US Open gives McIlroy chance to leave politics behind and end major drought

Northern Irishman deserved better treatment from PGA Tour but has a tendency to prevail against a backdrop of tumult

Corey Pereira: ‘Golf had to take a step back … now I’m buzzing for US Open’

Corey Pereira tells Ewan Murray he cannot wait to compete at the US Open after pausing his golf career to help his girlfriend cope with cancer

Rose Zhang: the US college golf star toppling Tiger Woods’ records

After becoming the first player in 72 years to win on her LPGA debut, the 20-year-old American could be what’s needed for a tour that’s deeper than ever but wanting for household names

Saudi Arabia has bought into soccer and golf. Will the NBA and NFL be next?

The kingdom has extended its soft power through several sporting projects. There are signs that an expansion into US professional leagues could be next

Money talks: how Saudi Arabia’s soft power project is shaking up sport

Regime wants to use sport for soft power and to improve the lives of its population but has failed to wash away its human rights record

‘I still hate LIV’: Rory McIlroy calls for consequences over breakaway players

Rory McIlroy has dismissed imminent peace in golf by insisting golfers who “irreparably harmed” the PGA Tour will not breeze back in without penalty

Share your thoughts on the LIV Golf merger with PGA and DP World Tours

We would like to hear from golf fans on their reaction to the merger and how they feel about it

Changing their tune: what golf’s powerbrokers said then and now

Key players in the world of men’s golf have made a dramatic turnaround after spending 12 months attacking the new tour

LIV’s DeChambeau says Saudis ‘trying to do good for world’ amid PGA merger

Bryson DeChambeau, one of the first big names to sign up for LIV Golf, says players who stayed loyal to the PGA Tour have been mistreated

What does golf’s blockbuster ‘merger’ mean for the game and its players?

Disrupter Greg Norman is not the only one attached to LIV who will surely soon discover their services are no longer required

Australians in golf’s new world order: Cameron Smith wins but Greg Norman loses

Tour merger gives Smith everything he could possibly want while the LIV commissioner’s time as a powerbroker is surely over

‘Gigantic victory for sportswashing’: old truths will haunt golf’s new dawn

Bad blood is bound to linger despite LIV and PGA Tour merger bringing immediate end to the legal battles between both sides

PGA’s ‘merger’ with LIV can’t be seen as anything other than a Saudi victory

Forget the talk of released tension: this deal is merely a depressing illustration that money can disrupt and distort everything in sport

Trump and Mickelson praise LIV-PGA merger as 9/11 families hit back

The world of professional golf reacted with emotions ranging from bemusement to disbelief to triumph to the shock merger on Tuesday

PGA Tour, LIV Golf and DP World Tour agree to make shock merger

The PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LIV Golf have agreed to merge commercial operations under common ownership in a shock development