Some oppose LIV Golf because it challenges the norm that has existed and supported many players and staff for many years, notably the USPGA and European Tours. The second concern that's raised most often is the funding being from Saudi Arabia.
Brandel Chamblee won one PGA Tour tournament and approximately $4 million during his 15 years as a professional golfer. His best performance in a Major was T18 in the 1999 Masters. He missed the cut in 8 of 14 Majors he played in.
Scottie Scheffler won the 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill Golf Course. His total score was -20. The tournament purse was $20,000,000. Runer up was Wyndham Clark.
Jack Nicklaus, Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods, Ben Hogan, Gary Player and Gene Sarazen, all legends of the game, are the six players to have won a career Grand Slam.
Arnold Palmer won the Florida Citrus Open Invitational in 1971. Arnold did not win the event named in his honor despite continuing to play in the event until 2004.
The four days at 13th Beach Golf Links had a men’s and a women’s tournament running concurrently over the 36 holes of the complex. And it was jointly sanctioned by four separate professional tours.
This structure has continued since with great success.
Phil Mickelson is the oldest player ever to finish in the top five at the Masters tournament. He was 52 years old at the time when he tied for second at the 2023 Masters.
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