Australian golfer Cameron Percy told a Melbourne radio station that countrymen Smith and Marc Leishman would be leaving for LIV after the PGA Tour's FedEx ...
Smith is second in the points standings behind Scottie Scheffler. Leishman, 38, the winner of six PGA Tour events, is ranked 62nd in FedEx points. The request was denied Tuesday by a federal district court judge. "Absolutely, yeah. Smith is playing for the first time this week following his Open victory at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, the first of three FedEx Cup playoff events. That’s all I’m here for. Smith appeared at a scheduled press conference on Tuesday at the FedEx St. Jude Championship and when asked about the report said: “My goal here is to win the FedEx Cup playoffs.
We've reached a point where a golfer has to take a blood oath on their mother's grave while stabbing a voodoo doll of Greg Norman for me to believe that any ...
And finally Smith, the face for the younger generation whose actions are never their fault because the avalanche of shit they swim in was foisted upon them. It’s rare for a golfer to come across as someone you wouldn’t want to smack with a tuna sandwich within three minutes of conversation at a country club. How that detachment is viewed now changes for people who are turned off by the capitalistic all-consuming blob that is the Saudi tour. Cameron has a little bit of that endearing ignorance David Spade was able to conjure up during the best movie (not featuring Chris Farley) of his career. I’m not going to go into detail about the lawsuit because two groups of old, rich white guys bludgeoning each other with lawyers and squeaky rubber mallets make watching golf thrilling by comparison. Cut to Norman, watching the presser, pouring vodka in a glass, and nodding maniacally.
Cameron Smith says if there are any developments regarding his future, he will be the one to make them, not fellow Aussie golfer Cameron Percy, ...
"[Scott] said he met with [LIV] in 2017 — they were ready [to] do all this. "The more and more you look into it, some people don't care, some people have got a conscience and do care," he said. Australia's latest major winner, Cameron Smith, is "gone" to the LIV Golf Series at the end of the PGA playoffs, according to fellow Aussie golfer Cameron Percy.
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Does he want to win more majors or does he want the money? So, the tour has known for a long time that this stuff’s in the works.” “He will be a $100m guy or more now. I think Justin Thomas and Rory McIlroy and a lot of those guys that still compete and play well in majors, and want to leave a legacy, they’re the guys I would be following.” He did, however, make it clear he was less than impressed with Percy’s comments. “I was on the radio yesterday in Australia and l said it doesn’t look good for Leish and Cam going to LIV,” he tweeted.
LIV Golf has been steadily growing its ranks from tournament to tournament, and it is on the verge of adding another major winner to the fold before its ...
He's a big get for the breakout league, as he enters second in the FedEx Cup standings behind Scottie Scheffler. LIV Golf and the PGA Tour are still engaged in golf's own version of a Civil War, with several LIV players suing the tour for its refusal to allow LIV players to participate in PGA Tour events. LIV Golf has been steadily growing its ranks from tournament to tournament, and it is on the verge of adding another major winner to the fold before its Boston event at the beginning of September.
Open champion Cameron Smith has issued a defiant statement after reportedly signing with the controversial Saudi-backed LIV Golf Series. Australian golfer Cameron Percy said this week his countryman's move was a done deal and a report emerged on Wednesday ...
“I’m not going to speak about the guys that are going to LIV and all that speculation. I think there may be only a handful more guys that will leave. “My dream was never to maximum myself my financial benefits. “Guys are going to leave. Outside of that who knows.” So, the tour has known for a long time that this stuff’s in the works. Asked a follow-up question, Smith added: “I have no comment to that. All that stuff will shake out in due time. “If there’s something I need to say regarding the PGA Tour or LIV, it’ll come from Cameron Smith, not Cameron Percy. It definitely is a topic of discussion around who’s going and stuff like that. Like I said, I’m here to play the FedEx Cup playoffs. The PGA Tour is where I want to play and it continues to be the place where the best golfers in the world play.”
Cam Percy, an Australian golfer, said in an interview that fellow Aussies Cameron Smith and Marc Leishman are going to the LIV Golf Series.
Both players would be ineligible for the team event if they left after the FedEx Cup playoffs. Cameron Percy, an Australian golfer who just tied for eighth at the Wyndham Championship, did an interview with RSN Radio Australia and inferred Smith and fellow Aussie Marc Leishman are already gone. Well, rumors have continued to circulate around the 2022 Champion Golfer of the Year and we may now know for sure that he’s bag chasing.
Despite published reports that indicate he is leaving the PGA Tour for the rival LIV Golf circuit, Australia's Cameron Smith said on Tuesday that he's ...
The Telegraph reported that Smith is expected to make his LIV Golf debut in Boston on Sept. 2-4. We missed a year because of COVID and that's something that I look forward to being a part of." He has earned more than $9.8 million in 16 starts this season.
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With a strong next three weeks, it's feasible that he could end up winning the PGA Tour Player of the Year. Smith enters the FedEx Cup Playoffs No. 2 in points. His name was linked to the PGA Tour's rival in nearly every conversation, which means nothing, of course, but was certainly interesting as a topic of conversation throughout the week. He also addressed fellow Australian Cameron Percy, who recently (and casually) said on the Golf Gambling Podcast that Smith was "gone, unfortunately" to LIV. Rumors flew about Smith fleeing the PGA Tour during The Open at St. Andrews last month. As the PGA Tour-LIV Golf battle waged in a courtroom in Northern California on Tuesday, LIV may have scored another victory on the other side of the country.
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“That’s been my focus the last week and a half. Australian Matt Jones is one of three players taking the PGA Tour to court this week in a bid to take part in the FedEx Cup playoffs. But a lawyer for the breakaway series reportedly told the court that prizemoney is “recouped against the LIV contracts”. The preliminary schedule for the inaugural 2023 LIV Golf tour features a tournament in Australia. “If there’s something I need to say regarding the PGA Tour or LIV it will come from Cameron Smith, not Cameron Percy,” Smith said in Memphis. Smith, as he did at St Andrews, attempted to reject any lines of questioning about LIV in a press conference ahead of the PGA Tour playoffs.
Despite published reports that indicate he is leaving the PGA Tour for the rival LIV Golf circuit, Australia's Cameron Smith said Tuesday that he's ...
The Telegraph reported that Smith is expected to make his LIV Golf debut in Boston on Sept. 2-4. We missed a year because of COVID and that's something that I look forward to being a part of." He has earned more than $9.8 million in 16 starts this season.
Australia's recently crowned Open champion, Cameron Smith, has reportedly signed a $143 million deal to joi...
Like I said, I'm here to play the FedEx Cup playoffs. Pressed further on the subject of LIV Golf, Smith added: "I have no comment to that. "If there's something I need to say regarding the PGA Tour or LIV, it'll come from Cameron Smith, not Cameron Percy.
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Smith was unsurprisngly hit with several questions from reporters but declined to confirm or deny the LIV claims. The world No.2 said in Tuesday’s press conference he still intended to play in the President’s Cup later in the year. Smith also endured an awkward press conference at last month’s British Open after he was asked about links to LIV Golf just moments after winning the Claret Jug at St Andrews, however he did not deny reports.
Cameron Smith, the reigning Open champion and world No 2 has deflected fellow-pro's report he is “gone” to Saudi-backed LIV rebel golf tour.
“Like I said, I’m here to play the FedEx Cup play-offs. I’m here to win the FedEx Cup play-offs.” The Telegraph report claims confirmation of his switch is expected after the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs this week in Memphis.
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It’s been a divisive time in our sport and in a lot of ways it’s extremely sad to see the fracture and fighting. “I hope [all players want to play the Presidents Cup]. It’s been a rocky road, I’m not going to lie. “He’s an absolute stud,” international captain Trevor Immelman told the Herald and The Age of Smith. “I love the guy. Will they even bother to watch him on YouTube, the only platform for LIV at the moment? How will the Australian public judge him given, in all likelihood, he’ll be teeing it up in LIV events alongside Sadom Kaewkanjana and Laurie Canter and never have to fear a cut? “I’m a man of my word and whenever you guys need to know anything it will be said by me.”
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A true world tour where all the top players could come and play on a regular basis and play for big money in countries which can’t necessarily raise the huge amount of money required. “With Australia and New Zealand and Asia, golf can find a way forward. “It’s destabilising the fabric of professional golf. It does help those 48 players make more money than they would actually make normally, and the fact is that most of them are basically past their use-by date. They all start as amateurs somewhere and are nurtured through the pathway so they could play golf, and then they get cards and qualify professionally.” “Basically, Greg Norman is doing it for money.
The Open Championship winner said he was focused on the FedEx Cup Playoffs as a report in The Telegraph says he is going to play in the next LIV Golf event ...
Smith could earn millions of dollars in the playoffs, and then move on to LIV afterward. We missed a year because of COVID, and that's something that I look forward to being a part of." "I have no comment to that," he said. "That's something that we've been looking forward to for the last three years. After one question about golf, he was asked about a possible departure to LIV. He had a good chance, too; his dual victories at the Players Championship and the Open positioned him in second place in the FedEx Cup points standings at the end of the regular season, trailing only Scottie Scheffler.
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“The signing of Smith is a significant riposte to that narrative. When LIV expands into a 14-tournament league next year, it is reportedly scheduled to stop in Sydney in April, where Smith is expected to feature in an all-Australian team.” “It’s destabilising the fabric of professional golf. “It has been very easy up until now to dismiss the gimmicks of LIV’s format — featuring shotgun starts, 54 holes and no cuts — as a watered-down exhibition lacking the essentials of elite competition. At one level, his departure in his prime demonstrates the scale of the Saudis’ ambitions. With his talent in the fullest bloom, he deserves to be playing in front of the largest galleries, for the highest stakes. He continued: “Smith remains LIV’s biggest coup to date and also symbolises another aspect of their revolt that could bring considerable success. “(Henrick) Stenson, a 46-year-old who has failed to reach the weekend in seven of his last nine majors, is the type of player he should be beating for breakfast. As he gave his acceptance speech on the 18th green at St Andrews, the Claret Jug in his hand, the quaver in his voice suggested he was genuinely overwhelmed. If he takes home the maximum loot of £3.93 million on his LIV debut in Boston next month, he would eclipse even the £2.98 million he earned at the Players Championship in May, in what was then the richest prize ever offered by a single golf tournament. It is a realm with all the money but none of the prestige. Even the winner himself did not look unduly bothered,” Brown wrote in The Telegraph.