rose’s Great Britain and Ireland team

Tom McKibbin declines to comment on proposed LIV Golf move

Refusal of 22-year-old to elaborate on possible exit from PGA Tour almost as good as a guarantee he will jump ship to Saudi-backed circuit

Tom McKibbin targeted by Jon Rahm to join his LIV Golf team for next season

Move would be a huge shock as he would give up the full PGA Tour card he just earned in November

TGL simulator league might be the injection of fun that golf needs

Venture led by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy could be welcome break from the catatonic week-to-week of the PGA Tour

Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler win The Showdown over LIV duo

PGA golfers defeat Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau during competition in Las Vegas

Tom McKibbin falls off the pace at the Alfred Dunhill Championship

In LIV Golf Promotions event in Riyadh, former Walker Cup star Mark Power narrowly failed to make top 20

Mark Power clears first hurdle in quest to claim coveted LIV Golf card

Former Walker Cup star shoots a 66 and advances among 21 players who will be joined by a further 28 exempted players in the second round with the scores reset for 49 starters

Five Irish players in Saudi Arabia looking for LIV Golf tour card

Mark Power, Max Kennedy, Alex Maguire, Liam Nolan and Matt McClean will try their hand at LIV Golf Promotions

Greg Norman to be replaced as LIV Golf chief executive

Former world number one has been CEO of breakaway tour since October 2021

Patrick Reed returns to winning ways despite worst warm-up

Lauren Walsh set for high-stakes end to season, and Rory McIlroy bids farewell to a hero

Tyrrell Hatton set for Ryder Cup warm-up as LIV rebels come in from the cold

Sergio García remains suspended by the DP World Tour despite paying €1.2m in fines to rejoin the tour

Rory McIlroy backs Donald Trump and Elon Musk to secure peace deal in golf’s civil war

‘He’s got Elon Musk, who I think is the smartest man in the world, beside him’ says the world No 3

Hatton’s victory in Dunhill Links a step in the right direction for reuniting the tours

Last week at least showed it could be in everyone’s interest to have more crossover events

More than just sportswashing, Saudi’s global game is central to the kingdom’s futureproofing

Golf, snooker, boxing soccer ... Saudi Arabia’s rampant colonisation of sport continues apace

DP World Tour: Jon Rahm eyes fourth Spanish Open win as Shane Lowry stands as sole Irish contender

Playing in Spain brings LIV Golf-based player Rahm closer to Ryder Cup eligibility for Europe’s team next year

Luke Donald welcomes Jon Rahm’s LIV fines appeal in bid to feature at Ryder Cup

Two-time Major winner will now play three upcoming tournaments on DP World Tour

Shameless Trump a dreadful embarrassment to the grand old game of golf

Donald Trump doesn’t just play golf courses; he builds them, buys them, operates them, sues over them, lies about them, bullies with them and brags about them

LIV defectors Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton should be cut adrift from the Ryder Cup

European golfers aligned themselves with a repulsive regime. Could you root for them?

Graeme McDowell suspended for violating LIV’s anti-doping policy

Irish golfer’s results, and that of his team, from LIV Golf Nashville will also be disqualified

Jon Rahm calls for LIV golf event to be held in Ireland

The most likely course to host a LIV event in Ireland would be Donald Trump’s Doonbeg which was designed by LIV CEO Greg Norman

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