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Years of hassle, back-and-forth sniping and "will they/won't they" debate came to a head Thursday when the LIV Golf Invitational Series finally teed off at.

The PGA Tour announced suspensions for the 17 current and former members who played in London, less than an hour into the round. With Dustin Johnson headlining the London Invitational and Bryson DeChambeau and Patrick Reed set to join the group at the second event, we know there will be no shortage of high-wattage stars. Jerry Foltz said nothing so far had “made anybody regret the decision they made to be a part of this.” OK then. When Talor Gooch landed his opening tee shot on a par 3 to about 12 feet, the analysts gushed over how close he came to a hole-in-one. The 51-year-old could have fared much worse given the long layoff and the massive number of eyes on his return. But he rebounded on the back nine with birdies at the par-4 12th and the par-5 13th and 15th holes.

Phil Mickelson marked his competitive return to action by getting within four strokes of the early lead at the opening event of the Saudi-backed LIV Golf ...

"I struck the ball really well and didn't putt very well. I really struggled with the putter the front, the first six, seven holes but I played really well and fought back after a double on nine to shoot one under and get myself right in it on the first day." "It was fun for me to get back out playing.

Par 70. 1. Charl Schwarzel -5 2. Hennie Du Plessis -4. T3. Scott Vincent -3. T3. Phachara Khongwatmai -3. T5. Branden Grace -2. T5. Justin Harding -2

T24. Kevin Na +3 T24. Jinichiro Kozuma +3 T24. Kevin Yuan +3 T24. Oliver Fisher +3 T24. Jediah Morgan +3 T24. Richard Bland +3

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T-7. TORQUE GC (+1) – Adrian Otaegui 70, Talor Gooch 71 “How many mocks to make a mockery? T-2. CRUSHERS GC (-3) – Phachara Khongwatmai 67, Peter Uihlein 70 There was a mock red phone box. “There was a mock double-decker bus. It was overkill.”

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9:21 a.m. — Lee Westwood is the first player to log a score. 11:00 a.m. — Shaun Norris had a nice chip-in from off the green to get to 1 under par for the tournament. 9:57 a.m. — Dustin Johnson had a long par putt on the third hole and was unable to make it. 9:06 a.m. — The LIV broadcast is now live, and you can click here to watch it. He ends up carding a double-bogey on a Par 4 and will go from 1 under to 1 over for the tournament. 9:23 a.m. — Phil Mickelson landed his second shot on the green after a massive tee shot. 11:10 a.m. — Kevin Yuan had a beautiful shot off the tee at a Par 3. 11:30 a.m. — Speaking of Vincent, he just hit a beautiful shot out of some thick rough and got the ball on the green. 11:25 a.m. — Both Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson are in the fairway at the difficult ninth hole. He notches a double bogey on the Par 4 ninth which seems to be the toughest on the course. 11:42 a.m. — We are officially halfway through the first day of the LIV Golf event. 12:19 p.m. — Phil Mickelson hasn't had his best day with the putter, but he just made a birdie to get to 1 over par.

In amongst the politics and off-course drama, a golf tournament broke out at Centurion Club.

But as the intervention of Jamal Khashoggi’s fiancee illustrates, the controversy is about more than just rich players wanting to become even richer and a perceived lack of loyalty to their respective tours. It's not hard to see why the Europ...sorry, DP World Tour is annoyed at the rebel tour but in changing it's name the European Tour has been accused of helping a form of sportswashing of its own - DP World being a huge company from the UAE, another country accused of having a less than exemplary human-rights record. But until we see what actually unfolds in Hertfordshire and beyond it's also clear that, for now at least, the only thing it's supercharging is the bank accounts of those golfers who've seen an extra nought and jumped ship from the PGA and DP World Tours. The events of the past few months have been mired in controversy. Meanwhile, playing partner DJ has to settle for a bogey and he drops a shot to join his fellow American at one-over for the round. The shotgun start does make it very tough to live blog - everyone hitting at the same time. Playing partner Mickelson then hits his into the deep rough on the other side of the fairway - there's at least 100 yards between those two balls. The Zimbabwean is playing with Mickelson and Dustin Johnson and he's more than holding his own. The commentators are trying hard to make what has been a fairly slow, nondescript round into some memorable, great, seminal, bundle of excitement and it's sort of grating. I have just Googled the South African so you don't have to - thank me later... The total prize pot for each of LIV Golf’s eight invitationals this year is $25 million, of which $5 million will go to teams and $20 million to the individual players. The shotgun start meant all 48 players started and finished at the same time.

How have players like Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson performed in the new league's inaugural event?

T24. Kevin Na +3 T24. JC Ritchie +3 T24. Kevin Yuan +3 T24. Jinichiro Kozuma +3 T24. Oliver Fisher +3 T24. Jediah Morgan +3 T24. Ryosuke Kinoshita +3 T24. Ratchanon Chantananuwat +3 Players who take part in future LIV Golf events will face the same punishment. T24. Richard Bland +3 Schwartzel took the lead Thursday after posting a 5-under 65, with Du Plessis 1 shot back at 4 under. Charl Schwartzel and Hennie du Plessis, both from South Africa, lead the field after the first round.

As LIV Golf launches its inaugural tournament, the PGA Tour announced that stars such as Dustin Johnson no longer will be allowed in its events.

The fans are going to love it, all the players who are here are going to love it.” Meanwhile, the new league — whose LIV name refers to the Roman numeral of its 54-hole events and rhymes with “give” — struck a cheery tone during its first round. “ … This certainly is not the last word on this topic.” It has raised purses, enhanced end-of-season bonus money and introduce the Player Impact Program, which funnels money to stars based on a combination of performance and off-course promotion. The tour, though, cannot compete financially with the deep pockets of LIV Golf or its guaranteed money for appearances, which violates the PGA Tour’s entrenched pay-for-performance ethos. “You probably have more questions,” Monahan wrote in his Thursday memo to players. They’ll therefore expect the players to behave much as they would do in any other tournament.,” said University of Sussex politics professor Dan Hough, who specializes in integrity and corruption in sports. “But they can’t demand the same PGA TOUR membership benefits, considerations, opportunities and platform as you. LIV Golf can offer guaranteed money on par with athletes in other sports, even if many believe the money is tainted by alleged atrocities of a repressive Saudi government. The rebel tour has no designs on turning a short-term profit, aiming instead to gain an instant foothold in the sport. If the general public are confused about who is playing where and what tournament’s on this week and who is, you know, ‘Oh, he plays there, okay, and he doesn’t get into these events.’ It just becomes so confusing. They want to be seen as supporters of a game that a lot of people like to watch and play.

LIV Golf is off in running in London. The PGA Tour waited until all the defectors ...

The horse is out of the barn now and things will only get more intense as one league tries to siphon off the other and allegiances are established. It has far more energy than what you'd see on CBS, NBC or ESPN and has drawn heavily on F1 broadcasts. LIV Golf is off in running in London. The PGA Tour waited until all the defectors teed off to announce its punishment in email form.

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But the bigger problem, the one that will be hardest to fix, is also the simplest: After six months of promising innovation, LIV Golf’s first broadcast was decidedly normal. In many ways, Thursday served as a tryout for LIV Golf’s broadcast team, which is headed by Steve Beim, former U.S. Open and “The Match” producer. Instead, the first LIV Golf Invitational series round was blasted out to the world on YouTube, Facebook and the LIV Golf website … for free. On Thursday, LIV went live for the first time, presenting its vision for golf’s future in a neon-tinted shade of lime green. He had just accepted a new role as a broadcast consultant for his good friend Greg Norman at LIV Golf, and it was his job to bring golf broadcasting into the 21st century. “The LIV Golf broadcast will be unlike anything fans have seen before,” Will Staeger, LIV’s chief media officer, said in a release announcing the new product.

There have also been no shortage of reminders that the renegade league that has poached a number of big-name players from the PGA Tour with more on the way is ...

The leaderboard — a black and highlighter-green rail on the left side of the screen — did a good job bouncing back and forth between team and individual scores, showing how many holes remaining there were and what number shot a player was on at a particular hole. And unlike on the LIV tour, there is no guaranteed money on the PGA Tour. As for the telecast, the production was relatively slick, particularly given the short amount of time and it being streamed only online. Even as Kevin Na and Talor Gooch earlier this week comically tried to explain that one of the biggest appeals of joining the circuit was the shotgun start because it eliminates being on the wrong side of a PGA Tour draw, there were ample reminders throughout the broadcast of the first round what’s at stake financially. Splashy black and highlighter-green graphics showed just what everyone is playing for: a $20 million purse for individual players, with $4 million to the winner and $120,000 for last place. There’s the team concept and the wacky team names and graphics.

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Everyone will tee off at the same time in a shotgun start: Usually it entails an army of golf carts all launched at once from the clubhouse. Phil Mickelson is grouped with DJ, and he also hit the fairway with his opening shot on No. 1. The shotgun start is moments away. The presentation includes a constantly updating leaderboard on the left side of the screen, with players and their team logos. Dustin Johnson's opening shot was shown live on the broadcast, and he split the fairway. The Public Investment Fund, an autonomous wealth fund administered by the government of Saudi Arabia, is the main shareholder of LIV Golf Investments. The golf course is tough and conditions are really tough," Johnson said afterward on the broadcast. If you’re just tuning in, you'll notice that most of the players won’t look any different sartorially than in other tournaments. So, in theory, one player could have a poor event but three good teammates and get a nice payday. Schwartzel is a former Masters champion and one of 17 current or former PGA Tour members competing in this event. We'll have live updates throughout the first day, so check back for more highlights, news and analysis from LIV Golf's first day.

The Sporting News is tracking live scoring updates and highlights from the second day of LIV Golf's London event, including the performance of both Dustin ...

The Sporting News is tracking Round 2 of the LIV Golf London event. Teams for LIV Golf events are drafted each week by tour-selected captains. 8:54 a.m. — LIV Golf is getting ready to begin the second day of its inaugural tournament. LIV is promoting itself through accessibility. At a typical PGA Tour event, the second day of a tournament would be cut day. However, both finished strong on Centurion's easier back nine to drop their scores to 1 under for the tournament.

The inaugural LIV Golf Tournament is underway for day two of the tournament. Here's an updated look at the live leaderboard for Friday's round 2 action.

Heading into Round 2 of LIV Golf you have some of the big names like Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson at -1 trailing the leader Charl Schwartzel by four strokes. 48 players golfed for five hours to complete the first-ever round of this tournament and heading into the second day of the LIV Golf tournament, it is Charl Schwartzel who has the lead. You can watch on LIVGolf.com, YouTube, or Facebook.

Here are the sights, sounds and leaders as the LIV London tournament continues Friday. Round 2 live Top 10 (three to play). 1. Charl Schwartzel -8 2. Hennie Du ...

Players who take part in future LIV Golf events will face the same punishment. Welcome— LIV Golf (@LIVGolfInv) @b_dechambeau💪 #LIVGolf pic.twitter.com/9zMvhrC84D June 10, 2022 Schwartzel took the lead Thursday after posting a 5-under 65, with du Plessis 1 shot back at 4 under. Catch him if you can 🏃♂️— LIV Golf (@LIVGolfInv) @CA_Schwartzelfor -7 #LIVGolf pic.twitter.com/rGMZDHnDi0 June 10, 2022 Bryson DeChambeau is the latest big name to choose to compete in the new LIV Golf series. Following the tee-off, the PGA Tour suspended the 17 members who are competing in the event.

Here's where things stand currently at the Centurion Club in London during Round 2 of the LIV Golf Invitational.

E Below we’ll be updating scores as we can during the day so you can see where your favorite players might stand. The LIV Tour has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to try and change the way golf is played.