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LIV Golf’s third season – and second full campaign – begins Friday at Mayakoba Resort in Playa del Carmen, Mexico.

The season opener, the first of 14 scheduled events for the Saudi-backed league this year, comes with the debut not only of Jon Rahm’s team, Legion XIII, LIV’s 13th franchise, but three new signings. The additions this year are world No. 16 Tyrrell Hatton , No. 42 Adrian Meronk, No. 82 Lucas Herbert and No. 10 amateur Caleb Surratt, who left the University of Tennessee midway through his sophomore year.

Also new this year are the two wild-card spots per tournament, which will go to individuals not on a team. Hudson Swafford and Laurie Canter are the two wild cards for Mayakoba.

Here are the team lineups as LIV opens its season (*new addition):

4ACES Dustin Johnson (captain) Patrick Reed Harold Varner III Pat Perez

CLEEKS Martin Kaymer (captain) Richard Bland Kalle Samooja* Adrian Meronk*

CRUSHERS Bryson DeChambeau (captain) Paul Casey Charles Howell III Anirban Lahiri

FIREBALLS Sergio Garcia (captain) Abraham Ancer Eugenio Chacarra David Puig

HYFLYERS Phil Mickelson (captain) Cameron Tringale Brendan Steele Andy Ogletree*

IRON HEADS Kevin Na (captain) Danny Lee Scott Vincent Jinichiro Kozuma*

LEGION XIII Jon Rahm (captain)* Tyrrell Hatton* Kieran Vincent* Caleb Surratt*

MAJESTICKS Ian Poulter (co-captain) Henrik Stenson (co-captain) Lee Westwood (co-captain) Sam Horsfield

RANGE GOATS Bubba Watson (captain) Thomas Pieters Peter Uihlein Matt Wolff

RIPPER Cam Smith (captain) Marc Leishman Matt Jones Lucas Herbert*

SMASH Brooks Koepka (captain) Talor Gooch Graeme McDowell Jason Kokrak

STINGER Louis Oosthuizen (captain) Charl Schwartzel Brendan Grace Dean Burmester

TORQUE Joaquin Niemann (captain) Mito Pereira Carlos Ortiz Sebastian Munoz

INDIVIDUALS Hudson Swafford Laurie Canter

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LIV Golf announces teams, players for 2023; Four PGA Tour players, Pieters officially join league

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LIV Golf is rolling out its teams and rosters this week on the eve of the circuit’s second season.

Rather than announce its members at once for the 2023 campaign, the Saudi-backed league sent out a press release stating its players and squads will be trickled out just days before the 14-event season begins in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. The team names and captains have been previously announced, and nearly all of the LIV’s marquee attractions from its inaugural season are expected to return.

Unlike last season, it is not expected that players and teams will change every event. There are at least two team name changes, with the Niblicks turning into Range Goats GC and Punch going to Ripper GC.

Torque, captained by Joaquin Niemann, was the first team announced on Wednesday, with Mito Pereira, Sebastian Munoz and David Puig rounding out the team. Golf Digest has previously reported that Pereira and Munoz were expected to join the league in Year 2, but their moves became official on Wednesday. Smash GC, headlined by Brooks Koepka, added Matthew Wolff to the roster, after Wolff played last year with Phil Mickelson’s team. Brooks' brother Chase Koepka and Jason Kokrak are also on the team. The Majesticks, led by Henrik Stenson and Ian Poulter, are bringing back the same team as last year with Lee Westwood and Sam Horsfield. The 4 Aces return with Dustin Johnson, Patrick Reed and Pat Perez, with Peter Uihlein taking the place of Talor Gooch.

In total four new players from the PGA Tour signed with LIV Golf ahead of its second season, as Danny Lee and Brendan Stelle joined Munoz and Pereira in defecting. Former Ryder Cup star Thomas Pieters, who earlier in the week complained about not getting invited to the Genesis Invitational, has also jumped to LIV. Pieters, No. 34 in the world, played mostly on the DP World Tour.

RELATED: Inside the LIV Golf-PGA Tour battle

Below are the team names, team captains, rosters and schedule for the 2023 season. The names and rosters will be updated as they are announced. Both individual and team competitions similar to the inaugural season will return to LIV Golf in 2023. Last month the league announced a multiyear media deal with the CW, giving LIV Golf its first traditional television broadcast partner in the United States.

LIV Golf Teams and Rosters

Torque GC : Captain Joaquin Niemann, Mito Pereira, Sebastian Munoz, David Puig Majesticks GC : Captains Ian Poulter and Henrik Stenson, Lee Westwood, Sam Horsfield Smash GC : Captain Brooks Koepka, Chase Koepka, Matt Wolff, Jason Kokrak 4 Aces GC : Captain Dustin Johnson, Patrick Reed, Pat Perez, Peter Uihlein Fire Balls GC : Captain Sergio Garcia, Abe Ancer, Carlos Ortiz, Eugenio Chacarra HY Flyers GC : Captain Phil Mickelson, James Piot, Brendan Steele, Cam Tringale Iron Heads GC : Captain Kevin Na, Scott Vincent, Danny Lee, Sihwan Kim RangeGoats GC : Captain Bubba Watson, Talor Gooch, Thomas Pieters, Harold Varner III Ripper GC : Captain Cam Smith, Marc Leishman, Matt Jones, Jed Morgan Cleeks GC : Captain Martin Kaymer, Bernd Wiesberger, Richard Bland, Graeme McDowell Crushers GC : Captain Bryson DeChambeau, Paul Casey, Anirban Lahiri, Charles Howell III Stinger GC : Captain Louis Oosthuizen, Branden Grace, Dean Burmester, Charl Schwartzel

Feb. 24-26: El Camaleón Golf Club, Playa Del Carmen, Mexico March 17-19: The Gallery Golf Club, Tucson, Ariz. March 31-April 2: Orange County National, Orlando, Fla. April 21-23: The Grange Golf Club, Adelaide, Australia April 28-30: Sentosa Golf Club, Singapore May 12-14: Cedar Ridge Country Club, Broken Arrow, Okla. May 26-28: Trump National Golf Club, Washington, D.C. June 30-July 2: Real Club Valderrama, Sotogrande, Spain July 7-9: Centurion Club, London, England Aug. 4-6: The Old White Course, White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. Aug. 11-13: Trump National Golf Club, Bedminster, N.J. Sept. 22-24: Rich Harvest Farms, Sugar Grove, Ill. Oct. 20-22: Trump National Doral, Miami Nov. 3-5: Royal Greens Golf & Country Club, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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What is LIV Golf? Players, field, tour schedule, news for league with Cameron Smith, Dustin Johnson

Everything to know about the pga tour's newest rival.

LIV Golf is now more than halfway through its inaugural season after completion of play in Chicago. Making headlines both on and off the golf course, LIV Golf has taken its battle to the courtroom, social media and beyond. While the actual play in LIV Golf has been compelling at times, the overall structure, presence and future of the organization remains its most intriguing component in the context of men's professional golf.

Plenty of questions have been answered since its inaugural event in London from June 9-11, but still more remain without a response. What will the future of this rival tour look like? How will the team aspect of the competition clash with the individual side? Will LIV Golf be able to recruit some of the best players in the world with its Official World Golf Rankings status in the air? Is a court date with the PGA Tour inevitable?

At every step along the way, answers about this league have only produced more questions and clarification has only made the future more complicated. 

The breakdown below is our attempt to share with you everything that's known to this point as we head into the whatever LIV Golf is going to look like in the future. Whether this turns out to be a fork or bump in the road of professional golf remains to be seen (only the future will retroactively determine that), but it does feel monumental in the moment.

LIV Golf, empowered by its unlimited war chest of resources to throw at the best players, is officially at odds with the PGA Tour. It's a period of time that has been promised for a long time, and is finally taking place. Let's take a look at what we know and what we can expect in the weeks, months and years ahead as LIV Golf wraps up its first season at the end of October.

What is LIV Golf?

LIV Golf is a rival golf league to the PGA Tour where the tournaments consist of 54 holes, the fields are limited to 48 golfers and the purses are an astronomical $25 million. Twelve, four-man teams will compete in each event, and the individual purses will be $20 million while the other $5 million will be divided up among the best teams each week.

Who leads LIV Golf?

LIV Golf Investments runs the league, and its CEO is two-time major champion Greg Norman. It is funded by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund, which is effectively the financial arm of the Saudi Arabian government. These funds are seemingly limitless as the league has paid hundreds of millions of dollars to players just to guarantee their appearances at the LIV Golf Invitational Series events.

Who is playing for LIV Golf?

It began with Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson headlining the London event and has since grown into a respectable roster. Major champions Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau and Patrick Reed quickly followed the lead of their fellow Americans. 

More recently, and more importantly, world No. 3 and Champion Golfer of the Year Cameron Smith made the leap after the completion of the 2022 Tour Championship. He was joined by young Chilean Joaquin Niemann as two international players who chose to forgo the Presidents Cup in lieu of playing in the LIV Golf event in Boston. While the initial demographics skewed towards older players like Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood and Mickelson, there has been an influx of younger talent with Abraham Ancer and Harold Varner III among others.

Here's a look at the 49 men who currently play for LIV Golf and their Official World Golf Rankings (Bubba Watson is a non-playing captain and is set to compete once fully recovered from injury).

What is going on legally between LIV Golf and the PGA Tour?

Originally, 11 LIV Golf players were a part of an antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour. This suit also sought a temporary restraining order for Hudson Swafford, Matt Jones and Talor Gooch to participate in the 2021-22 FedEx Cup Playoffs -- which was ultimately denied and barred them from playing in the PGA Tour postseason.

Since then, slowly but surely, more and more of the original members have removed their names from the lawsuit. Previously, Ancer, Carlos Ortiz, Jason Kokrak and Pat Perez left the suit. More recently, Talor Gooch, Mickelson, Poulter and Swafford followed in their footsteps. 

This leaves only three players seeking punitive damages in a legal battle with the PGA Tour: Bryson DeChambeau, Peter Uihlein and Jones. The trial is set to begin in January 2024.

The Tour has over and over again pointed back to its rules and regulations in this matter and remains set on keeping those who have played on LIV Golf off the PGA Tour. Commissioner Jay Monahan was asked at the Tour Championship if there was any chance LIV Golf members would be welcomed back onto the PGA Tour to which he blatantly answered, "no."

How has the PGA Tour reacted to LIV Golf?

After a players-only meeting at the BMW Championship led by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, sweeping changes have been made to the PGA Tour schedule and the treatment of its star players. Here are the spark notes of this new-look PGA Tour starting this season.

• Top players will commit to at least 20 PGA Tour events:  These tournaments will include the eight elevated events as previously designated, four additional elevated events with purses of at least $20 million (to be announced), The Players Championship, the four major championships and three other FedEx Cup events of players' choosing.
• The PIP will be expanded:  The PIP has been increased from the top 10 players to the top 20 for 2022 and 2023. Not only has the player pool expanded, so has the prize pool, which will now total $100 million, double the $50 million previously announced. It is from these top 20 lists that "top players" will be defined.
• Modifications  made for Lifetime Membership:  No longer will 15 seasons of membership be necessary. Once a player reaches 20 wins, he will be eligible. With this change, McIlroy has secured his lifetime membership with Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth only being a handful of wins away.

Will LIV Golf receive Official World Golf Rankings points?

LIV Golf is still awaiting the status of its OWGR application despite its best attempts to expedite the process. All 49 players recently sent a letter to the OWGR chairman requesting that world ranking points be retroactively applied to its events. Comparing the OWGR without LIV to college football without the SEC or FIFA without Belgium, it is unlikely this holds any merit. 

Meanwhile, players have begun to tee it up on the DP World Tour with some consistency on weeks in which there is no LIV Golf event. The top 50 players in the OWGR at the end of the calendar year will be invited to the 2023 Masters making it a mad dash for players to accumulate as many points as possible before then.

Will the majors allow golfers to play?

That's an even better question that has at least some clarity.  The answer in the short term is: yes . The major organizations -- PGA of America, USGA, R&A and Augusta National -- likely won't announce suspensions or bans of players who participate. There is a potential that qualifying criterias are modified in the future, however as of now if a LIV player gains entry through previous exemptions or the adequate OWGR (points which LIV has yet to secure) he should be able to compete.

What is the LIV Golf schedule?

Five events have already taken place in 2022, with three remaining. Here's a look at what's left on the schedule for the inaugural season.

• Bangkok, Thailand: Oct. 7-9
• Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: Oct. 14-16
• Miami, Florida: Oct. 27-30

LIV Golf has released a tentative schedule for 2023 with 14 stops around the globe spanning Washington D.C., Spain and Australia.  This is unofficial as details have yet to be confirmed.

• February: Florida (course TBD)
• February: California (course TBD)
• March: Tucson (Dove Mountain or the Gallery)
• April: Australia (Sydney or Queensland)
• April: Singapore (Sentosa)
• May: Washington D.C. (CBS Sports can confirm Trump National DC the week after PGA Championship)
• June: Philadelphia (course TBD)
• July: London (Centurion)
• July: Spain (Valderrama the week before The Open)
• August: New Jersey (Trump National Bedminster)
• August: West Virginia (The Greenbrier)
• September: Chicago (course TBD)
• September: Toronto or Mexico (course TBD)
• September: Florida (Trump National Doral)

What does LIV Golf's season finale look like?

It will not look like the Tour Championship, that is for certain. Taking place from Oct. 28-30, the top four teams in LIV will receive a bye on the first day while teams 5-12 will compete in match-play competitions with the higher-ranked teams selecting their opponents. For each matchup, three matches consisting of two singles matches and one alternate-shot match will take place.

The same format will be used for Day 2 of competition with the four victors from Day 1 and the four teams which received a bye all playing. From there, the four winners from Day 2 will advance to the final stage which will be different.

The four winning teams will compete in stroke play on the final day of competition. All 16 players will compete and all four scores will count towards the team's score. The lowest team score will be crowned the LIV Golf Invitational Series Team Champion.

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A total of 12 LIV Golf players teed it up in 2024 US Open at Pinehurst No.2, but one of them has shone brightest on the major stage (yet again!). 

LIV Golf superstar Bryson DeChambeau surged into a commanding three-shot lead in the third round of the US Open following an impressive 3-under 67.

DeChambeau, 30, now has a golden chance to etch his name on the famous US Open trophy for a second time in his career.

He won his first major title at the 2020 US Open at Winged Foot during covid in 2020. 

The only other LIV Golf player in the top 10 on the leaderboard heading into the final round of the US Open is England's Tyrrell Hatton (1-under par). 

Related: Which PGA Tour and LIV Golf stars missed the cut at the US Open?

Four LIV Golf players missed the cut at the 2024 US Open. 

Dustin Johnson (8-over par), Phil Mickelson (15-over par), Adrian Meronk (12-over par) and Eugenio Chacarra (8-over par) all bowed out of the third major of the season on Friday.

Mickelson just needed to win the US Open to complete the career grand slam, but he will turn 54 on Sunday and you have to feel his best days are now behind him. 

The number of LIV Golf US Open entries was one less than the 13 that participated in The Masters at famed Augusta National in April, but four short of the 16 at last month's US PGA at Valhalla, a number that was inflated slightly due to some late PGA of America invites.

Jon Rahm was in the field as a result of his US Open victory in 2021, but LIV Golf's $600m signing was forced to withdraw on the eve of the tournament due to a foot injury. 

There was no place in the 2024 US Open for a number of other LIV Golf stars such as Joaquin Niemann, Talor Gooch and Patrick Reed, who were not eligible to compete. 

DeChambeau leads by three shots over Rory McIlroy, Patrick Cantlay and Matthieu Pavon heading into the final round on Sunday. 

Scroll below to see how all 12 LIV Golf players are getting on thru 54 holes at the 2024 US Open...

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How did professional golf's split come to life? Here's a timeline compiled by Bob Harig, from the initial reports of a rival league in January 2020 until now, one year after a "framework agreement" was supposed to unify the sport.

2020: The rival circuit idea takes hold

2021: liv golf is born, early 2022: phil mickelson speaks, liv prepares, mid 2022: liv golf—with big names—tees off, early 2023: owgr, legal issues persist, summer 2023: the stunning agreement , late 2023: liv strengthens its lineup, 2024: pga tour lands an investor deal.

January:  Reports first surface about the potential for a rival golf league that has been meeting with players and agents behind the scenes and touting an 18-event circuit with just 48 players, 12 teams and guaranteed pay. Initial ideas saw $10 million purses with no cuts and a windfall for 12 team captains. The concept was called the  Premier Golf League .

Jan. 29:  Phil Mickelson  plays in the pro-am for the Saudi International, an event that is sanctioned by the European Tour. In his group is Majed Al-Sorour, CEO of the Saudi Golf Federation; Andy Gardiner, a director at Barclays Capital and a founder of the PGL; and Colin Neville of the Raine Group, also a backer of the PGL, which had Saudi Arabia backing as well through the Public Investment Fund.

Jan. 30:  Greg Norman, who once tried to spearhead a rival league with the backing of Fox Sports, sees viability in the PGL a day after the pro-am in Saudi Arabia. “It’s just a matter of getting all the right components together, whether players stay together," says Norman, whose World Golf League in 1993-94 was thwarted by the PGA Tour. “With my original concept, some players loved it, and others didn’t like it. I had corporate, I had television but you need 100% of the pie to be together before we can bake it. From what I’m seeing here, this one has every chance of getting off the ground."

Feb. 11:  Speaking at the Genesis Invitational,  Tiger Woods says he’s been approached about the PGL . “My team’s been aware of it and we’ve delved into the details of it and trying to figure it out just like everyone else. We’ve been down this road before with World Golf Championships and other events being started. There’s a lot of information that we’re still looking at and whether it’s reality or not, but just like everybody else, we’re looking into it."

Asked why he might even be interested, Woods said: “I think just like all events, you’re trying to get the top players to play more collectively. It’s one of the reasons why we instituted the World Golf Championships, because we were only getting (the top players) together five times a year, the four majors and the Players, and we wanted to showcase the top players on more than just those occasions. So this is a natural evolution, whether or not things like this are going to happen, but ideas like this are going to happen going forward, whether it’s now or any other time in the future."

Feb. 18:  A week later at the WGC-Mexico Championship,  Rory McIlroy  seemingly deals the PGL a serious blow: “The more I’ve thought about it, the more I don’t like it. The one thing as a professional golfer in my position that I value is the fact that I have autonomy and freedom over everything I do. I pick and choose—this is a perfect example. Some guys this week made the choice not to come to Mexico. If you go and play this other golf league, you’re not going to have that choice.

"I read a thing the other day where it said if you take the money they can tell you want to do. And I think that’s my thing, I’ve never been one for being told what to do, and I like to have that autonomy and freedom over my career, and I feel like I would give that up by going to play this other league. For me, I’m out. My position is I’m against it until there may come a day that I can’t be against it. If everyone else goes, I might not have a choice, but at this point, I don’t like what they’re proposing."

Spring/Summer:  Talk of the rival golf circuit dies down considerably amid the global Coronavirus pandemic. Talk shifts to when golf will resume and how it will take place amid a health crisis. The PGL idea goes into the background.

Fall:  The PGL approaches the European Tour, now the DP World Tour, with a proposal to merge or cooperate. CEO Keith Pelley turns down the PGL and instead forms a "strategic alliance" with the PGA Tour that will see some crossover events, the Tour take an ownership stake in European Tour productions, and effectively—at the time—hold off the outside threat.

May 4:  A report surfaces that a new Super Golf League has emerged and that it is either the new name for the PGL or something different. Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson are among those linked to it. Sometime during the spring and summer of 2021, the PGL sees some of its personnel switch allegiances to a new entity that will have full Saudi backing and will come to be known as LIV Golf.

Oct. 27:  At a private unveiling in New York, LIV Golf Investments is announced with Greg Norman as its CEO, with the idea of first helping to back golf in Asia with the $300 million investment in the Asian Tour, which will be used to finance a new elevated series of events called the International Series. It is eventually disclosed that Norman will also be the commissioner of a new tour called the LIV Golf League, with plans to launch in the spring of 2022.

Nov. 21:  PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan sends a memo to players outlining how 55% of the Tour’s revenue will be paid out to players in the form of prize money, bonuses and other benefits—believed to be in response to Phil Mickelson saying on a podcast that only 26% of revenue was going to the players.

Feb. 2:  While playing in the Saudi International for the third straight year, Phil Mickelson does an interview with  Golf Digest  in which he refers to the  PGA Tour’s "obnoxious greed"  as a reason why players might be interested in LIV Golf. He also maintains that the Tour is sitting on millions of dollars that should be going to the players. "It’s not public knowledge, all that goes on," Mickelson said. “But the players don’t have access to their own media. If the Tour wanted to end any threat, they could just hand back the media rights to the players. But they would rather throw $25 million here and $40 million there than give back the roughly $20 billion in digital assets they control. Or give up access to the $50-plus million they make every year on their own media channel."

Feb. 17:  Even Tiger Woods and the Genesis Invitational—where he is not playing—take a back seat to the drama that unfolds when Alan Shipnuck releases an excerpt from his soon-to-released  biography of Phil Mickelson  in which the golfer, among other things, says he is willing to use the Saudi-backed LIV Golf League as leverage against the PGA Tour and that he and other players paid attorneys to help LIV Golf develop its business plan.

Feb. 20:  With Phil Mickelson’s comments the talk of the tournament, players such as  Dustin Johnson and Bryson DeChambeau come out in support of the PGA Tour , viewed as a blow to LIV Golf. It is later learned that Mickelson’s comments and the subsequent back-tracking of several players who were interested in LIV set back the league’s plans and sent it into disarray.

Feb. 22:  In the wake of his comments,  Phil Mickelson offers an apology  and says he will step away from the game for a period of time and offers to pause relationships with sponsors. “I have always known that criticism would come with exploring anything new. I still chose to put myself at the forefront of this to inspire change, taking the hits publicly to do the work behind the scenes.”

Mickelson said that he offered the brands with which he was associated “the option to pause or end the relationship as I understand it might be necessary given the current circumstances.” KPMG and Amstel Light end their relationships with Mickelson, and a few days later, Callaway announces that it is pausing a relationship that dates to 2004.

March 8:  With Phil Mickelson missing—and, later it was learned, suspended—PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan addressed the media at the Players Championship. A typical state-of-the tour-type news conference  turned into questions about Mickelson and LIV Golf . "The PGA Tour is moving on," he said. "We have too much momentum and too much to accomplish to be consistently distracted by rumors of other golf leagues and their attempts to disrupt our players, our partners, and most importantly our fans from enjoying the Tour and the game we all love so much.

"I am grateful for the strong support our top players have shown recently and publicly, and I’m extremely proud that we’ve turned the conversation around to focus on what we do best: delivering world-class golf tournaments with the best players to the best fans, all while positively impacting the communities in which we play. We are and we always will be focused on legacy not leverage."

March 16:  Despite numerous setbacks, LIV Golf announces an eight-tournament schedule to begin in June. It won’t be the LIV Golf League, as planned, but the LIV Golf Invitational Series. Purses will be $20 million for the individual portion with $5 million more set aside for the teams. At the time, LIV Golf was unsure if it would be able to fill a 48-player field so it announced that the entire purse would be paid out regardless of the number of players who started. Total prize money for the eight events was set at $255 million, with $50 million set aside for a season-ending Team Championship.

May 10:  PGA Tour players and Korn Ferry Tour players interested in competing in the first LIV Golf event outside of London in June need to seek conflicting event and/or media releases but are denied. The Tour tells players it is not an authorized event. Greg Norman, the LIV Golf commissioner, pushes back. "Sadly, the PGA Tour seems intent on denying professional golfers their right to play golf, unless it’s exclusively in a PGA Tour tournament. This is particularly disappointing in light of the Tour’s non-profit status, where its mission is purportedly to promote the common interests of professional tournament golfers.

"Instead, the Tour is intent on perpetuating its illegal monopoly of what should be a free and open market. The Tour’s action is anti-golfer, anti-fan, and anti-competitive. But no matter what obstacles the PGA Tour puts in our way, we will not be stopped. We will continue to give players options that promote the great game of golf globally.”

May 31:  Dustin Johnson, a two-time major winner who has 24 PGA Tour titles, headlines  the field announced for the first LIV Golf event  to be played at The Centurion Club outside of London. Others listed are past major winners Sergio Garcia and Louis Oosthuizen, as well as Kevin Na, Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood.

June 6:   Phil Mickelson ends a four-month hiatus  in which he missed the  Masters  and defense of his  PGA Championship  title, emerging as LIV Golf’s latest signee who is set to compete later in the week at the first tournament. At a news conference prior to the tournament, Mickelson is asked several times about his past comments regarding Saudi Arabia, its human rights record and the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, believed by U.S. government officials to have been carried out by the Saudi regime.

“Well, certainly, I've made, said and done a lot of things that I regret, and I'm sorry for that and for the hurt that it's caused a lot of people. I don't—I don't condone human rights violations at all. Nobody here does, throughout the world. I'm certainly aware of what has happened with Jamal Khashoggi, and I think it's terrible. I've also seen the good that the game of golf has done throughout history, and I believe that LIV Golf is going to do a lot of good for the game as well. And I'm excited about this opportunity. That's why I'm here."

June 9:  Within minutes of the first tee shots being struck at the first LIV Golf event, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan issues a memo in which  players who are participating are told they are being suspended .

June 11:  Charl Schwartzel, the 2011 Masters champion, wins the first LIV event, holding on for his first victory anywhere in nearly six years. The win was worth $4 million from the $20 million purse and because Schwartzel’s team, Stinger GC, won the team competition, he pocketed another $750,000 from the $3 million paid to the winners.

June 21:  Following other players who committed to play for LIV during or after the first LIV event, then-four-time major champion  Brooks Koepka is announced as the latest addition . He joins the likes of Bryson DeChambeau, Pat Perez, Patrick Reed and Abraham Ancer as those who were now set to play in LIV’s second event.

June 22:  During a news conference at the Travelers Championship, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan outlines a plan that will see the PGA Tour return to a calendar-year schedule in 2024 while also increasing the purses substantially at eight events, including the legacy events for Tiger Woods, Arnold Palmer and  Jack Nicklaus . The FedEx Cup season is also changed to see smaller fields at the first two playoff events.

Aug. 2:  Eleven LIV golfers sue the PGA Tour to challenge suspensions and claim a restraint of trade. Phil Mickelson and Bryson DeChambeau are among those named in the suit. Three other players—Talor Gooch, Hudson Swafford and Matt Jones—seek a temporary restraining order so they can play in the FedEx Cup playoffs. (The restraining order is denied on the eve of the FedEx Cup playoffs.)

Aug. 16:  Tiger Woods flies to Delaware and heads a players-only meeting at the BMW Championship along with Rory McIlroy where details are hashed out that will lead to substantial purse increases and benefits for players. It would later commonly be referred to as  "the Delaware Meeting."

Aug. 24:  On the back of the Delaware meeting, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan announces a hastily-devised plan that will see eight tournaments in 2023 with boosted purses. First called designated events, these tournaments would have $20 million purses except for the Sentry, which will be $15 million. For several of the events, the result means more than doubling the purse. For the legacy events, it means adding $8 million per event. And the first two playoff events will also have $20 million purses.

Aug. 30:  Just more than a month after his victory at St. Andrews,  British Open  champion  Cam Smith becomes the latest player to join LIV Golf , doing so in time for its event in Boston. Smith is joined by Joaquin Niemann, who attended the Delaware meeting, along with Marc Leishman, Harold Varner III, Anirban Lahiri and Cameron Tringale. At the time, it gave LIV Golf six of the top 30 players in the Official World Golf Ranking.

Oct 5:  LIV Golf announces a strategic alliance with the MENA Tour, a developmental tour that has had Official World Golf Ranking accreditation since 2016. LIV Golf incorporates its events into the MENA Tour schedule and says it believes it should be granted OWGR immediately due to the association.  The move is scoffed at as an end-around to try and obtain points  and the OWGR does not grant points to LIV Golf.

Oct. 29:  Martin Slumbers, the CEO of the R&A, makes it clear that the British Open is not going to ban LIV golfers who are otherwise eligible for the 2023 championship. "We are not going to abandon 150 years of history have the Open not be open," Slumbers said.

Oct. 30:  LIV Golf completes its first season with Dustin Johnson’s 4Aces team winning the team championship in Miami. The four team members share a $16 million payday.

Nov. 15:  At the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai, Rory McIlroy says it is time for golf’s warring factions to figure something out. But  he says it needs to happen without LIV Golf commissioner Greg Norman . “Greg needs to go. He needs to exit stage left. He’s made his mark but I think now is the right time to say you’ve got this thing off the ground but no one’s going to talk unless there’s an adult in the room that actually try to mend fences."

Nov. 29:  At his Hero World Challenge event in the Bahamas, Tiger Woods also says that Greg Norman needs to go. Woods had been planning to play for the first time since the British Open but withdrew due to plantar fasciitis. “I think (Greg Norman) has to go, first of all, and then obviously the litigation against us and then our countersuit against them. Those would then have to be at a stay as well, then we can talk, we can all talk freely. Right now as it is, not right now, not with their leadership, not with Greg there and his animosity towards the tour itself. I don’t see that happening. But why would you change anything if you’ve got a lawsuit against you? They sued us first."

Dec. 16:  Only a year into the job, the  Chief Operating Officer for LIV Golf leaves his position . Atul Khosla was hired by LIV Golf in December 2021 from the  Tampa Bay Buccaneers  NFL team, where he held the title of chief corporate development and brand officer. Khosla was also chief operating officer for the Chicago Fire soccer club in the MLS and also worked for General Electric and NBC Sports. In his role at LIV Golf, he reported to CEO and commissioner Greg Norman. His role was taken over by executives of the Performance 54 agency and not filled for nearly a year.

Dec. 20:  Augusta National makes clear it will be  inviting those eligible for the Masters to participate . “Regrettably, recent actions have divided men’s professional golf by diminishing the virtues of the game and the meaningful legacies of those who built it," Masters chairman Fred Ridley said in a statement. “Although we are disappointed in these developments, our focus is to honor the tradition of bringing together a preeminent field of golfers this coming April.”

Jan. 19:  LIV Golf announces it has a  long-awaited television partner  after its events were available only via streaming in the first year. The CW Network—the C is for CBS, the W for Warner Media—enters into a multi-year agreement to televise LIV Golf tournaments. The deal will not see LIV Golf get paid a traditional rights fee but that is "mutually financially beneficial." It is believed that LIV will share advertising revenue with the CW and will also likely be expected to shoulder a good bit of promotional work.

Jan. 24:  Jay Monahan and Keith Pelley recuse themselves from reviewing LIV Golf’s application for Official World Golf Ranking points. Monahan, the commissioner of the PGA Tour, and Pelley, the CEO of the DP World Tour, are two of the seven members of the OWGR board of directors that ultimately decides the fate of tours seeking accreditation. Keith Waters, who heads up the International Federation of PGA Tours and is the DP World Tour’s chief operating officer, also recused himself from the application.

“I have not looked at the LIV application," Pelley says during a session with reporters in Dubai. “So I can’t give an opinion on an application I have not seen. It is in the hands of the technical committee. On the advice of legal counsel, myself and Jay recused ourselves from the separate committee. Representatives of the four majors will now determine the LIV application. We are not involved and we have no influence on what transpires as far as LIV goes."

April 5:  The DP World Tour wins an arbitration case against LIV Golf players who were seeking to play the former European Tour. The arbitration panel rules that the DP World Tour had the right to fine and suspend players for violating its membership regulations in order to compete in LIV Golf events. Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter and 10 other players had brought the action in response to fines levied for not being granted permission to compete in LIV Golf events. A separate antitrust case between LIV Golf and the PGA Tour is still scheduled for 2024.

May 4:  Amid its investigation of former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents, the Department of Justice looks specifically at his dealings with LIV Golf, according to the  New York Times . Two of Trump’s courses hosted events in 2022 with three scheduled to do so in 2023.

June 6:  The golf world is stunned to learn that secret negotiations have been taking place and resulted in a  "framework agreement" between the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and Public Investment Fund . Initially said to be a "merger," it is later reframed as an agreement that would see the entities have an alliance. The biggest part of the news is that all of the lawsuits have been dropped. The idea is to have a final deal by Dec. 31, 2023.

As more details emerge, it is learned that PGA Tour Policy Board members Jimmy Dunne and Ed Herlihy secretly met with Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the governor of the PIF, for several weeks prior to the announcement. PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan also had clandestine meetings with Al-Rumayyan. On the day of the announcement, they appeared together on CNBC.

June 7:  While surprised that everything came together so quickly, Rory McIlroy says that the PGA Tour’s partnership with the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia will ultimately be good for the game of golf. Speaking after his pro-am round at the RBC Canadian Open,  McIlroy learned of the agreement shortly before the rest of the world  but said much of it has been mischaracterized and that it should not be viewed as a merger with LIV Golf.

“LIV has nothing to do with this. It’s the PGA Tour, the DP World Tour and the Public Investment Fund that are basically partnering to create a new company. That’s where I was a little frustrated. All I’ve wanted to do was protect the future of the PGA Tour and protect the aspirational nature of what the PGA Tour stands for. I think this does this. If you look at the structure, this new company sits above everything else. (PGA Tour commissioner) Jay (Monahan) on top of that. Technically, anyone involved with LIV would answer to Jay. The one thing whether you like it or not, the PIF were going to keep spending money in golf. At least the PGA Tour controls how that money is spent. You’re dealing with one of the biggest sovereign wealth funds in the world. Would you rather fight against or have them as a partner?"

June 7:  Although not involved in the negotiations, LIV Golf CEO and commissioner  Greg Norman has a positive message for the staff . Norman, who was not mentioned in any of the news releases associated with the agreement, tells more than 100 people on a 30-minute call that LIV will see no operational changes and that work is already being done on a 2025 schedule. “The spigot is now wide open for commercial sponsorships, blue chip companies, TV networks. LIV is and will continue to be a standalone enterprise. Our business model will not change. We changed history and we’re not going anywhere."

June 14:  On the Tuesday of the  U.S. Open  week, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan announces through the Tour a  health-related leave of absence  that will see Tour executives Ron Price and Tyler Dennis take over his duties.

July 7:  In a memo to players, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan says he will return from his leave on July 14, which is the Monday of British Open week.

July 9:  Randall Stephenson, a longtime member of the PGA Tour and former head of AT&T,  sends a resignation letter to Monahan and the board  and specifically cites his displeasure with the framework agreement.

July 11:  Among wish-list ideas proposed by the LIV Golf League in the time leading up to the framework agreement was giving Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy LIV Golf League franchises and seeing them compete in LIV Golf events. It was just one of the ideas that discussed by the parties as part of documents released by a Senate subcommittee during a hearing in Washington, D.C., led by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.). The PGA Tour rejected it as part of the negotiation.

The committee is concerned about the foreign involvement in an American sports league as well as possible antitrust violations. Some of the ideas include having a "World Golf Series" team event that would be played in Saudi Arabia; LIV operating as it is but being played in the fall or with the idea of LIV coexisting along with the PGA Tour; two of the PGA Tour’s designated events that would be branded by the PIF or the Saudi Arabia oil company, Aramco.

July 18:  Masters champion  Jon Rahm  says he has no trust issues with PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan—unlike several of his peers—and suggests time is needed. “As it comes to what he's been doing for us and the PGA Tour, I think he's done a fantastic job. I would say it was unexpected what happened. I think what the management of the PGA Tour, the turn they took without us knowing was very unexpected, but I still think he's been doing a great job. And right now after that happened, I only think it's fair to give them the right time to work things out. I still think they have the best interest of the players at heart."

Rahm, speaking before the British Open, also reiterates he is not interested in LIV Golf. “We all had the chance to go to LIV and take the money and we chose to stay at the PGA Tour for whatever reason we chose. As I've said before, I already make an amazing living doing what I do. I'm extremely thankful, and that all happened because of the platform the PGA Tour provided me. As far as I'm concerned they've done enough for me, and their focus should be on improving the PGA Tour and the game of golf for the future generations."

Aug. 1:   Tiger Woods is named to the PGA Tour Policy Board , giving the players a power boost as he becomes the sixth player director on the board. Part of the move includes a stipulation that will see a change in PGA Tour governance that means the player directors will have final say in any decisions going forward.

Aug. 8:  PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan speaks with reporters for the first time since his leave and after returning to work and takes responsibility for the way the negotiations for the “framework agreement" were secretly handled and the subsequent rollout. “It was ineffective and as a result there was a lot of misinformation. And anytime you have misinformation that can lead to mistrust. And that’s my responsibility. That’s me and me alone. I take full accountability for that. I apologize for putting players on their back foot. But ultimately it was the right move for the PGA Tour. I firmly believe that as we go forward time will bear that out. It was the right move and obviously we’re now in a position with NewCo (PGA Tour Enterprises) that provides the opportunity to have productive conversations."

Oct. 19:  On the eve of LIV Golf’s final event of 2023, CEO and commissioner Greg Norman speaks with reporters publicly for the first time since the agreement was announced and says  he has "zero" concern about the future of the league , regardless of what happens with the “framework agreement."

“All indications are showing that the position of LIV has never been stronger and that the success of our players and our brand has never been in a better place. And as we look forward into 2024, we’ve got a full schedule. We’ve got some places we’ve been to before, but we’ve got some new venues as well and we’re reaching different regions."

Nov. 28:  Tiger Woods speaks publicly for the first time since the framework agreement was announced and he joined the Policy Board, touching a variety of subjects including outside Public Equity Investment in the PGA Tour, the Public Investment Fund and LIV Golf.  He calls the ongoing negotiations "murky"  and says "I would have to say there's a lot of moving parts on how we're going to play. Whether it's here on the PGA Tour or it's merging, or team golf. There's a lot of different aspects that are being thrown out there all at once and we are trying to figure all that out and what is the best solution for all parties and best solution for all the players that are involved.’’

He says during the week and again two weeks later at the PNC Championship that he is focused on a deal getting done or some resolution by the Dec. 31 deadline.

Dec. 7:  After weeks of speculation,  Jon Rahm is announced as the newest member of LIV Golf . The two-time major champion, who on numerous occasions had expressed his disinterest in LIV due to the format, among other things, makes it official in New York where he said the lucrative offer was difficult to ignore and he had come to terms with the format. He also said his decision had nothing to do with any animosity or issues wit the PGA Tour.

I am proud to join @livgolf_league and be part of something new that is bringing growth to the sport. I have no doubt that this is a great opportunity for me and my family and am very excited for the future. pic.twitter.com/myf4isJgJ3 — Jon Rahm Rodriguez (@JonRahmOfficial) December 7, 2023

“I’m forever grateful to the PGA Tour and the platform they allowed me to be on. I have nothing bad to say about them. They allowed me the opportunity to play in some great events and allowed me to make a mark."

Dec. 31:  The agreement deadline comes and goes but the PGA Tour says  there is "meaningful progress" and that negotiations will continue  into 2024.

Jan. 31:  The PGA Tour  announces the formation of PGA Tour Enterprises  in a partnership with Strategic Sports Group, a group of investors from a number of professional sports. The deal, worth $3 billion, is said to allow nearly 200 PGA Tour players access to $1.5 billion in equity over time. The deal states that it allows for co-investment from the PIF in the future.

March 12:  Speaking with reporters for the first time since August, PGA Tour commissioner  Jay Monahan said negotiations with the PIF are “accelerating”  and that he and PGA Tour Policy Board members met with Yasir Al-Rumayyan in January, but did not offer specifics.

May 9: Rory McIlroy reveals that he is part of a subcommittee including Tiger Woods and commissioner Jay Monahan that is tasked with working directly on a deal with the PIF.  The seven-man committee also includes Adam Scott, player liaison Joe Ogilvie, Joe Gorder, a board member from Valero Energy, and John Henry from Strategic Sports Group.

May 13: Jimmy Dunne, one of the architects of the June 6, 2023, agreement, resigns from the PGA Tour Policy Board . In a letter to the board, he wrote that “no meaningful progress has been made towards a transaction with PIF,” and that ever since players seized control of the board and cut him out of negotiations, “my vote and my role is utterly superfluous.”

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LIV Golf tour live updates: Leaderboard, news as Charl Schwartzel wins first event, PGA Tour suspends players

The controversial LIV Golf International Series has arrived. While Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson headlined a 48-player field for the first event, Charl Schwartzel emerged as the winner by one stroke, taking home $4 million.

The PGA Tour wasted little time bringing down the hammer on golfers who choose to play LIV Golf, issuing a letter outlining suspensions that will affect some of the game's biggest stars, including Mickelson and Johnson.

What is LIV Golf, who's involved and will it be sustainable? Follow here for news, interviews, analysis and all the latest developments.

(Photo: Paul Childs / Action Images / Reuters via USA Today)

Rory Chimes in from RBC Canadian Open

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Final leaderboard from centurion club.

The top 10 finishers at the first LIV Golf event:

1. Charl Schwartzel (-7)

2. Hennie Du Plessis (-6)

T3. Branden Grace (-5)

T3. Peter Uihlein (-5)

5. Sam Horsfield (-3)

T6. Oliver Bekker (-2)

T6. Adrian Otaegui (-2)

8. Dustin Johnson (-1)

9. Talor Gooch (E)

T10. Louis Oosthuizen (+1)

T10. Justin Harding (+1)

T10. Graeme McDowell (+1)

Charl Schwartzel wins inaugural LIV Golf event

Charl Schwartzel won the first event of the controversial LIV Golf International Series and a $4 million paycheck, holding off Hennie Du Plessis by one stroke at Centurion Club in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire.

The 2011 Masters winner led after each round of the 54-hole tournament, shooting a 5-under 65 and 4-under 66 on Thursday and Friday before finishing with a 2-over 72 on Saturday. He had not won on the PGA or European Tour since 2016.

Read more here .

Pat Perez joins LIV Golf

LIV Golf officially added Pat Perez to its roster on Saturday. The 46-year-old, currently ranked No. 168 in the world, will join — along with Bryson DeChambeau and Patrick Reed — at the circuit's second event in Oregon at the end of June.

A three-time winner on the PGA Tour, Perez last won at the CIMB Classic in October 2017. He most recently played at the Memorial Tournament from June 2-5, finishing tied for 26th. He last appeared in a major at the 2019 PGA Championship.

Patrick Reed: 'Portland can't get here fast enough'

Patrick Reed joined the LIV Golf broadcast on Saturday and confirmed he'll make his debut in the circuit's second event, which will take place at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club in North Plains, Ore., from June 30 to July 2.

The 2018 Masters winner and Bryson DeChambeau have been announced as LIV Golf members since the start of the first event.

LIV Golf pulls from the Masters menu

Inside LIV Golf’s first event, where all the intrigue and hubris is off the tee box

Because as well as being an attempt to make golf more attractive to the TikTok generation — like cricket’s T20 format — it is also the latest chapter in the Big Book of Sportswashing and the opening shots in a battle for control of an entire sport.

Let us tackle those heavyweight issues in that order, as that is how events have played out this week.

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Q&A: Matt Jones explains decision to join LIV Golf, desire to remain on PGA Tour

As he walked off the practice green on June 1, Jones stopped to speak with four writers from The Athletic , the Associated Press, ESPN and USA Today. In an effort to give full clarity on what goes into a player making the jump to LIV, the interview is being presented here in full .

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Canadian Open, sponsor RBC move on without longtime tournament face Dustin Johnson

TORONTO – Laurence Appelbaum heard the news late on May 31, three days before the reveal of the full RBC Canadian Open field.

Dustin Johnson, a two-time major champion and RBC ambassador, was joining the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Tour. His name appeared on the list of golfers playing the tour’s first event, happening the same week as the Canadian Open, June 10-12.

When he heard the decision from the PGA Tour, Appelbaum, Golf Canada’s CEO, was surprised and shocked.

“DJ had been so effusive in his commitment to the PGA Tour about 60 days prior,” Appelbaum said. “And he was such an important part of Team RBC.”

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Johnson said Friday he'll play the LIV Golf events and majors:

PGA Tour sets viewership milestone

Despite the LIV Golf Tournament being underway, the RBC Canadian Open averaged 385,000 viewers from 3-6 p.m. ET on Thursday.

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Justin Thomas talked about his concern that others will follow to LIV thanks to the money involved.

Rory McIlroy weighs in

The former world No. 1 said Wednesday that the controversial LIV series is "not something (he wants) to participate in" and implied that those doing so are in it "purely for money." On Thursday, he said golfers at the Canadian Open are "pleased" by the sanctions handed out.

He added that he does plan to check out the LIV Golf streams.

"I think like everyone else, I'm intrigued and I'm a fan of golf. I've got quite a few guys over there that I call friends that are playing," he said. "I'll see it and watch it and see what all the fuss is about."

McIlroy is out on the team names, though.

"Certainly not going out to buy any team merchandise any time soon," he said.

Justin Thomas talks PGA Tour sanctions

World No. 6 Justin Thomas, currently playing at the 2022 Canadian Open, on the PGA Tour’s decision to suspend LIV golfers:

“I’m pleased. Anybody that’s shocked clearly isn’t listening to the message that Jay is putting out.”

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Meet the 13 liv golf players competing at the 2024 masters at augusta national, share this article.

With the world’s best players gathering at Augusta National for the 88th Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club, fewer LIV Golf players will be in attendance compared to the year prior.

A total of 13 golfers from the breakaway league will be teeing it up at the first men’s major championship of the year, down from 18 in 2023. The LIV players in the field of 89 include world No. 2 and defending champion Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson and more past major champions.

Meet the 13 LIV Golf players competing in the 2024 Masters at Augusta National.

Bryson DeChambeau

Bryson DeChambeau of the Crushers plays his shot from the fifth tee during the first round of LIV Golf Miami golf tournament at Trump National Doral. Mandatory Credit: Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports

DeChambeau has missed the cut in his last two trips to Augusta National and has a best-finish of T-21 when he was the low amateur in 2016.

Sergio Garcia

Sergio Garcia of the Fireballs plays his shot from the fifth tee during the first round of LIV Golf Miami golf tournament at Trump National Doral. Mandatory Credit: Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports

Garcia’s lone major win came at Augusta National at the 2017 Masters, but he’s missed the cut in four of his five starts since. He makes his 25th appearance this week.

Tyrrell Hatton

Tyrrell Hatton of Legion XIII gestures during day one of the LIV Golf Invitational – Mayakoba at El Camaleon at Mayakoba on February 02, 2024 in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. (Photo by Manuel Velasquez/Getty Images)

Hatton makes his eighth start at Augusta National this week and has made his last three cuts, with finishes of T-18, 52 and T-34.

Dustin Johnson

Dustin Johnson of 4Aces looks on during day one of the LIV Golf Invitational – Jeddah at Royal Greens Golf & Country Club on March 01, 2024 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images)

The 2020 Masters champion is back for his 14th start at Augusta National, where he has five top 10s, including three top-five finishes.

Brooks Koepka

Brooks Koepka of the Smash golf club plays his shot from the fifth tee during the first round of LIV Golf Miami golf tournament at Trump National Doral. Mandatory Credit: Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports

One of two runners-up last year, the five-time major winner has yet to win at the Masters in eight apperances but in the last five years has a pair of T-2s (2019, 2023) and a T-7 (2020).

Adrian Meronk

Adrian Meronk of Cleeks GC gestures during day one of the LIV Golf Invitational – Mayakoba at El Camaleon at Mayakoba on February 02, 2024 in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. (Photo by Manuel Velasquez/Getty Images)

Meronk missed the cut in his Masters debut last year.

Phil Mickelson

Phil Mickelson of the HiFlyers plays his shot from the fifth tee during the first round of LIV Golf Miami golf tournament at Trump National Doral. Mandatory Credit: Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports

A three-time winner at Augusta National (2004, 2006, 2010), Mickelson was a runner-up alongside Koepka last year, his first top 10 at the tournament since he bagged another T-2 back in 2015. Mickelson is the leading money-winner in Masters history .

Joaquin Niemann

Joaquin Niemann of Torque GC hits a tee shot on the 3st hole during day two of the LIV Golf Invitational – Hong Kong at The Hong Kong Golf Club on March 09, 2024 in Hong Kong, China. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

Niemann was one of three players to receive special invitations from Augusta National for this year’s tournament. He’s made four starts since 2018 and has made the cut in his last three Masters appearances, including a T-16 last year.

Jon Rahm and his caddie, Adam Hayes, stand with the Masters trophy during the green jacket ceremony at the 2023 Masters. (Photo: Danielle Parhizkaran-USA TODAY Network)

The defending champion looks to become just the fourth player (Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods) to go back-to-back at Augusta National as he makes his eighth Masters appearance. He’s earned five top-10 finishes and has never missed the cut.

Patrick Reed

Patrick Reed plays his shot from the eighth tee during the LIV Golf Miami ProAm at Trump National Doral. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports

Reed won the 2018 Masters for his first major championship and hasn’t missed the cut since with three top 10s and a T-4 last year.

Charl Schwartzel

Charl Schwartzel of Smash GC looks on during day two of the LIV Golf Invitational – Jeddah at Royal Greens Golf & Country Club on March 02, 2024 in King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images)

Schwartzel, the 2011 Masters champion, makes his 15th appearance at Augusta National this week, where he has just three top 10s. He finished T-50 at last year’s tournament.

Cameron Smith

Cameron Smith of the Ripper golf club warms up before the first round of LIV Golf Miami golf tournament at Trump National Doral. Mandatory Credit: Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports

Smith will play in his eighth Masters this year and has never missed the cut at Augusta National. He logged finishes of T-2, T-10 and T-3 from 2020-22 and finished T-34 last year.

Bubba Watson

Bubba Watson of RangeGoats GC plays a tee shot on the 16th hole during day two of the LIV Golf Invitational – Jeddah at Royal Greens Golf & Country Club on March 02, 2024 in King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images)

The two-time Masters champion (2012, 2014) makes his 16th appearance at Augusta National this week. Watson hasn’t finished inside the top 10 since 2018 (T-5) and missed the cut last year.

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How to watch US Open 2024| FREE live streams, dates, times, USA TV, channel for PGA golf major, final round

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The 2024 US Open concludes on Sunday, June 16, 2024 (6/16/24) with the final round of the competition at Pinehurst No. 2 in Pinehurst, North Carolina.

HOW TO WATCH: Fans can watch a majority of the action throughout the tournament for free via a trial of fuboTV and DirecTV Stream –– which carries NBC and USA Network. Select rounds can be watched on Peacock .

Here’s what you need to know:

What : 2024 US Open

When : Thursday, June 13, 2024 - Sunday, June 16, 2024

Where : Pinehurst No. 2

Sunday, June 16

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Here’s a recent AP golf story:

PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) — Matthieu Pavon’s confidence had taken a hit in recent weeks after two straight missed cuts, a hiccup in what had otherwise been a strong first season on the PGA Tour.

“To be fair,” the 31-year-old Frenchman said, “it wasn’t the highest so far this season.”

Some extra work on his putting before the U.S. Open changed that trajectory, and on Thursday he became the first player to have multiple eagles (two) in an Open round at the Pinehurst No. 2 course that also hosted in 1999, 2005 and 2014. He closed with a 3-under 67, sending him to the clubhouse just two shots behind leader Patrick Cantlay from the morning half of the draw.

It was another highlight in what has been an eventful past year, which included becoming the first French player since World War II to win a PGA Tour event when he closed with a birdie to win at Torrey Pines in January . He missed the cut at last month’s PGA Championship and at last week’s Memorial.

“You know you’re going to make mistakes, but it’s all about avoiding big numbers,” Pavon said. “And obviously I made my four best swings of the day on the par 5s and dropped two putts, so it gave me a nice two eagles. It gave me a little bit of freedom today.”

He played like he felt it, too, on the Donald Ross-designed course known for its domed greens and sandy areas featuring native plants instead of traditional rough.

The highlights came in the first 10 holes, starting when he hit a 4-iron approach on the 582-yard fifth to set up an 18-foot putt for the first eagle. After a birdie on No. 8, he struck again at the 619-yard 10th, using a 3-wood on his second shot to set up a 27-foot putt. Pavon sent the ball smoothly rolling toward the cup before it caught the left lip and dropped.

At that point, Pavon was 5-under and in sole possession of the lead while marking the seventh time a player had two eagles in a U.S. Open round since 2000. Not bad for a guy who had only made one cut in three previous appearances.

“It’s funny because (eagles) pretty much come when you don’t really expect them,” Pavon said.

Then again, it sounds like he had done the homework to be ready when the opportunity came.

Pavon said putting coach Jon Karlsen came to see him in Florida about two weeks ago for pre-Open work, tweaking their approach to prepare for greens Pavon described as “faster, slopier, grainier — nothing that I really experienced in Europe.”

“It’s not really technical,” Pavon said of the adjustments. “It’s more about seeing breaks because when it’s slower, when you have less break, the ball doesn’t move as much as here. Here, it’s really steep, it’s fast, it’s grainy so the ball moves quite a lot.”

Consider it part of the learning curve for a player who has made some big leaps in the past year. That included claiming his first European tour victory at the Spanish Open in October , and then closing with four straight birdies at the DP World Championship in Dubai — the last being enough to earn his PGA Tour card.

Now, he has a chance this weekend to add to a short U.S. resume, one headlined by that January win as well as finishing tied for 12th at the Masters.

“My game this year is quite good overall,” Pavon said. “I had a few weeks down, but it happens in a year. Yeah, you have stuff that you have to adjust for the PGA Tour. I wasn’t like, let’s say, fully prepared for this. Short game needs to be really tighter here. This is where I can see the biggest difference.”

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US Open live updates: Bryson DeChambeau survives at Pinehurst to win second career major

For the second time in five years, Bryson DeChambeau has once again won the U.S. Open.

DeChambeau traded strokes throughout the afternoon with Rory McIlroy to win his second career major title, this one played at Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina.

McIlroy missed two putts within five feet in the final three holes, allowing DeChambeau a shot to take the title. DeChambeau, however, struggled to find fairways throughout the afternoon and was forced to make tough shots in scramble situations.

DeChambeau shot a one-over par final round Sunday to finish the tournament at 6-under – one stroke better than McIlroy.

DeChambeau, 30, won the 2020 U.S. Open at Winged Foot, which was played with limited spectators because of Covid-19 pandemic restrictions. This becomes yet another devastating major finish for McIlroy, whose last major title was at the 2014 PGA Championship.

Stay tuned for updates from the U.S. Open's deciding day:

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U.S. Open playoff format

If two or more players are tied at the end of 72 holes, the U.S. Open will go to a playoff.

Until 2018, the winner was determined by an 18-hole playoff round the day after the tournament's scheduled conclusion. Since then, the USGA has opted for a two-hole aggregate playoff format. If two or more players remain tied after the two additional holes, the outcome would be decided by a sudden death playoff.

McIlroy, DeChambeau record bogeys after short misses

Bryson DeChambeau and Rory McIlroy have each hit several difficult shots Sunday. With the U.S. Open title on the line, they each missed some of their easiest.

Needing to sink a four-foot putt to save par on the par-3 No. 15, DeChambeau had his attempt roll around the cup, forcing his first three-putt of his U.S. Open, and his third bogey of the day. That momentarily moved him out of the co-lead with Rory McIlroy, who needed to sink a similarly short putt to convert par on No. 16.

McIlroy's was just two-and-a-half feet, but it rolled around the left side of the cup, leading to his bogey. Both players remained in a co-lead at 6-under.

McIlroy finds wire grass on par-3 15th

Once again, we are tied.

Rory McIlroy's line on his tee shot on the par-3 No. 15 was excellent; it was just hit with the wrong club. McIlroy's shot bounced on the green and then rolled off into a little valley, stopping just shy of wire grass. That complicated his second shot, and he was unable to save par on a 31-foot putt. Though it was just his second bogey of the day, McIlroy moved into a co-lead with Bryson DeChambeau, who converted par on No. 14 to stay at 7-under.

Bryson birdies No. 13, moves to within one

On the hole following his second bogey of the day, Bryson DeChambeau responded with a clean tee shot on No. 13, setting himself up for a makable eagle try that would've instantly erased the two-stroke lead Rory McIlroy had just built.

DeChambeau's putt, however, didn't have the pace it needed and came to a stop just short of the pin, though the read was pure. His birdie moved him to 7-under par, one stroke shy of McIlroy.

Rory surging late, takes two-stroke lead

All day long, Bryson DeChambeau has been rather aggressive off the tee and his mishit shots have forced him to scramble to stay in the lead. On the 12th, it finally caught up to him. DeChambeau was forced to lay up after he landed in the tall grass wide of the fairway. That set up a number of difficult shots that culminated with his second bogey of the day.

Not only did he drop out of the co-lead, but Rory McIlroy also continued the heater he is on, recording his fourth birdie in his past five holes. His birdie on No. 13 was his second in a row and moved him to 8-under par, and 4-under for the round.

And just like that, the co-lead is back on

If this is any indication for what we're in for the rest of the way, the golf will be good.

Rory McIlroy recorded his third birdie in his past four holes, the latest on the par-4 No. 12, to reclaim a co-lead with Bryson DeChambeau at 7-under par. And, as he has done all day Sunday, it was McIlroy's putter that was the highlight. He calmly and confidently drained a 22-foot birdie putt — two holes after he sunk a 27-footer for birdie on No. 10.

Both McIlroy and DeChambeau are three strokes ahead of the next closest player, Patrick Cantlay.

And just like that, the co-lead is gone

Bryson DeChambeau, per the NBC broadcast, heard from the gallery as he headed to the tee box at No. 10 about Rory McIlroy's consecutive birdies to move into a co-lead.

DeChambeau – who entered Sunday with a combined score of 5-under on the back-nine through the first three rounds (best in the field) – recorded his first birdie of his final round as soon as he made the turn.

Again, DeChambeau relied on precise shot-making with his short game to place a pitch shot to within five feet of the pin. He confidently flushed the putt to move to 7-under par and the solo lead.

McIlroy, meanwhile, left his approach shot on the par-4 11th well to the left of the pin, leaving him with a par save. He is in second place at 6-under, with Patrick Cantlay in third at 5-under.

McIlroy makes it consecutive birdies to claim co-lead

We have our first tie atop the leaderboard in the final round.

After making the turn, Rory McIlroy recorded his second consecutive birdie to move to 6-under par and a tie with Bryson DeChambeau. McIlroy's birdie came on the par-5 No. 10, on an excellent read on a curving, 27-foot putt. That followed McIlroy's birdie on the par-3 ninth, whose tee shot he landed within 15 feet.

Not to be outdone on No. 10, McIlroy's playing partner, Patrick Cantlay, sunk his own lengthy putt for birdie to move to 5-under par, and stay within one stroke of the lead.

Competition heating up as final group makes the turn

Perhaps Bryson DeChambeau is aware of the leaderboard and saw that Rory McIlroy birdied No. 9 to get to within one stroke. Perhaps he just knows what’s at stake.

Either way, DeChambeau – as he has much of his final round Sunday – had to piece together some remarkable shots to scramble. His tee shot at the eighth sailed well right of the fairway and into the tree line. His second was blasted through the pine straw, though it settled below a ridge on the back side of the green, a very difficult location.

DeChambeau’s third shot was well played and left him with a makeable, 12-foot putt to save par. DeChambeau was fired up and fist-pumped toward the crowd.

Still, even as he holds a one-stroke lead, DeChambeau did not record a single birdie on the front-nine.

Neal Shipley edges Luke Clanton for low amateur

Following up on a strong showing at Augusta, Neal Shipley claimed low amateur honors at the U.S. Open by two strokes over Luke Clanton.

Shipley battled Clanton head-to-head on Sunday, only the second time in the past 40 years that two amateurs have been paired in the same group for a final round of the U.S. Open.

With Shipley up by a shot going into the final hole, Clanton missed the fairway off the tee, but somehow managed to hit his approach shot to five feet. After Shipley converted a routine par to finish the tournament at 6-over, Clanton just missed his birdie putt to tie, then missed a comebacker and had to settle for bogey.

Shipley, who played collegiately at James Madison and as a postgraduate at Ohio State, was also the low amateur at the Masters – a feat accomplished by a select few in golf history, including Jack Nicklaus and Phil Mickelson.

Cantlay gets a birdie, within two of lead

Patrick Cantlay very nearly birdied the par-3 No. 6 as he tried to close the lead, but his putt attempt just missed. He would go on to capitalize on the next hole. Cantlay recorded his first birdie of the day, on the seventh, to move into 4-under par and a tie for second place with Rory McIlroy.

They are both chasing Bryson DeChambeau who uncorked an absolute bomb of a drive on No. 7 that cleared a bunker and traveled 341 yards. It left him just 88 yards to the pin, and an excellent chance to build his lead.

DeChambeau drops first stroke of the day

What appeared to be inevitable through the first three holes took place at No. 4.

Bryson DeChambeau recorded his first bogey of the day after a failed up-and-down attempt just rimmed out. DeChambeau had to scramble to set himself up with a very difficult par save. He read the putt quite well, and it appeared to be on line, except that it curved around the cup and sloped away.

The good news for DeChambeau was that Rory McIlroy, who was within striking distance, bogeyed the par-5 fifth to drop to 4-under par.

The bad news for DeChambeau is that his tough start continued on No. 5; his tee shot found thick rough to the right of the fairway and his second shot sailed into a greenside bunker off to the left.

Bryson pars first three through uneven start

Bryson DeChambeau came into the final round at Pinehurst with a three-stroke lead; it's currently down to two after Rory McIlroy (-5) birdied No. 1, but the more concerning thing is that DeChambeau's play to open the final round has been rather uneven.

DeChambeau has seen his driver on No. 2 find the brush on the right side of the fairway, his tee shot on No. 1 land in a divot on the fairway and his putt on No. 3 end up well short. Still, DeChambeau converted par on all three of those holes to stay at 7-under par on the tournament and in the lead.

McIlroy, after birdying his first, converted three straight pars to remain at 5-under.

Leaders tee off with US Open title on the line

Starting the day with a three-shot advantage, Bryson DeChambeau has begun his final round at Pinehurst.

The 2020 U.S. Open champion finds himself in uncharted territory as he has never in his career held the lead entering the final round of a major. He'll be paired with Matthieu Pavon, who's looking to become the first Frenchman to win a major since 1904.

The penultimate group has Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland, the 2014 U.S. Open champion and the runner-up last year, matched with American Patrick Cantlay.

McIlroy immediately birdied the opening hole to cut DeChambeau's lead to two strokes.

How to watch Sunday's US Open final round

NBC Sports will televise the final round of the U.S. Open from Pinehurst. Here is Sunday's broadcast schedule:

• 9 a.m.-noon: USA Network
• Noon-7 p.m.: NBC/Peacock

Live streaming coverage of select featured groups is available on USOpen.com and on  Peacock .

Rory McIlroy not happy having 'eureka moment' revealed on TV

As Rory McIlroy played the 13th hole of the 124th U.S. Open at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club’s No. 2 Course on Saturday, NBC Sports analyst Brad Faxon shared an insight into McIlroy’s game this week that was telling.

Faxon told the story of McIlroy turning to Sean O’Flaherty, his agent, during a flight Sunday evening following the Memorial Tournament and boasting, "Sean, I just figured it out."

But when interviewer Kira Dixon, working on-site for Sky Golf this week, told McIlroy about what Faxon had shared on national TV and asked him to elaborate on what she called his "eureka moment," McIlroy was none too pleased.

"OK?" he said, eyebrows arching. "Umm, it may be true. I don’t know if I want to disclose it right now. I’m not sure why Fax is giving away sort of all my secrets."

Faxon and McIlroy have a unique relationship among players and announcers given that Faxon serves as his putting coach, too.

– Adam Schupak, Golfweek

Hole to watch on Sunday: No. 13

If there's some Sunday afternoon drama at this year's U.S. Open, a potential turning point could be on Pinehurst's short par-4 13th hole.

The USGA has moved the tees up for today's final round, so the hole measures just 316 yards from the tee markers to a very accessible pin placement.

With a slight breeze at their backs, golfers will be tempted to drive the green and give themselves a possible putt for eagle. Daniel Berger did just that, becoming Sunday's first to record an eagle when he hit his drive to within 12 feet of the hole and nailed the putt.

Can anyone go really low in US Open's final round?

Roughly half the field of 74 golfers to make the 36-hole cut have begun their final rounds, and Pinehurst isn't showing a whole lot of mercy. Only 21 players shot rounds under par 70 in Saturday's third round, led by Collin Morikawa's 66 and DeChambeau's 67.

So far on Sunday (as of 11:15 a.m. ET), only eight players are under par for their rounds. Seonghyeon Kim has the best round of the day so far -- a 2-under 68.

The lowest round of the week came on Thursday, when Patrick Cantlay and Rory McIlroy opened with 5-under 65s. Both of those players remain in striking distance, starting the day just three shots behind leader Bryson DeChambeau.

What's the greatest comeback in US Open history?

The greatest 54-hole deficit ever overcome to win a U.S. Open happened in 1960, when Arnold Palmer stormed from seven shots back to win at Cherry Hills Country Club outside Denver. Palmer birdied six of his first seven holes on his way to a 6-under 65 and a two-stroke victory over Jack Nicklaus.

Unless someone can somehow top Palmer, this year's U.S. Open champion will be one of the 11 golfers who begin today's final round at even par or better. In fact, in nine of the last 10 U.S. Opens, the winner has come from one of the top two spots entering the final round.

Sunday's weather forecast for Pinehurst

As it's been all week, the weather forecast for Sunday's final round of the U.S. Open will be for partly sunny skies with hot and humid conditions and a high temperature around 90. Winds will be out of the east at 7 mph, with gusts up to 11 mph.

US Open Sunday tee times for final round

Tee times for the final round of the U.S. Open:

All times Eastern

• 7:30 a.m.: Seonghyeon Kim, Gunnar Broin (amateur)
• 7:41 a.m.: Matthew Fitzpatrick, Jackson Suber
• 7:52 a.m.: Brandon Wu, Austin Eckroat
• 8:03 a.m.: Francesco Molinari, Ben Kohles
• 8:14 a.m.: Dean Burmester, Ryan Fox
• 8:25 a.m.: Sepp Straka, Martin Kaymer
• 8:36 a.m.: Greyson Sigg, Cameron Young
• 8:47 a.m.: Nico Echavarria, Brendon Todd
• 8:58 a.m.: Justin Lower, Sam Bennett
• 9:09 a.m.: Adam Scott, Brian Campbell
• 9:25 a.m.: Matt Kuchar, Frankie Capan III
• 9:36 a.m.: Adam Svensson, Harris English
• 9:47 a.m.: Jordan Spieth, Si Woo Kim
• 9:58 a.m.: Max Greyserman, Sahith Theegala
• 10:09 a.m.: Daniel Berger, Keegan Bradley
• 10:20 a.m.: Scottie Scheffler, Tom McKibbin
• 10:31 a.m.: Brooks Koepka, Tim Widing
• 10:42 a.m.: Nicolai Højgaard, Emiliano Grillo
• 10:53 a.m.: Isaiah Salinda, Christiaan Bezuidenhout
• 11:04 a.m.: Cameron Smith, Wyndham Clark
• 11:15 a.m.: J.T. Poston, Tommy Fleetwood
• 11:31 a.m.: Shane Lowry, Zac Blair
• 11:42 a.m.: Billy Horschel, Chris Kirk
• 11:53 a.m.: Denny McCarthy, Min Woo Lee
• 12:04 p.m.: Neal Shipley (amateur), Luke Clanton (amateur)
• 12:15 p.m.: Sam Burns, Stephan Jaeger
• 12:26 p.m.: Brian Harman, Mark Hubbard
• 12:37 p.m.: David Puig, Thomas Detry
• 12:48 p.m.: Akshay Bhatia, Russell Henley
• 12:59 p.m.: Davis Thompson, Xander Schauffele
• 1:10 p.m.: Sergio Garcia, Taylor Pendrith
• 1:26 p.m.: Aaron Rai, Tom Kim
• 1:37 p.m.: Corey Conners, Collin Morikawa
• 1:48 p.m.: Tony Finau, Tyrrell Hatton
• 1:59 p.m.: Ludvig Åberg, Hideki Matsuyama
• 2:10 p.m.: Patrick Cantlay, Rory McIlroy
• 2:21 p.m.: Matthieu Pavon, Bryson DeChambeau

Bryson DeChambeau on a major roll

While he hasn't won a major tournament yet this year, Bryson DeChambeau has arguably played better than anyone else has in the three majors to date. He finished tied for sixth in the Masters and runner-up in the PGA Championship before leading the field through 54 holes at the U.S. Open.

And he's been remarkably consistent in doing so. Saturday's round of 3-under 67 was DeChambeau's seventh consecutive round of 69 or lower in major championship play.  If he can do it again today, he will tie the all-time record.  Rickie Fowler (8 in row during 2014) and Greg Norman (8, 1993) currently share that record. 

2024 US Open purse

The U.S. Open had the largest purse of the four men’s major championships in 2023, and that amount has gone up in 2024 .

Mike Whan, the CEO of the United States Golf Association, announced Wednesday the purse for the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2 will be $21.5 million, a $1.5 million increase from last year. In addition, the winner will take home $4.3 million, up from $4 million in 2023.

The winner of the first U.S. Open in 1895 took home $150.

In addition, every player will make at least $10,000, as players who miss the cut will pocket that amount.

At the Masters, the purse was $20 million with $3.6 going to the winner, Scottie Scheffler . The PGA Championship had a record purse of $18.5 million, with Xander Schauffele taking home $3.33 million .

– Cameron Jourdan, Golfweek

Spotlight on Pinehurst No. 2

The Donald Ross-designed Pinehurst No. 2 is no ordinary U.S. Open test, and many of the shots and decisions required will be entirely different than those typically employed by tour professionals. The layout is ranked by Golfweek’s Best as the No. 1 public-access course in North Carolina, the No. 3 resort course in the U.S. and the No. 18 Classic course in the U.S.

It’s not just the chipping –  or putting – onto No. 2’s notoriously domed greens. As we've seen this week, Open contestants have been forced to deal with acres of sandy scrub, where luck holds great influence on outcome. Additional wiregrass was planted in the sandscapes just off the fairways for this U.S. Open, adding even more intrigue as any ball bounds off the firm but ample fairways.

– Jason Lusk, Golfweek

Another 'frustrating day' for Scottie Scheffler

Moving day didn’t mean much for Scottie Scheffler, who stayed in nearly the same position after posting a 71. The Texan is in an uncharacteristic tie for 42nd at 6 over for the tournament.

"The game of golf is a mental torture chamber at times, especially the U.S. Open," the reigning Masters champion said. "Another frustrating day. Today was a day where I thought I played a lot better than my score."

Scheffler barely made it to the weekend and he hasn’t improved on his position since then, losing more than 5 strokes on the greens this week.

"I’m having a lot of trouble reading these greens. I had a lot of putts today where I felt like I hit it really good. I looked up and they were not going the way I thought they were going to go," he said.

– Tim Schmitt, Golfweek

Matthieu Pavon hoping to make his mark

Matthieu Pavon was even with leader Bryson DeChambeau after 10 holes and slipped a bit down the stretch, but still finds himself in a tie for second at 4 under with Rory McIlroy and Patrick Cantlay, and will be part of the final pairing.

So if he does win, what will Pavon want Americans to know about him?

"Nothing special. I just love golf. That’s the thing. I’m just so happy to compete here in America. It has been a remarkable journey for me. I just love so much competing here, and this is what I like people to know about me. I’m a pretty regular guy, and it’s just awesome to be here," he said. "It’s so much different. The golf courses here feels like − playing the signatures so far, it feels like we play majors every week.

"This golf course, there is nothing even close on the European Tour. Nothing which comes even close. This is really different. I’m not really used to hitting it in the rough and not being capable to go to the green."

Leader Bryson DeChambeau deals with hip issue

Coming to the 10th tee Saturday, Bryson DeChambeau was tied with Matthieu Pavon at 6 under, when his hip started to tighten. Per the rules, the 2020 U.S. Open champ called for physio help and after a session that was caught by overhead cameras, he came back to boom a pair of his best drives and subsequently took command of the tournament.

By day’s end, the session seemed a turning point as the SMU product stretched out to a three-stroke lead, and he’ll now enter Sunday with a second major title well within his grasp.

As for the magic session, DeChambeau said it was fairly routine, and even insisted some renovations to his home could have contributed to the tightness.

"It was tougher to get through on a couple shots. It’s okay. I’ve had it for a long time now. It’s just something that popped up," he said. "I’ve been playing a lot of good golf lately, and working on my house, trying to get my house finished, so I haven’t really had time to rest like I want to. The two weeks I had off after PGA, I was really grinding and focusing on some stuff there. I wasn’t really able to rest. I’ve just been pushing myself a little bit, pushing the horse a bit. Consequently, that’s going to happen.

"But I’ve got a great team around me to help fix some stuff up."

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US Open 2024: Scottie Scheffler vows to quickly move past disappointing major week at Pinehurst No 2

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World No 1 Scottie Scheffler has vowed not overreact after registering his worst finish of the season at the 124th US Open.

The two-time Masters champion headed into the third major of the year as the pre-tournament favourite, having won the Memorial Tournament on Sunday to register a fifth PGA Tour win in eight starts, only to fail to challenge for a second major victory of the season.

Scheffler only made the halfway cut on the mark of five over and registered just four birdies during a frustrating the week, ending on eight over to post his poorest result since a tied-45th finish at the CJ Cup in October 2022.

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"It was a long week. Obviously didn't play my best," Scheffler said. "I couldn't hole anything. I could not see the break on these greens. The greens this week kind of had my number. I felt like I hit a lot of really good putts that did weird things at the cup that I was not expecting them to do.

"When we come back here in a few years (Pinehurst will again host the US Open in 2029), I'll probably try to do a lot more work getting things going on the greens.

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"But I've been on a good stretch of golf. Had one tough event following a great event. I'm not really going to look too much into it."

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Scheffler had already won the Arnold Palmer Invitational, The Players, The Masters and the RBC Heritage this year prior to his one-shot win at Muirfield Village, although admits a jading week at The Memorial may have been a factor in his US Open performance.

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"Last week, with the golf course the way it is, it probably was not the best prep work for me coming into another really challenging event," Scheffler said. "I shot five under the first round at Memorial, which would have been the easiest day, and was three under from there on out.

"I mean, that's pretty US Open-like, and to play that many rounds, especially with what I've been dealing with the weeks leading up or really kind of the whole season, really playing a lot of good golf and being in contention, I think maybe my prep would have been a little bit better for this week if I was at home.

"I'm obviously not going to skip Jack [Nicklaus]'s tournament. It's a tournament I love playing. It's a tournament that I'm humbled to be the champion at, but as far as prep for this week, it may not have been the best.

"I knew what my schedule was at the beginning of the year. I had it set. That was always the way it was going to be. I feel like going forward, I'll maybe do things a little bit differently in the weeks leading up to majors, especially when you know it's going to be a challenging setup at a US Open."

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The final round of the 124th U.S. Open is set to take center stage from Pinehurst, North Carolina, where historic Pinehurst No. 2 hosts for the fourth time.

Bryson DeChambeau leads the U.S. Open by three strokes over Rory McIlroy, Matthieu Pavon and Patrick Cantlay heading into the final round. DeChambeau built his lead with a 67 on Saturday, becoming the only player to post three rounds in the 60s this week at Pinehurst No. 2. Hideki Matsuyama and Ludvig Åberg sit at 2-under looking to join the chasing pack.

DeChambeau will look to hold off the challengers to win his second U.S. Open and second major championship of his career on Sunday.

HOW TO FOLLOW

NOTE: The USGA, who owns and operates the U.S. Open, controls all digital streaming and broadcast rights to this event. For more information on how to watch this week, please visit the U.S. Open’s website . PGA TOUR LIVE coverage will resume on Thursday, June 20 at the Travelers Championship.

Television:

• Sunday: 9 a.m.-noon (USA), noon-7 p.m. (NBC)

Radio on SiriusXM 92/U.S. Open radio:

• Sunday: 10 a.m.-7 p.m.

Streaming: Various via USOpen.com . Featured Holes and Featured Groups to be announced.

For more live streaming information, click here for the official USGA Viewing Schedule .

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