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Greg Norman to spearhead Saudi-backed company with 10 new events planned on Asian Tour

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On Friday, Greg Norman was unveiled as the new CEO of a newly formed company, LIV Golf Investments, which is backed by the Private Investment Fund, which operates on behalf of the government of Saudi Arabia.

The new group has unveiled plans for a series of 10 new events to be staged annually on the Asian Tour over the next 10 years, representing a total commitment of over $200 million USD to “support playing opportunities and prize funds.”

The new league hopes to get underway in 2022, with new events planned to take place across Asia, the Middle East and Europe.

In a statement, Greg Norman said

“This is only the beginning. LIV Golf Investments has secured a major capital commitment that will be used to create additive new opportunities across worldwide professional golf. We will be a cooperative and respectful supporter of the game at every level, and today’s announcement alongside the Asian Tour is the first example of that.

“I have been a staunch supporter and believer in playing and developing golf in Asia for more than four decades. The Asian Tour is a sleeping giant and we share ambition to grow the series and unlock what we believe is significant untapped potential. We see our promotion of these new events as a vital first step in supporting emerging markets, creating a new platform, rich with playing opportunities that create valuable player pathways.”

Per the release, several high-profile C-Suite executives have already been appointed, though no names have been made public.

The announcement follows the striking of a new 10-year partnership between the Asian Tour and Golf Saudi, the organisers of the Saudi International powered by SoftBank Investment Advisers, which will now see the event become the flagship tournament on the Asian Tour, with an increased prize fund of $5m. 

The current Asian Tour CEO Cho Minn Thant hailed the new development as a major milestone for pro golf, saying

“This is the single biggest development in the history of the Asian Tour and a major milestone for professional golf. The opportunity will secure unprecedented new playing opportunities, establish new player pathways, allow us to compete commercially with other sports, and enhance our social agenda.

“We are particularly excited at the prospect today’s landmark announcement brings to the amateur game, providing new inspiration to aspiring players through a new level of top-flight professional competition in the region.”

Gianni is the Managing Editor at GolfWRX. He can be contacted at [email protected]

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  5. Distance Compression Dude

    Oct 31, 2021 at 4:48 pm

    Smylie Kaufman would be all over that like a bad rash

  6. Old school

    Oct 30, 2021 at 11:55 am

    MONEY MONEY MONEY..Sad that golf is now regulated full heartedly to money and more money. Guess i’m just an old school thinker who remembers when golf was about honor and gameship and not about money. Times change and society does to..The greed of money has changed our sport forever..and the world.

    • geohogan

      Oct 30, 2021 at 2:27 pm

      Add ten more tournaments for pros, means calibre of players diluted in all tournaments as a whole. Beneficiaries are the mediocre players who couldnt make the current tours.

  7. British chap

    Oct 29, 2021 at 10:12 pm

    Say what you want, but there is more to life than the American way.

  8. CrashTestDummy

    Oct 29, 2021 at 9:02 pm

    Like Greg Norman or not, in my opinion it is a good business decision and good for pro golf to have more pro tournaments with some big sponsors. First, the PGA tour and Korn Ferry tours are super impacted. Too many good players and not enough spots. Korn Ferry players make very little money. More money into pro golf and more tournaments even in Asia would help. Asia is a big growth area. There is a lot of money is Asia.

    • gwelfgulfer

      Oct 30, 2021 at 7:34 pm

      Blood money events are a good thing?

      • geohogan

        Nov 2, 2021 at 11:00 am

        You heard it,too? Greg is bringing Squid Games to golf tournaments.

    • geohogan

      Nov 2, 2021 at 8:58 am

      Korn Ferry players today will become the pros on the Saudi tour, leaving openings for lesser players on the Korn Ferry tour, which will likely desolve with the dilution of talent.

      Cash for Norman, and like Fox Golf, tour folds after a couple of years… Korn Ferry and Saudi tours gone… good business!

  9. Norman Of Greg

    Oct 29, 2021 at 7:11 pm

    Yeah, Greg is still red a s s e d about the Tour Stealing his FEDEX Cup idea. Should be interesting and certainly popcorn worthy.

  10. Imafitter

    Oct 29, 2021 at 5:14 pm

    Pros are independent contractors. If they don’t like the way the PGA Tour pays them, then demand a change or go somewhere else. I hate crying multi-millionaires. Like a private club, the PGA Tour can say anyone can join, pay the dues, but you can’t belong to another club. Just as another club can open the membership to anyone and allow them to belong to other clubs too. So if the PGA Tour says you can play there but you’re banned from the PGA Tour for life, they have all the rights to do that in protecting their club or product. But who really cares about human rights? NO ONE DOES! Golfer’s clubs, shoes, clothing, balls, bags, carts…ALL COME FROM CHINA. Virtually everything in your home comes from CHINA. So don’t tell me you care about the Saudi’s treatment of other’s, as well as China’s, until you buy 100% USA.

    • Jeff

      Oct 29, 2021 at 8:56 pm

      If you continue extrapolating and look at who sponsors the PGA tour events ( big pharma, insurance companies, bailed out banks, etc) you should probably stop watching all together. ????

    • stephen

      Oct 30, 2021 at 4:04 pm

      You are exactly right, great comment.

  11. mo

    Oct 29, 2021 at 4:58 pm

    The PGA Tour made Gregory. This guy sure is spiteful ever since Tim Finchem put him in his place.

  12. America First

    Oct 29, 2021 at 12:26 pm

    In bed with the headchoppers geno-ciding the yemenis. G t f o of my country Greg, carpetbagging P o s.

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Tour Tech Rundown: Heroic Henley

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Around the world, the golf wheel spun this final week in May of 2026. From New Jersey to Austria, with stops in Korea, Texas, and North Carolina (don’t let me route your next trip) the world’s finest put their golf games on display. There were three playoffs, some known commodities and some new talent. It was the sort of week that we hope to have at this point in the seasons. June and July afford double-digit major events, and perhaps, one of this week’s champions will use this success as a springboard to new heights. Time to run it all down, tech style, in this week’s Tour Tech Rundown.

Thanks to WITBHub, Today’s Golfer, GolfWRX, and Inside Tour Golf for initial research into equipment.

PGA Tour @ Charles Schwab Challenge: Heroic Henley denies Cole

Eric Cole did nearly everything that a fellow can do, to secure a first PGA Tour title. He stayed one shot clear of Ryder Cup player Ben Griffin. He kept US Open champion Gary Woodland and wunderkind Michael Brennan two shots distant. He posted 70 on day four to reach twelve under par. And then, Russell Henley revealed his Dr. Strange cloak. Henley made 47 feet of birdie putts on holes 16, 17, and 18, to jump from minus-nine to twelve-deep, and secured a spot in a playoff with Cole. The duo returned to the final tee, and put on a stripe show.

Both golfers found the fairway off the tee, and Henley improved on his regulation play with an approach to four feet. Cole did himself proud, tucking an iron to a dozen feet, but he was unable to convert the putt for three. Henley is one of the best putters on tour, and he proved it once more by draining a putt for a fourth consecutive birdie, and a sixth PGA Tour title. For Eric Cole, that first victory should come, and soon. He has done everything necessary to earn the chalice lift.

Henley’s Suitcase

  • Driver: Titleist TSi3 at 10 degrees. Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black 70g 6.5 TX
  • Metal: Titleist TS3 at 16.5 degrees. Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black 80 TX
  • Hybrid: Titleist TSi2 at 21 degrees. Shaft: Mitsubishi MMT hybrid 100 TX
  • Iron: Titleist T250 4-iron. Shaft: True Temper Dynamic Golf AMT Tour White X100
  • Irons: Titleist T100 5-6 irons. Shaft: True Temper Dynamic Golf AMT Tour White X100
  • Irons: Titleist T100 7-9 irons. Shaft: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
  • Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM11 at 48 and 50 degrees. Shaft: True Temper Dynamic Golf Tour Issue X100
  • Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM11 at 54 and 60 degrees. Shaft: rue Temper Dynamic Golf Tour Issue S400
  • Putter: Titleist Scotty Cameron T5 Tour Prototype

LPGA @ Shoprite LPGA: Welcome back, Celine!

Soo Bin Joo had her eyes on a maiden LPGA title. She held the lead after two rounds, then hit a red light at the intersection of can-I and how-To. Joo posted plus-two on day three in New Jersey, and dropped to a T4 finish, which was still a career-best for the young Korean golfer. Instead of a new face, a familiar face returned to the top of the podium.

Celine Boutier was the It Girl in 2023. She collected four victories, including a major title at Evian. Boutier reached world number one status, then simply faded into the background. No wins came her way over the next 30 months. On Sunday, she collected LPGA victory number seven, at the same trace as LPGA victory number two.

Day three saw Boutier manage the windswept Seaview Bay course with six birdies and a bogey. She was challenged in the end by Thailand’s Arpichaya Yubol, who signed for a 66 of her own. Yubol came up one shot shy of the top ladder rung. Finishing in third place at -7, two back of the winner, was Ireland’s Lauren Walsh.

Celine’s Suitcase

  • Driver: PXG 0311 Black Ops Tour-1 at 9 degrees. Shaft: Graphite Design AD IZ-5
  • Hybrid: PXG 0311 Black Ops at 19 and 22 degrees. Shaft: KBS Hybrid Prototype
  • Hybrid: PXG 0311 Gen5.
  • Iron: PXG 0311 P Gen 4 5-9 irons
  • Wedge: PXG 0311 T Gen 4 PW
  • Wedges: PXG 0311 Sugar Daddy II at 50, 54, 58 degrees
  • Putter: Bettinardi Studio Stock 3 DASS

DP World Tour @ Austrian Alpine: KK? KK!

Kota Kaneko has a rhythmic name. It has strong vowels and a run of voiceless stops in its crunchy K sounds. On Sunday in Austria, Kaneko put a stop to a challenge from Portugal’s Ricardo Gouveia and everyone else, and claimed a first-ever title on the DP World Tour. Gouveia did well to reach 16-under par over four days, but Kaneko held firm, two shots in the clear.

Davis Bryant of the USA also forged a strong challenge for the win. He ended in a tie with Gouveia for second place. Kaneko began and finished his final round in a bit of a malaise, but he caught fire midway through. Birdies at 10, 12, and 13 provided the necessary cushion to cruise to the finish line without breaking a serious sweat.

Kaneko’s Suitcase

  • Driver: Ping Max G440
  • Metals: TaylorMade Qi4D at 15, 16.5, 21, and 24 degrees
  • Irons: TaylorMade P760 5 and 6 irons
  • Irons: TaylorMade P7TW 7-9 irons
  • Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design at 46, 52, 56, and 60 degrees
  • Putter: Odyssey Ai-One Cruiser Arm Lock #7

Korn Ferry Tour @ UNC Health Championship: Improbably Alvaro

Alvaro Ortiz may have had a bit of scare on the outward nine on Sunday, but he came through in clutch fashion in the end. Ortiz began the day bogey-double, and added another double bogey at the 11th hole. He was mired in a downward trend, spiraling away from the top of the leader’s board. Ortiz found hope at the 14th, where his first birdie of the day tumbled home. Inspired, he closed with birdies and 17 and 18 to catch Ross Steelman at 10-under par, and the duo returned to the 18th deck for overtime.

The extra session concluded in brief time. Ortiz, buoyed by his newly-retrieved confidence, hit the fairway with driver, then approached to six feet and drained the putt. Gobsmacked, Steelman could do little more than smile and applaud, as his run at the top came to a close. The victory was the first for Ortiz on the KFT, and will implant him squarely in the chase for a PGA Tour promotion.

Alvaro’s Suitcase

  • Driver: Ping G430 MAX driver at 9 degrees loft
  • Metal: Ping G430 MAX 3W
  • Iron: Ping iDi Driving Iron
  • Irons: Ping Blueprint S irons
  • Wedges
  • Putter: Scottsdale TR Piper C

LIV @ Korea: Me llamo Joaquin

Chile’s Joaquin Niemann had been away from the LIV winner’s circle throughout all of 2026. This week in Korea, he reminded us that he is still a force to consider. Niemann chased down Taylor Gooch over the closing holes at Asiad Country Club, then claimed victory with a hole-one birdie in extra time. Bryson DeChambeau claimed solo third, one shot in arrears at minus-eleven. Dustin Johnson finished on fourth, one putt farther back.

Niemann’s Suitcase

  • Driver: Ping 440 LST
  • Metal: Ping G440 Max at 15 degrees
  • Metal: Ping G425 Max at 21 degrees
  • Hybrid: Ping G430 at 25 degrees
  • Irons: Ping Blueprint S 5 through PW
  • Wedges: Ping S159 at 52, 56, and 60 degrees
  • Putter: Ping PLD Anser

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Russell Henley’s winning WITB: 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge

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Driver: Titleist TSi3 (10 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black 70 6.5 TX

3-wood: Titleist TS3 (16.5 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black 80 TX

7-wood: Titleist GTS3 (21 degrees)
Shaft: Project X Denali Black 80 TX

Irons: Titleist T250 (4), Titleist T100 (5-9)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold AMT (4-6), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 (7-9)

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM11 (48-10F @47, 50-08F @51, 54-10S @55, 60-04T)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (48), S400 (47)

Putter: Scotty Cameron Phantom X5 Tour Prototype

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet

Ball: Titleist Pro V1x

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