The third season of the Arab Golf Tremendous League opens with nice enthusiasm in Mexico. From tomorrow till February 4, Playa del Carmen would be the stage for the LIV Golf Mayakoba, an occasion that marks the entry, into the impartial golf league, of illustrious names such because the Spaniard Jon Rahm, presently in third place on this planet rating and thought of the very best paid sportsman on this planet.
Not solely Rahm, but additionally Englishman Tyrrell Hatton and Polish Adrian Meronk will make their debut on this competitors.
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LIV Golf has made a collection of European-caliber purchases, financed by the PIF, Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund.
Amongst these market hits, the names of Rahm, who accepted a rare provide of over 550 million {dollars}, and Hatton stand out. Each of those gamers have already teamed up within the Ryder Cup in Rome and can now be a part of the “Legio XIII” group, underneath the steerage of Rahm himself.
The occasion in Mexico will comply with the custom of the Arab Tremendous League, with a double competitors. There shall be a person competitors, the place the winner shall be rewarded with an unimaginable prize pool of $4,000,000, and a group competitors, the place the successful group will win a prize of $3,000,000.
This season of the Arab Golf Tremendous League is predicted to be one of the vital thrilling and aggressive ever, with the arrival of recent abilities and the rise of nice champions. In 2019, plans emerged for a brand new golf league to compete with the PGA Tour, often called the Premier Golf League.
PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan responded by stating that golfers who selected to play in a brand new league can be barred from PGA Tour occasions. Later in 2020, the PGA European Tour and PGA Tour entered right into a ” strategic alliance” to collaborate on enterprise alternatives, calendar and prize cash for members of each excursions.
The Premier Golf League has held talks with Saudi traders over a monetary partnership. Nonetheless, Golf Saudi, a division of the Public Funding Fund, as a substitute funded a brand new entity in 2020 with the objective of building a world skilled league, typically known as the “Tremendous Golf League”.
This entity was formally launched in October 2021 underneath the title LIV Golf Investments, and former skilled golfer Greg Norman was appointed CEO.