Key developments of LIV Golf from the first threat to the PGA Tour to the launch of the league to the decision Thursday that it will not go forward and began a wind-down of operations:
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it → go → operations
PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan sends a memo to players about a “Premier Golf League” with Saudi Arabia funding.
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Monahan → send → funding
He said if it were to become a reality, “our members will have to decide whether they want to continue to be a member of the PGA Tour or play on a new series.”
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they → say → series
Rory McIlroy becomes the first player to publicly reject the idea of the Premier Golf League.
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McIlroy → become → League
“I would like to be on the right side of history on this one,” he said.
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he → like → one
European tour officials meet with representatives of what later would become LIV Golf Investments over a plan to create a global series of events and a team golf concept.
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what → meet → events
The PGA Tour and European tour announce a strategic alliance to collaborate on scheduling, commercial opportunities and media rights.
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Tour → announce → scheduling
Greg Norman announces he will be CEO of LIV Golf Investments, which will add 10 tournaments on the Asian Tour and $200 million in prize money over the next 10 years.
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which → announce → years
“This is just the beginning,” Norman said.
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Norman → say → ?
Feb. 2, 2022: Phil Mickelson tells Golf Digest during the Saudi International the PGA Tour’s “obnoxious greed” is what has created the possibility of other opportunities.
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what → tell → opportunities
Golf writer Alan Shipnuck reveals details of an interview with Mickelson for his upcoming biography.
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Shipnuck → reveal → biography
Mickelson says he recruited top players and they paid attorneys to write an operating agreement for a new Saudi league.
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they → say → league
Mickelson is quoted as saying of the Saudis, “They’re scary mother (expletive) to get involved with.
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They → quote → Saudis
We know they killed (Washington Post reporter Jamal) Khashoggi and have a horrible record on human rights.
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they → know → rights
They execute people over there for being gay.
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They → execute → people
Knowing all of this, why would I even consider it?
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I → know → it
Because this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reshape how the PGA Tour operates.”
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Tour → reshape → lifetime
Dustin Johnson says he is “fully committed” to the PGA Tour and Bryson DeChambeau indicates he will stay where the best are playing.
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best → say → Tour
McIlroy says the proposed new league is “dead in the water.”
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league → say → water
LIV Golf Investments announces an eight-event invitational series to start June 9 in England and offer $255 million in total prize money.
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Investments → announce → money
Dustin Johnson and Sergio Garcia are among 42 players announced for the inaugural LIV event in England, to be played over 54 holes in a shotgun start with a $20 million purse and $4 million to the winner.
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Johnson → announce → winner
“Free agency has finally come to golf,” Norman said.
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Norman → come → golf
Phil Mickelson joins LIV Golf.
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Mickelson → join → Golf
LIV Golf begins and the PGA Tour suspends 17 of its members playing the event.
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Tour → begin → event
Bryson DeChambeau joins LIV Golf.
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DeChambeau → join → Golf
Four-time major champion Brooks Koepka joins LIV Golf.
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Koepka → join → Golf
He later says his signing bonus was “nine figures.”
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bonus → say → ?
LIV Golf applies to be included in the Official World Golf Ranking.
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Golf → apply → Ranking
DeChambeau and Mickelson are among 11 players who file an antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour.
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who → file → Tour
A federal judge in California rules against Talor Gooch, Hudson Swafford and Matt Jones in their request for a temporary restraining order to play in the PGA Tour’s postseason.
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judge → rule → postseason
At a private meeting of 23 players at the BMW Championship in Delaware, with Tiger Woods flying up from Florida to lead the session, players rally their support around the PGA Tour and discuss creating big-purse events for top players.
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players → fly → players
Monahan announces sweeping changes to the schedule that includes the best players committing to a 20-tournament schedule in which they compete against one another 17 times for average purses of $20 million.
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they → announce → million
Scottie Scheffler finishes the year with $19,796,910.
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Scheffler → finish → 19,796,910
Aug. 30, 2022: British Open champion Cameron Smith joins LIV Golf, along with five other players.
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Smith → join → players
The PGA Tour files a lawsuit against the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia and its governor, Yasir Al-Rumayyan.
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Tour → file → Arabia
LIV Golf’s first season ends.
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season → end → ?
Dustin Johnson leads the earnings list with $35,637,767.
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Johnson → lead → 35,637,767
Four others made at least $10 million.
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others → make → million
The European tour wins an arbitration case against LIV Golf.
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tour → win → Golf
The Sports Resolution panel upholds fines and suspension and says the European tour can impose further sanctions when a player competes at LIV Golf without getting a release.
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player → uphold → release
…and 46 more, not listed.
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