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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
LIV Golf Announces $22 Million Golfer Abruptly Withdraws at Virginia
LIV Golf Announces $22 Million Golfer Abruptly Withdraws at Virginia originally appeared on Athlon Sports. LIV Golf has shaken up the traditional golf scene by introducing a unique team-based format alongside its competition. Unlike the PGA Tour, where players compete solely for individual glory, LIV Golf crowns both an individual champion each week and a winning team. Each four-player squad works together to rack up points, with every stroke affecting the team leaderboard as much as the individual standings. Advertisement One of LIV Golf's youngest and most electrifying talents, Matthew Wolff, was set to tee off for Range Goats GC at LIV Golf Virginia, but his tournament ended abruptly on Wednesday. Shortly after his tee shot at the par-4 eighth, Wolff grimaced, pulled up, and withdrew with an apparent muscle strain. Miami, Florida, USA; Matthew Wolff of the RangeGoats thanks the crowd after a birdie putt on the seventh green during the final round of LIV Golf Miami golf tournament at Trump National Matay-Imagn Images His departure came as a shock, Wolff, a $22 million career earner already turning heads. Most of his earnings are from LIV Golf, yet PGA too has a contribution in it. "Matthew Wolff WD (injury) after his 8th Ollie Schniederjans joins field, will play remainder of Rd. 1 in place of Wolff," LIV Golf wrote on X. Advertisement Fellow Range Goats member Ollie Schniederjans—who had been on standby—stepped in to finish the round. While Ollie's score over the final ten holes counts toward the Range Goats' team total, it won't affect his individual ranking this week. Wolff's résumé is impressive: he drained the winning putt to capture the 2018 NCAA Division I Championship for Oklahoma State, aced a hole-in-one at LIV Golf Boston in 2022, and won the 3M Open in just his third PGA Tour start in 2019. He also notched two top-5 finishes in his first major appearances and led the U.S. Open after 54 holes in 2020—the youngest ever to do so. Although his individual campaign at LIV Golf Virginia was cut short, Wolff's presence still looms large. As his teammates rally to keep Range Goats in contention, fans everywhere will be watching to see when the young phenom bolts back into action—ideally pain-free and firing on all cylinders. Advertisement Related: Last-Minute Addition Leads PGA Tour's RBC Canadian Open This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 6, 2025, where it first appeared.
Korea Herald
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Korea Herald
Music-loving Korean golfer thrives in noisy setting at LIV Golf tourney
INCHEON -- For the uninitiated, playing at a LIV Golf event for the first time can be a shock to the system. One big difference between a LIV Golf tournament and a regular tour event is the music. Speakers set up behind teeing grounds and along the fairways play songs of different genres constantly, and there are no mute buttons to press even when players are about to play their shots. Luckily, Kim Min-kyu, a South Korean player making his LIV Golf debut on home soil Friday, loves listening to music in his spare time. Not only did the songs played in the first round of LIV Golf Korea not bother him, Kim even grooved to some of them as he was walking up fairways. That comfort level showed up in his scorecard, as Kim shot a three-under 69, with five birdies and two bogeys, to begin the first LIV tournament in the country at Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea in Incheon, some 30 kilometers west of Seoul. Kim, 24, is based on the DP World Tour, formerly European Tour, but is here as a temporary injury replacement for Ben Campbell of the RangeGoats Golf Club (GC). "I think the biggest difference I noticed out here was the music playing. But I like listening to music anyway, so I enjoyed myself out there today," Kim said. "They played some good songs today. But on some holes, I stayed locked in on my shots and didn't really hear anything. Music didn't distract me at all today." Unlike other tours, LIV Golf runs a team competition. Its 13 teams each have four golfers, and their combined scores determine team standings at tournaments, with the top eight and ties earning points on a sliding scale. Kim and his captain, Bubba Watson, led the RangeGoats with their 69s, two shots better than Peter Uihlein and Matthew Wolff. Though Kim admitted the music and party-like setting gave the LIV event a vibe of a non-competitive exhibition, he still wanted to play well both for himself and for the team. "I am proud of myself for helping the team today with my score," he said. "I played a practice round with my teammates, and they were all very nice to me. They tried to put me at ease, asking me questions and making sure I would feel comfortable." Kim, who is set to return to the DP World Tour after his sojourn in LIV Golf, said he hasn't yet thought about whether he will try to switch tours full-time. "There's still a lot of golf left to play this season, and so I will focus on playing my best the rest of this season," he said. "I want to have a good season first, and then I will think about the future later on." Kim said he will try to stay within himself and not force the issue over the next two days. "I want to pick my spots, playing safe but hitting some aggressive shots when I need to," Kim said. "But I don't want to get too greedy out there." (Yonhap)
NZ Herald
28-04-2025
- Sport
- NZ Herald
Kiwi golf wrap: Steven Alker, Daniel Hillier bag top-10 finishes; Dame Lydia Ko, Ryan Fox struggle
Fellow Kiwi Daniel Hillier also found himself fighting for a title at the business end of the tournament at the Hainan Classic in China on the DP World Tour, ultimately finishing in a tie for ninth. Hillier went into the final round sitting third on the leaderboard, just one shot off the lead, but posted his worst score of the tournament in his fourth round, with a one-over 73 seeing him finish at 10-under. Kazuma Kobori finished in a tie for 45th at two-under. Bagging a top-10 finish did see Hillier move up the ladder in the Race to Dubai rankings – with the top 70 players at the end of the season going into one final tournament to find a winner, while the top 10 players not otherwise exempt earn a PGA Tour card. Hillier now sits fifth, behind Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) and English trio Laurie Canter, Tyrell Hatton and John Parry. On the LPGA Tour, Dame Lydia Ko managed to fend off an injury early in the week to make the cut in the first major of the LPGA Tour season, finishing in a tie for 52nd at the Chevron Championship in Texas. Ko struggled throughout the week, her best score being an even-par 72 in her second round. Ko finished the week as she started, with a final-round 73 seeing her finish the event five-over. A five-way playoff was required to find a winner after a quintet of players finished on seven-under, with Japan's Mao Saigo outlasting Lindy Duncan (USA), Ariya Jutanugarn (Thailand), Ruoning Yin (China) and Hyo Joo Kim (South Korea). Discover more On the men's tour, the alternate shot format in the Zurich Classic teams event got the better of Ryan Fox and Garrick Higgo, with the duo failing to make the cut in New Orleans. The pair made a strong start in round one – played in the four-ball, or best-ball, format – before a two-over 74 on day two ended their event early. Starting on the back nine, they made a good start to sit two-under after five holes, but they sat just one-under at the turn following back-to-back bogeys before another birdie late in the nine. Two bogeys and a double through the second half of their round ended their hopes of playing the weekend, with the duo missing the 10-under cut line by four shots. On the LIV Golf tour, Kiwi Ben Campbell was forced to withdraw from the weekend's event in Mexico. Campbell has had a decent start to his time on the tour in Bubba Watson's Range Goats team, with two top-20 finishes, including a third, through five events. However, after a two-over opening round in Mexico, when he withdrew due to a wrist injury and was replaced by the reserve, American John Catlin, Campbell will be hopeful his injury heals quickly, with the tour moving to Korea this weekend. Finally, on the Korn Ferry Tour, a feeder tour for the PGA, back-to-back 67s weren't enough for Harry Hillier to make the cut at the Veritex Bank Championship in Texas. Hillier was eight-under after two rounds and missed the cut by a shot. American Johnny Keefer won the event at 30-under.
