It’s no surprise that the PGA Tour’s recent deal with the Strategic Sports Group (SSG) could serve as a calculated hedge against a continued spending war with LIV Golf and the Saudi Public Investment Fund.
The overnight announcement from the PGA Tour about its relationship with Strategic Sports Group is interesting only in the vein that some are riveted in how the rich get richer.
The idea of players wanted to be paid to play in the Ryder Cup really took off in the pages of Golf Digest, and almost derailed one of the most iconic moments in golf history.
Money. Money. Money. To the consternation of many in golf, talk about guaranteed contracts and who’s winning and who’s losing at the bank has dominated the landscape for more than a year now because of the arrival of the LIV Golf League.
While playing on the PGA Tour, Cameron Smith earned $US3.6 million for his victory at the Players Championship in March, $2.5 million for winning the Open Championship in July and $1.476 million for his triumph at the Sentry Tournament of Champions in January.
The Journal documented in detail Monahan’s use of a tour-owned private jet for both business and personal travel, as well as citing the commissioner’s 2020 compensation of $US14.2 million.
In his three starts on the breakaway LIV Golf series, Phil Mickelson has struggled mightily to conjure up the game that earned him his spot in the World Golf Hall of Fame.
One of Australia’s top pro golfers has invested his money back into Golf Australia’s elite amateur programs as part of the world-leading Give Back initiative.
Australian Golf Digest
