LIV on stage 3 event at Trump sites; the ranking decision is coming soon

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The second year of Saudi-funded LIV Golf will go to three courses owned by former President Donald Trump as part of a 14-event schedule in 2023, according to a report from SI.com.

The report said LIV Golf had announced its schedule, although the LIV website only said a full schedule was forthcoming. The rival league previously said it would open its season Feb. 24-26 at the Mexican golf resort of Mayakoba, which previously hosted a PGA Tour stop.

LIV Golf did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.

Meanwhile, The Daily Telegraph in the UK quotes European tour CEO Keith Pelley as saying that he and PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan are recusing themselves as Official World Golf Ranking board members from any discussion on whether LIV Golf should receive world ranking points.

The PGA Tour confirmed that Monahan was not part of the board meeting in December that addressed the status of the LIVs. It usually takes a year for a new circuit to join the OWGR system, and LIV Golfs league of 54-hole events with no cuts falls short of some of the OWGR guidelines.

LIV Golf has previously announced seven sites, including four previously used on the PGA Tour or European tour Mayakoba, The Gallery at Dove Mountain north of Tucson, Arizona; The Greenbrier in West Virginia; and Valderrama in Spain.

The full schedule, according to SI.com, includes Trump National in northern Virginia (May 26-28), Trump National in Bedminster, New Jersey (Aug. 11-13), and Trump National Doral near Miami (Oct. 20-22).

Trumps courses in Bedminster and Doral have been part of the schedule in recent years, as have Centurion outside London and Rich Harvest Farms in the Chicago suburbs. Missing from last years schedule was a stop outside of Boston.

Trump National Doral hosted the team’s final championship in the inaugural season. Today the LIV Golf team championship is in Saudi Arabia. A year ago, a regular LIV event was held in Saudi Arabia before going to Doral.

SI.com also reported that Majed Al-Sorour, the managing director of LIV Golf and CEO of the Saudi Golf Federation, will step down from his post but will remain on the LIV board. Al-Sorour was seen as one of the main negotiators in signing the players.

Greg Norman, the CEO and commissioner of LIV Golf, strongly urged last year that Pelley and Monahan recuse themselves from the OWGR’s decision on whether the rival circuit should earn ranking points.

Pelley said he, Monahan and Keith Waters, a longtime European tour executive who represents the International Federation of PGA Tours on the OWGR board, have recused themselves.

That leaves only the leaders of the four majors Augusta National Golf Club, US Golf Association, Royal & Ancient and PGA of America along with OWGR Chairman Peter Dawson to decide on the LIV.

I have not looked at the LIV application and I cannot give my opinions on an application that I have not seen, Pelley told the Telegraph. So, as far as LIV goes, we are not involved in it and have no influence or say in what happens.

The developments come a week after LIV Golf announced a television partnership with The CW, where weekend rounds will be televised in the US and Friday rounds will be available on the networks app.

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