Lucas Herbert, the 28-year-old from Bendigo, will join his countrymen Cam Smith, Marc Leishman and Matt Jones on the LIV team Ripper GC when the third season begins in Mayakoba, Mexico, on Friday.
With an announcement imminent that the tour has agreed to a reported $3 billion investment deal with Strategic Sports Group – with PIF still also in the picture – McIlroy said the men’s professional game that became bifurcated by LIV Golf’s inception in 2022 must reassemble.
The Englishman joins Jon Rahm among notable signings by the Saudi-backed tour heading into its third year of existence with this week’s LIV Golf Mayakoba tournament in Mexico.
Australian golf’s worst-kept secret has all but been confirmed with News Corp publishing a photo of Lucas Herbert wearing Ripper GC colours alongside team captain Cameron Smith in Mexico this week.
It has been reported by James Corrigan at the Telegraph that Tyrrell Hatton has joined LIV Golf at the very last minute with the start of the 2024 season just days away.
As preparations are finalised for the second edition of LIV Golf Adelaide, executive tournament director Nick Haslam gave an insight into the remarkable success of the inaugural event
It was seen as an… unusual… trade, but at least for the first instance in LIV’s short timeline there was spice to its teams component. Brooks Koepka, the captain of the Smash GC team, contacted RangeGoats GC captain Bubba Watson to start trade discussions. He wanted Talor Gooch – who had won three LIV events Read more…
Cameron Smith has conceded he may have to travel to the far corners of Asia in 2024 to keep alive his dreams of playing golf in next year’s Olympics in Paris.
Australian Golf Digest
