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Daily Mirror
17-07-2025
- Sport
- Daily Mirror
The Open star unleashed furious rant in qualifying before making use of LIV Golf loophole
LIV Golf's Sergio Garcia has qualified for this year's Open championship at Royal Portrush, however he comes into 2025's event off the back of a tense qualifer last year LIV Golf star Sergio Garcia has qualified for this year's Open via a loophole, after his attempt at making last year's tournament ended in a furious tirade at officials. Garcia secured his place at the 2025 Open through the LIV Golf points list. This came after missing out initially. However, with members of the breakaway league gaining an invite via their individual season-long leaderboard for the first time, he made the cut. The R&A had announced earlier in the year that following the LIV Dallas event at the end of June, players who were not already exempt would be granted entry to Royal Portrush. As a consequence, a determined Garcia, who is fifth in the LIV standings, elected not to take part in the 36-hole Open Championship qualifier. He also decided against competing in any of the four qualifying events and instead chose to use his performances on the LIV Golf tour to lock him into The Open. Yet it was a far cry from 2024 where Garcia launched into a rant at R&A officials after losing his cool during qualifying. The Spanish star was forced to take part in the qualifying tournament after relinquishing his Open exemption due to his links with the Saudi Arabian-backed league. Garcia was the one to watch on the fairway and was trailed by a sizable crowd. However, events took a sour turn when he was made to wait to tee off while course marshals were busy waving the crowd on by. The 45-year-old ended up steering his drive into trouble and was clearly frustrated. Snapping at course officials he demanded: "It needs to be organised better." Garcia was then slapped with a warning for slow play which agitated him further, as he believed the sheer volume of fans in attendance were responsible for his lethargic pace. The warning pushed Garcia over the edge as he said: "You're right, we're always wrong." This year's development means that 2017 Masters Champion Garcia, who did not play at the US Open, will be participating in his first Open Championship since 2022, where he finished T68. The Open will go ahead on July 17 at Royal Portrush, with several big names failing to make the cut in qualifying. Northern Irish star Graeme McDowell, Sam Horsfield and LIV Golf's Adrian Meronk and Ian Poulter will all miss out. Speaking on the right of those playing in the LIV Golf league to feature in The Open, Mark Darbon, chief executive of the R&A, back in February said: "The Open is a global championship for the best men's golfers and each year we review our exemptions to ensure that we offer pathways into the Championship based on results achieved on the leading professional tours. "We acknowledge that players competing in LIV Golf should also have the opportunity to secure places in The Open through its individual season standings as well as existing pathways. "We are proud to offer a wide range of opportunities to qualify globally and look forward to seeing which golfers will emerge to take their place at Royal Portrush in July." Meanwhile Garcia, speaking at the LIV Dallas event at the end of June, said: "It's going to be my second time playing at Royal Portrush, and it's obviously nice. It's one of the goals that you have at the beginning of the year, to try to play as many majors as you can with the limitations that we get. "I didn't help myself very much the last three months, but I'm glad that I got enough work done in the first third of the year, I guess, in the first part of the season. I'm excited about it, and hopefully I'll play well."
NBC Sports
02-07-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
LIV player explains DQ from Open qualifying: 'I felt completely dizzy'
After carding a 7-over 43 on his opening nine Tuesday morning at West Lancashire, Sam Horsfield decided his chances of qualifying for The Open were wrecked. So, Horsfield, a member of LIV Golf's Majesticks GC, did what players have often done in his situation and walked off the course. The only issue is Horsfield, per the R&A, didn't notify an official of his withdrawal and was subsequently handed a disqualification. Semantics, sure, though the 28-year-old Englishman certainly earned himself quite a few headlines, including one from a British outlet that read, 'LIV golfer walks out of Open final qualifying after horror show.' Horsfield took issue with the coverage and posted an explanation of his premature exit to his Instagram account. As the former University of Florida standout from Manchester wrote, he didn't land at London's Heathrow airport from last weekend's LIV Dallas event until around 4 p.m. local time and didn't get to bed at his accommodations near the course until nearly 11 p.m. Then a fire alarm forced him outside at 1 a.m., and from there, he struggled to fall back asleep until about a half-hour before his 6 a.m. alarm, which he slept through. 'Fortunately, my caddie woke me up,' Horsfield added. 'I felt completely dizzy and out of it all day. Don't listen to the propaganda out there against LIV players by some of these pages. Hope this clears things up.' Horsfield, who has just one top-10 finish in nine LIV starts this year, will compete in LIV Andalucia next week in Spain.
Yahoo
01-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
LIV Golf star eyes Open ticket that could see him knock mentor out of Portrush
Determind David Puig fancies an Open date and could knock mentor Sergio Garcia out of Royal Portrush. The Spanish kid has planted himself into contention to win LIV Dallas and, at the same time, storm into the 153rd Open Championship at the expense of his illustrious compatriot and Fireballs team-mate. Advertisement The scrap for a place at Portrush has intensified in Texas with a spot open to the highest-ranked player in the LIV individual standings after the event getting a ticket to Northern Ireland. READ MORE: LIV Golf star admits winning The Open at Portrush offers last real Ryder Cup hope READ MORE: Rory McIlroy stunned Portrush with incredible feat at just 16 as he returns 20 years on Currently fourth, those above him at the start of play, Joaquin Niemann, Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm, have secured their spots in the Open field and Garcia can join them if he stays in his current position. However, Puig is making a serious late run as his mentor sits out of the points with a round to go. Advertisement Victory for the 23-year-old would net him 40 points in the individual standings and move him past his countryman unless his captain somehow manages to get third. Puig, who is four shots behind leader Patrick Reed with 18 holes to go, could also get in by finishing solo fourth or better if Garcia stays outside the points. It's a target and he said: 'It's definitely a goal of mine. Anytime someone can avoid going to the qualifier, it's great. That's the main goal. "Obviously, I want to play the Open. It's one of the best tournaments of the year. I really want to be there, and I'm trying to do as much as I can and my part to be able to be there. Advertisement 'We've been working pretty hard these last couple weeks. I thought my game was in the right shape and I've been playing good. It's great to be in this position.' Puig is due to play a qualifier at Royal Cinque Ports on Tuesday and said: "Just a direct flight to London, rent a car and drive. "I played the course two years ago so I'm not planning on doing a practice round but maybe walk the course a little bit. "The weather is going to be great, which is not common near London. If the weather is good, maybe hit a few balls and get ready for Tuesday." -Credit:AP However, a LIV Dallas win could negate the need to go and, ironically, on the eve of the tournament, Garcia poured praise onto Puig and said: 'I don't know if he's a revelation because I've been watching him since he started playing professionally at the end of 2022 and I see his progression as something normal. Advertisement "He played very well last year and had a very solid season. Obviously, he's playing even better this year. He's a great player and, if he continues to improve like he has in recent years, he can truly achieve some very, very good things.' Now the kid can repay the compliments by knocking Garcia out of his cherished place at Portrush with the 45-year-old desperate to take his place and stay in the fight for Ryder Cup selection. It's a key period for Garcia as he explained: 'I'd say every moment is important, but without a doubt, these five consecutive tournaments I probably have now are important because of their position in the season and because there's a Major in between. "Starting now in Dallas, then the BMW International Open, Valderrama, which I'm really looking forward to because I'm defending the individual and team titles. "If I play well here in Dallas, I'll qualify for the British Open and wouldn't have to play qualifiers. Finally [LIV] UK. It's obviously an important part of the year and I have to try to do my best.'
Yahoo
01-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Blazing mad Brooks Koepka smashes up tee box, withdraws from LIV event and sets alarm bells ringing for The Open
Blazing Brooks Kopeka smashed his way out of LIV Dallas in an outburst which set alarm bells ringing again ahead of Royal Portrush. The American star stormed off the course during Friday's first round of the event with illness cited as the reason for his eventual withdrawal with four holes to go. Advertisement Koepka had already looked sick when he cracked a tee-box marker in visible rage after another wayward shot at the ninth. The five-times Major winner slammed his club into the deck at first before subsequently whacking the marker out of the ground and in the direction of the LIV crowd. READ MORE: Open legends extending their 25-year scrap into another Major battle READ MORE: Excited Damon Heta fancied running into crowd on insane New York debut It was a brutal moment ahead of his trip across the Atlantic for the 153rd Championship and have acted to dim hopes which had had risen following the US Open that better times may lie ahead and the real Koepka might be about to shine in Northern Ireland. -Credit:Getty Images Koepka's struggles at the biggest events in recent times has been sad for his fans to witness with the man who was the most-fearsome character in Major golf cowed. His history isn't unknown. In a six-year spell between 2017 and 2023, he won three PGA Championships, two US Opens and recorded six other top-five finishes. Advertisement During one outrageous stretch through the 2019 season, Kopeka didn't finish outside the top four in any of the Majors and once famously stated that they were the 'easist' to win. Injury problems were clearly amongst the biggest reasons why the run stuttered, but the switch to LIV didn't initially halt him as he blasted back to victory with that fifth Major win at PGA Championship coming just two years ago. He made the US Ryder Cup team in Rome. However, following that success at Oak Hill, it went rapidly downhill. Last year, Koepka was unable to strike a blow as he failed to secure a Top 20 in any of the Majors and the descent continued into this term. At Augusta, while Rory McIlroy was making history to win his career Grand Slam and, importantly, match his rival's mark of five majors, Kopeka was already long gone having missed the Masters cut. That wasn't his first missed Masters weekend, but it was a different story with the PGA. The three-time winner of the Wanamaker Trophy had never done less than four rounds in his 12 previous appearances in the event until he got to Quail Hollow, but that record was crushed by a bruising dismissal following rounds of 75 and 76 leaving him nine-over par. Spats with fans and pictures of him buying beer in a supermarket made more headlines than his golf, yet at Oakmont a fortnight ago, there were signs of life. The opening-day 68 to be amongst the leaders at the end of a tough start at Oakmont put him back in a place where he'd once lived. Subsequently, rounds of 74 and 73 snuffed out any opportunity of him grabbing the trophy, but the Sunday 71 lifted him back-up into a tie for 12th place behind JJ Spaun and offered a first Top 20 finish at a Major in two long years. Advertisement With Royal Portrush to come, the prospect of the 35-year-old rising even higher and continuing the ascent at the iconic Irish venue was a tantalising one, yet now the doubts return. It remains to be seen how much the illness played a part in his wayward scoring and loss of temper in Dallas less than three weeks from The Open, or whether the simple fact is that Oakmont offered merely a rare and brief glimpse of the old Koepka.
Daily Record
30-06-2025
- Sport
- Daily Record
LIV Golf star Bryson DeChambeau calls for major change in the game
American star believes team concept can reach across the sporting network Bullish Bryson DeChambeau believes golf is ready for change and insists teams can have a huge impact on the global fanbase future. The American star is the most-recognised member of LIV Golf with a huge following and billboards of his face were plastered across Dallas to promote last week's event. DeChambeau's Crushers team, which also includes England's Paul Casey, India's Anirban Lahiri and US ace Charles Howell, won the team competition for the third-straight tournament when in Texas and the Ryder Cup star used the squad's winners press conference to press home his feelings on the way he sees progress for the sport. Asked about building a worldwide brand for the Crushers and that future pathway, Open -bound DeChambeau said: 'Well, I'll speak on that. First starting off with 'Baan and India, we've always known India is a ripe market for golf. "It's getting ready to blast off in a sense and grow like never before. I was there in India earlier this year and Paul was as well. We saw the crowds that came out there. 'Us playing globally, the Crushers as a team, as a franchise, we're able to showcase ourselves in our regions that we're from. "Baan is a great example of that, how it allows us to showcase the game of golf in his corner of the world. We're with going to JCB [in England] where Paul is from in that region in a sense. "Again, we've been in Florida, Dallas. The game of golf is ready for change. We continue to hope to see golf move in this team direction. 'Obviously the game will always be an individual sport. We'll always play for individual titles. But why not have a team aspect as well to it? Why can't we have more fun together? Why can't we build something special? Why can't we influence and inspire the next generation of golfers as a team? 'We want people to have that fandom like you have with the Lakers, like you have with the Yankees and stuff. It's going to take time. We all know that. "And the people that are looking at us going: What is this, why is it even a thing. Well, the Yankees had to start somewhere, the Lakers had to start somewhere, and we're just at the inception. This is only three years in now . "Look what this week did for LIV Golf. I think and hope that they see that and see the potential with this market. It's conversations we're going to have. But I'd love to be back here. It would be a lot of fun. 'My face was on a billboard this week trying to get people out here and they definitely showed up. "I wanted to show my respect and appreciation for them coming to this tournament, especially in the heat. "It was not easy to come out here and have fun and enjoy this massive heat wave, but they did it and they showed up. It was a lot of fun to have them out showcasing some great golf.' DeChambeau also got himself involved with many off-course events at LIV Dallas and was on the stage on Saturday night whipping up fans at the post-round concert. Asked about his voice, he said: 'A lot of recovery, a lot of ice. No, I'm kidding. No, it was fun getting up there on stage and thanking Dallas. I have to say thank you to Dallas for them showing up this week. I think it's one of our best events in the States. There was 12,000 people yesterday [Saturday]. 'Dallas showed up and this is what I expected. This is what I thought. This is what I thought was possible. Our team showed up. I "'ve just got to say I'm super thankful to Dallas and super thankful for the team for playing as well as they did. "We've got more to go, though. We're not finished. We want to win that Team Championship at the end of the year as well.'
