Last Updated: February 21, 2023, 09:12 IST
Plenty of large stars have been lured away by LIV Golf. (AFP Photo)
LIV Golf has divided the golf world with the occasion being accused of utilizing the game to shine he status a Saudi regime with main human rights points
Phil Mickelson, Louis Oosthuizen and Bubba Watson stuffed out their LIV Golf League groups on Monday with the newest gamers to affix the Saudi-backed sequence forward of Friday’s season debut.
South African Dean Burmester, New Zealand’s Danny Lee, Belgium’s Thomas Pieters and American Brendan Steele accomplished the 48-player discipline of 12 four-man groups for the opener at Mexico’s Mayakoba resort.
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The controversial sequence lured many large names from the US PGA Tour and DP World Tour with document purses of $25 million for 54-hole occasions.
But LIV Golf, criticized as utilizing sport to reinforce the status of a Saudi regime with main human rights points, created a divide within the golf world that features a court docket combat set to start subsequent January.
LIV Golf commissioner Greg Norman says his group has “reinvigorated” professional golf for a youthful crowd whilst such stars as Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy have backed the established excursions and historic tournaments.
“Our league format has already begun to build connections with new audiences around the globe,” Norman stated of the workforce competitors.
“Major champions, present and future Hall of Famers and up-and-coming stars are all dedicated to creating this new platform for world-class competitors as the game evolves for the following era.”
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LIV’s 14-event season includes eight US stops and its lineup includes 13 major winners and four former world number ones.
Two-time major winner Dustin Johnson and his all-American 4Aces are defending team champions with Peter Uihlein, Pat Perez and Patrick Reed.
World number 35 Pieters joins two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson’s Rangegoats along with Americans Harold Varner III and Talor Gooch.
Former British Open champion Oosthuizen’s all-South African team includes Burmester, Branden Grace and Charl Schwartzel.
Six-time major winner Mickelson’s all-US HyFlyers include Steele, James Piot and Cameron Tingale while Lee joined Americans Kevin Na and Sihwan Kim and Zimbabwe’s Scott Vincent on Iron Heads.
Other team captains include major winners Sergio Garcia, Martin Kaymer, Henrik Stenson, Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau and Australian Cameron Smith, the reigning British Open champion.
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