LIV Golf Invitational Series: EVERYTHING you need to know

The first LIV Golf Invitational Series began at Centurion Golf Club in St. Albans in June, and incredibly both Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson broke away from the PGA Tour to join Greg Norman's new Saudi-backed circuit. 

Johnson and Mickelson headlined the field made up of some of golf's biggest names including Lee Westwood, Sergio Garcia, Ian Poulter, Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Schwartzel and Talor Gooch.

A total of 48 players will compete in each event on the LIV Golf Series. The first LIV Golf tournament was held in Hertfordshire, England from June 9-11. 

It has since been revealed that all PGA Tour players competing in the LIV Golf Invitational Series, at any stage, will be banned by the PGA Tour.

Since the first event, Patrick Reed, Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau, Henrik Stenson, Abraham Ancer, Bubba Watson and Matthew Wolff have all made the big switch to the breakaway series.

Who played in the first LIV Golf event in London? 

What were the LIV Golf Teams in London?

Who played in the second LIV Golf event in Portland?

What were the LIV Golf Teams in Portland?

Who played in the third LIV Golf event at Bedminster?

What were the LIV Golf Teams in Bedminster?

Who played in the fourth LIV Golf event in Boston?

Cameron Smith joins LIV Golf

Cameron Smith, the winner of the 150th Open Championship at St Andrews, became the highest-profile PGA Tour defection ahead of the LIV Golf Invitational in Boston. 

Smith was one of six new signings. He is anticipated to be the team captain of an all-Australian team. 

The other players added to the LIV Golf field in Boston are: 

• Marc Leishman
• Anirban Lahiri
• Cameron Tringale
• Harold Varner III
• Joaquin Niemann

What were the LIV Golf Teams in Boston?

Who played in the fifth LIV Golf event in Chicago?

What were the LIV Golf Teams in Chicago?

Who played in the sixth LIV Golf event in Bangkok?

What were the LIV Golf teams in Bangkok?

Who played in the seventh LIV Golf event in Jeddah?

What were the LIV Golf teams in Jeddah?

2022 LIV Golf Invitational Series schedule:

June 9 - 11 - Centurion Golf Club, near London (GB)

June 30 - July 2 - Pumpkin Ridge, Portland (USA)

July 29 - 31 - Trump National Golf Club, Bedminster, New Jersey (USA)

September 2 - 4 - The International, Boston (USA)

September 16 - 18 - Rich Harvest Farms, Chicago (USA)

October 7 - 9 - Stonehill, Bangkok (THAI)

October 14 - 16 - Royal Greens & Country Club, Jeddah (SAU)

October 27 - 30 - Trump National Golf Club Doral, Miami (USA)

How does the LIV Golf Invitational Series work? 

The eighth and final event will be the season-ending Team Championship matchplay event. This Team Championship will be a seeded four-day, four-round matchplay knock-out.

The LIV Golf Invitational Series will feature 12 teams of four players each and as each event will be made up of a different field, each team will be decided by a weekly draft.

Each team will have a LIV-appointed captain who will select their three open team positions via a snake draft format.

Over the first two rounds of each event, the best two stroke play scores count and the best three scores will count in rounds three and four. The lowest overall team score after 54 holes wins.

How can you watch the tournament on TV? 

If you cannot stomach the £68 daily admission ticket to watch the action up close and personal, you can watch the 54-hole tournament unfold on YouTube. 

LIV Golf will also be screening the action live on their official website. 

How much money is up for grabs in the LIV Golf Invitational Series?

As for the weekly individual events, the player who simply has the lowest score after 54 holes wins that event, the same as any stroke play tournament.

Each team will have unique logos, colours and names.

In total, $255 million will be up for grabs across the eight LIV Golf tournaments this season.

At every regular-season event, the prize purse will be $25 million. The winner of each event will win $4 million.

Even if you finish last in the 48-man field, you will still receive $120,000.

A total of $30 million will be put aside for the top three individual players after the first seven events. This is only available to players who play a minimum of four events.

The Team Championship will have a total prize fund of $50 million where all 12 teams get a cut. $16 million goes to first place and $1 million goes to 12th place.

Each event will be 54 holes, featuring 48 players. To ensure a faster pace of play, there will be shotgun starts and there will be no cuts at any of the events.

Here's how much they all earned at LIV Golf Invitational London...

1: $4,000,000 - Charl Schwartzel

2: $2,125,000 - Hennie Du Plessis

T3: $1,500,000 - Branden Grace, Peter Uihlein

5: $975,000 - Sam Horsfield

T6: $800,000 - Oliver Bekker, Adrian Otaegui

8: $625,000 - Dustin Johnson

9: $580,000 - Talor Gooch

T10: $560,000 - Graeme McDowell, Justin Harding, Louis Oosthuizen

T13: $360,000 - Pablo Larrazabal, Ryosuke Kinoshita

T15: $250,000 - Martin Kaymer, Jinichiro Kozuma

T17: $232,000 - Richard Bland, JC Ritchie, Laurie Canter

T20: $200,000 - Ian Poulter, Scott Vincent

T22: $172,000 - Shaun Norris, Wade Orsmby, Sergio Garcia

T25: $166,000 - James Piot, Matt Jones, Ian Snyman, Phachara Khongwatmai

29: $158,000 - Lee Westwood

T30: $156,000 - Hudson Swafford, Viraj Madappa, Jediah Morgan

T33: $150,000 - Kevin Yuan, Phil Mickelson, Travis Smyth, Kevin Na, Chase Koepka

T38: $140,000 - Oliver Fisher, Blake Windred, David Puig, Hideto Tanihara, Ratchanon Chantananuwat

T43: $130,000 - Bernd Wiesberger, Sihwan Kim

45: $126,000 - Turk Pettit

46: $124,000 - Sadom Kaewkanjana

47: $122,000 - Itthipat Buranatanyarat

48: $120,000 - Andy Ogletree

Team prize is split in four ways:

1: $3,000,000 - Stinger GC, -20 (Schwartzel, Du Plessis, Grace, Oosthuizen)

2: $1,500,000 - Crushers GC, -6 (Uihlien, Bland, Smyth, Khongwatmai)

3: $500,000 - Majesticks GC, -5 (Horsfield, Poulter, Westwood, Canter)

Here's how much they all earned at LIV Golf Invitational Portland...

T-11: Yuki Inamori - $374,000

T-11: Kevin Na - $374,000

T-11: Sam Horsfield - $374,000

T-11: Sihwan Kim - $374,000

T-16: Lee Westwood - $223,600

T-16: Hideto Tanihara - $223,600

T-16: Matt Jones - $223,600

T-16: Martin Kaymer - $223,600

T-16: Brooks Koepka - $223,600

21: Adrian Otaegui - $180,000

22: James Piot - $172,000

T-23: Chase Koepka - $168,000

T-23: Ryosuke Kinoshita - $168,000

T-23: Scott Vincent - $168,000

26: Sergio Garcia - $164,000

T-27: Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra - $161,000

T-27: Richard Bland - $161,000

T-29: Phachara Khongwatmai - $153,000

T-29: Ian Snyman - $153,000

T-29: Hudson Swafford - $153,000

T-29: Travis Smyth - $153,000

T-29: Hennie Du Plessis - $153,000

T-29: Pat Perez - $153,000

T-35: Graeme McDowell - $145,000

T-35: Wade Ormsby - $145,000

T-37: Bernd Wiesberger - $140,000

T-37: Laurie Canter - $140,000

T-37: Charl Schwartzel - $140,000

T-40: Sadom Kaewkanjana - $133,000

T-40: Ian Poulter - $133,000

T-40: Phil Mickelson - $133,000

T-40: Peter Uihlein - $133,000

T-44: Itthipat Buranatanyanrat - $127,000

T-44: Blake Windred - $127,000

46: Turk Pettit - $124,000

47: Shaun Norris - $122,000

48: Jediah Morgan - $120,000

Team prize is split in four ways:

1: 4 Aces (Dustin Johnson, Patrick Reed, Talor Gooch, Pat Perez), -23, $3,000,000

2: Stinger GC (Branden Grace, Hennie Du Plessis, Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Schwartzel), -16, $1,500,000

3: Fireballs GC (Carlos Ortiz, Abraham Ancer, Sergio Garcia, Eugenio Lopez-Charcarra), -12, $500,000

Here's how much they all earned at LIV Golf Invitational Bedminster

1: Henrik Stenson, -11, $4,000,000

T-2: Matthew Wolff, -9, $1,812,500

T-2: Dustin Johnson, -9, $1,812,500

4: Carlos Ortiz, -8, $1,050,000

5: Patrick Reed, -7, $975,000

T-6: Paul Casey, -4, $648,000

T-6: Sergio Garcia, -4, $648,000

T-6: Turk Pettit, -4, $648,000

T-6: Lee Westwood, -4, $648,000

T-6: Talor Gooch, -4, $648,000

T-11: Brooks Koepka, -3, $495,000

T-11: Martin Kaymer, -3, $495,000

T-13: Branden Grace, -2, $293,333

T-13: Ian Poulter, -2, $293,333

T-13: Phachara Khongwatmai, -2, $293,333

T-16: Chase Koepka, -1, $236,000

T-16: Sam Horsfield, -1, $236,000

18: Charl Schwartzel, E, $226,000

T-19: Matt Jones, +1, $200,000

T-19: Louis Oosthuizen, +1, $200,000

T-19: Justin Harding, +1, $200,000

22: Travis Smyth, +2, $172,000

T-23: Shaun Norris, +3, $168,000

T-23: Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra, +3, $168,000

T-23: Peter Uihlein, +3, $168,000

T-26: Laurie Canter, +4, $160,000

T-26: James Piot, +4, $160,000

T-26: Jinichiro Kozuma, +4, $160,000

T-26: Jason Kokrak, +4, $160,000

T-26: Charles Howell III, +4, $160,000

T-31: Hudson Swafford, +5, $151,000

T-31: Bryson DeChambeau, +5, $151,000

T-31: Pat Perez, +5, $151,000

T-31: Bernd Wiesberger, +5, $151,000

35: Phil Mickelson, +6, $146,000

T-36: Sadom Kaewkanjana, +7, $141,000

T-36: Graeme McDowell, +7, $141,000

T-36: Ryosuke Kinoshita, +7, $141,000

T-36: Kevin Na, +7, $141,000

T-40: Abraham Ancer, +8, $135,000

T-40: Richard Bland, +8, $135,000

T-42: David Puig, +9, Amateur

T-42: Scott Vincent, +9, $132,000

T-44: Hennie DuPlessis, +10, $127,000

T-44: Yuki Inamori, +10, $127,000

46: Wade Orsmby, +11, $124,000

47: Hideto Tanihara, +12, $122,000

48: Jediah Morgan, +16, $120,000

Team prize is split in four ways:

1: 4 Aces (Johnson, Perez, Reed, Gooch), -25, $3,000,000

2: Majesticks (Westwood, Horsfield, Poulter, Stenson), -17, $1,500,000

3: Fireballs (Garcia, Ancer, Ortiz, Lopez), -12, $500,000 

Here's how much they all earned at LIV Golf Invitational Boston

1 : Dustin Johnson, -15, $4,000,000

P-2: Joaquin Niemann, -15, $1,812,500

P-2: Anirban Lahiri, -15, $1,812,500

T-4: Cameron Smith, -14, $1,012,750

T-4: Lee Westwood, -14, $1,012,750

6: Talor Gooch, -13, $800,000

7: Jason Kokrak, -12, $675,000

8: Abraham Ancer, -11, $625,000

T-9: Louis Oosthuizen, -10 $560,000

T-9: Kevin Na, -10 $560,000

T-9: Sergio Garcia, -10 $560,000

12: Branden Grace, -9, $450,000

T-13: Matthew Wolff, -8, $315,000

T-13: Sadom Kaewkanjana, -8, $315,000

T-15: Pat Perez, -7, $240,667

T-15: Bernd Wiesberger, -7, $240,667

T-15: Charles Howell III, -7, $240,667

T-18: Ian Poulter, -6, $215,333

T-18: Richard Bland, -6, $215,333

T-18: Bryson DeChambeau, -6, $215,333

T-21: Martin Kaymer, -5, $171,200

T-21: Laurie Canter, -5, $171,200

T-21: Paul Casey, -5, $171,200

T-21: Scott Vincent, -5, $171,200

T-21: Cameron Tringale, -5, $171,200

T-26: Matt Jones, -4, $161,000

T-26: Carlos Ortiz, -4, $161,000

T-26: Brooks Koepka, -4, $161,000

T-26: Jediah Morgan, -4, $161,000

T-30: Harold Varner III, -3, $152,000

T-30: Phachara Khongwatmai, -3, $152,000

T-30: Chase Koepka, -3, $152,000

T-30: Marc Leishman, -3, $152,000

T-30: Patrick Reed, -3, $152,000

T-35: Charl Schwartzel, -2, $144,000

T-35: Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra, -2, $144,000

T-35: Shergo Al Kurdi, -2, $144,000

38: Sam Horsfield, -1, $140,000

39: Graeme McDowell, E, $138,000

T-40: Phil Mickelson, +2, $134,000

T-40: Hudson Swafford, +2, $134,000

T-40: Shaun Norris, +2, $134,000

43: Wade Ormsby, +4, $130,000

T-44: Peter Uihlein, +5, $127,000

T-44: Adrian Otaegui, +5, $127,000

46: Turk Pettit, +6, $124,000

47: James Piot, +13, $122,000

48: Sihwan Kim, +16, $120,000

Team prize is split in four ways:

1: 4 Aces (Talor Gooch, Dustin Johnson, Pat Perez, Patrick Reed) $3,000,000

2: Crushers (Bryson DeChambeau, Paul Casey, Charles Howell III, Anirban Lahiri), $1,500,000

3: Majesticks (Sam Horsfield, Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood, Shergo Al Kurdi), $500,000

Here's how much they all earned at LIV Golf Invitational Chicago...

1: Cameron Smith, -13, $4,000,000

T-2: Peter Uihlein, -10, $1,812,500

T-2: Dustin Johnson, -10, $1,812,500

T-4: Sergio Garcia, -8, $1,012,500

T-4: Joaquin Niemann, -8, $1,012,500

T-6: Louis Oosthuizen, -7, $737,500

T-6: Charl Schwartzel, -7, $737,500

T-8: Phil Mickelson, -6, $576,250

T-8: Bryson DeChambeau, -6, $576,250

T-8: Chase Koepka, -6, $576,250

T-8: Laurie Canter, -6, $576,250

T-12: Lee Westwood, -5, $332,500

T-12: Scott Vincent, -5, $332,500

T-12: Patrick Reed, -5, $332,500

T-12: Cameron Tringale, -5, $332,500

T-16: Matt Jones, -4, $240,000

T-16: Matthew Wolff, -4, $240,000

T-18: Charles Howell III, -3, $215,333

T-18: Richard Bland, -3, $215,333

T-18: Brendan Grace, -3, $215,333

T-21: Brooks Koepka, -2, $167,000

T-21: Paul Casey, -2, $167,000

T-21: Abraham Ancer, -2, $167,000

T-21: Harold Varner III, -2, $167,000

T-21: Henrik Stenson, -2, $167,000

T-21: Anirban Lahiri, -2, $167,000

T-21: Jason Kokrak, -2, $167,000

T-21: Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra, -2, $167,000

T-29: Ian Poulter, -1, $157,000

T-29: James Piot, -1, $157,000

T-31: Phachara Khongwatmai, E, $154,000

T-31: Pat Perez, E, $154,000

T-31: Carlos Ortiz, E, $154,000

34: Kevin Na, +1, $148,000

T-35: Talor Gooch, +2, $145,000

T-35: Bernd Wiesberger, +2, $145,000

T-37: Sadom Kaekwanjana, +4, $137,000

T-37: Martin Kaymer, +4, $137,000

T-37: Graeme McDowell, +4, $137,000

T-37: Wade Ormsby, +4, $137,000

T-37: David Puig, +4, $137,000

T-37: Jediah Morgan, +4, $137,000

43: Sam Horsfield, +5, $130,000

T-44: Marc Leishman, +6, $124,000

T-44: Hudson Swafford, +6, $124,000

T-44: Shaun Norris, +6, $124,000

T-44: Sihwan Kim, +6, $124,000

T-44: Turk Pettit, +6, $124,000

Team prize is split in four ways:

1: 4 Aces (Dustin Johnson, Talor Gooch, Pat Perez, Patrick Reed), $3,000,000

2: Smash (Brooks Koepka, Chase Koepka, Peter Uihlein, Jason Kokrak), $1,500,000

T-3: Hy Flyers (Phil Mickelson, Bernd Wiesberger, Matthew Wolff, Cameron Tringale), $250,000

T-3: Punch (Cameron Smith, Matt Jones, Wade Ormsby, Marc Leishman), $250,000

 

 

 

 

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Here's how much they all earned at LIV Golf Invitational Bangkok...

1: Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra $4,000,000

2: Patrick Reed $2,125,000

T-3: Paul Casey $1,175,000

T-3: Richard Bland $1,175,000

T-3: Sihwan Kim $1,175,000

T-6: James Piot $737,500

T-6: Harold Varner III $737,500

T-8: Charles Howell III $602,500

T-8: Brooks Koepka $602,500

T-10: Abraham Ancer $477,500

T-10: Laurie Canter $477,500

T-10: Ian Poulter $477,500

T-10: Marc Leishman $477,500

14: Bryson DeChambeau $270,000

T-15: Matt Jones $233,600

T-15: Dustin Johnson $233,600

T-15: Phil Mickelson $233,600

T-15: Carlos Ortiz $233,600

T-15: Lee Westwood $233,600

T-20: Joaquin Niemann $174,285

T-20: Sergio Garcia $174,285

T-20: Sadom Kaewkaniana $174,285

T-20: Peter Uihlein $174,285

T-20: Talor Gooch $174,285

T-20: Jediah Morgan $174,285

T-20: Kevin Na $174,285

T-27: Charl Schwartzel $157,000

T-27: Phachara Khongwatmai $157,000

T-27: Shaun Norris $157,000

T-27: Jason Kokrak $157,000

T-27: Turk Pettit $157,000

T-27: Wade Ormsby $157,000

T-33: Chase Koepka $144,000

T-33: Sam Horsfield $144,000

T-33: Bernd Wiesberger $144,000

T-33: Henrik Stenson $144,000

T-33: Martin Kaymer $144,000

T-33: Hudson Swafford $144,000

T-33: Cameron Tringale $144,000

40: Pat Perez $136,000

T-41: Anirban Lahiri $131,000

T-41: Cameron Smith $131,000

T-41: Graeme McDowell $131,000

T-41: Matthew Wolff $131,000

T-45: Louis Oosthuizen $125,000

T-45: Scott Vincent $125,000

47: Hideto Tanihara $122,000

48: Branden Grace, WD, $120,000

Team prize is split in four ways:

1: Fireballs (Sergio Garcia, Abraham Ancer, Carlos Ortiz, Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra), $3,000,000, -45

2: Crushers (Bryson DeChambeau, Paul Casey, Charles Howell III, Anirban Lahiri) $1,500,000, -38

3: Cleeks (Richard Bland, Laurie Canter, Martin Kaymer, Graeme McDowell), $500,000, -37

Here's how much they all earned at LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah...

What does LIV stand for in LIV Golf?

The name LIV is a reference to the Roman numeral for 54, the score if every hole on a par-72 course were birdied and the number of holes to be played at LIV events

Why is there so much controversy surrounding the LIV Golf Invitational Series? 

There is great controversy surrounding the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational Series as it is funded by Saudi Arabian money. 

Without getting too much into the politics of things, Saudi Arabia has multiple human rights violations - and that is quite simply the main reason why there are so many critics of this new golf league funded by Saudi millions. 

The greatest example of their shocking human rights record was back in October 2018 when Jamal Khashoggi, a US-based journalist and critic of Saudi Arabia's government, walked into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul and was murdered. 

Significant human rights issues in the country include unlawful killing, executions for nonviolent offences, forced disappearances, torture and cases of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of prisoners and detainees by government agents. The list goes on. 

With that in mind, the LIV Golf Invitational Series is run by LIV Golf Investments, which is backed by Public Investment Fund (PIF). This is essentially the financial arm of the Saudi Arabian government. 

Greg Norman, a two-time Open Championship winner and former World No.1, was last year named chief executive of LIV Golf Investments. 

Norman previously tried to start a breakaway World Golf Tour back in 1994 and failed - so there is history here, too. 

Further controversy has ensued in recent weeks after Norman explained in an interview with Sky Sports Golf that he "does not answer" to Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman. 

That surprised many people, especially given the LIV Golf series is funded by the Saudi government. 

Norman also declared that the Kingdom should "own up" to the murder of Jamal Khashoggi and "talk about it".

The concept of the LIV Golf Invitational Series from the very start has been to draw the top golfers in the world away from the PGA Tour. There lies more controversy as the PGA Tour tries to keep hold of its global stars. 

Do players want to continue to build their legacy on the world's greatest Tour, the PGA Tour, or do they want to take a huge pay packet to ensure they all have a very nice retirement? 

To attract the best golfers in the world, LIV Golf Investments have reportedly offered either eight or nine-figure sums of money to players just to join. 

It is believed Dustin Johnson was offered in the region of $125-150 million to take part in the LIV Golf Invitational Series, and that is before you even take into account the money on the table for playing in each of the tournaments. 

Many of the best PGA Tour players such as Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy have refused to entertain such offers, but as we have now seen, even players like former World No.1 Johnson have eventually caved in, and you have to wonder how many more players of his stature will follow over the coming months. 

To counter this from the side of the PGA Tour and DP World Tour, both Tours confirmed they would be denying their players releases to compete in the LIV Golf Invitational Series. 

Therefore every player teeing it up in the first LIV Golf Invitational Series event at Centurion is expected to receive a hefty ban from either the PGA Tour or DP World Tour depending on which Tour they hold a card. 

Such bans and suspensions have not yet been confirmed but we should learn more about them soon. Players are therefore putting their PGA Tour and DP World Tour careers at risk by committing to LIV Golf. 

There is also a grey cloud over what could happen where the Ryder Cup is concerned. It is understood players competing in the LIV Golf tournaments could ultimately sacrifice their chances of ever competing at a future Ryder Cup, but again, this is not confirmed.

As it stands, players competing in the LIV Golf tournaments will still be eligible to compete in the four majors - The Masters, US PGA, US Open and The Open. But again, that could all change very soon too. 

Why has there been so much controversy surrounding Phil Mickelson with the LIV Golf Invitational Series?

Phil Mickelson took an indefinite break from the game this season following comments he made to biographer Alan Shipnuck that were made public. Mickelson thought his comments to Shipnuck were "off the record" but Shipnuck strongly denies this. 

Shipnuck, who spoke at length to Mickelson back in November 2021 ahead of writing his new book titled 'Phil: The Rip-Roaring (and Unauthorized!) Biography of Golf's Most Colorful Superstar', released controversial comments from Mickelson in February 2022.

Mickelson told Shipnuck how he wanted to take part in the new LIV Golf Invitational Series because he wanted to use Saudi Arabia's interest in signing top stars for its circuit to leverage the PGA Tour into giving the players more money.

That is all despite the country's history of human rights issues. 

Mickelson did not hold back in his thoughts. 

"They’re scary mother--kers to get involved with," he told Shipnuck.

"We know they killed [Washington Post reporter and U.S. resident Jamal] Khashoggi and have a horrible record on human rights. They execute people over there for being gay. Knowing all of this, why would I even consider it? Because this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reshape how the PGA Tour operates.

"They’ve been able to get by with manipulative, coercive, strong-arm tactics because we, the players, had no recourse. As nice a guy as [PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan] comes across as, unless you have leverage, he won’t do what’s right.

"And the Saudi money has finally given us that leverage. I’m not sure I even want [the SGL] to succeed, but just the idea of it is allowing us to get things done with the [PGA] Tour."

Mickelson apologised for his comments when they were made public and he explained how he wants time away from the game to work on himself and improve as a person. 

Fast forward to today, and Mickelson has now confirmed his participation in the LIV Golf event at Centurion Club.

It will mark his first competitive start in four months since taking a break from the game.

Mickelson has reportedly been given $200 million to sign up to LIV Golf. 

Lefty lost the majority of his sponsorship deals as a result of his comments about Saudi Arabia and the PGA Tour. 

Callaway, his long-time equipment supplier, chose to freeze their partnership.