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The creators of the Netflix series Full Swing, a compelling look inside the lives of professional golfers, benefitted from a stroke of luck. As they were working on Season 1, the rival Saudi-backed LIV Tour sprang up, posing an existential threat to the venerable PGA Tour.

Tiger Woods has refused to defect to the dark side of golf following news he rejected a colossal offer to join the controversial LIV series.Elite players from all over the world are being hoovered up left, right and centre by the new Saudi-backed tour after being offered literal truck-loads of cash to ditch the prestigious PGA tour - which has been at the epicentre of the sport for nearly a century.Woods, though, has resisted the urge to join them. And fair play to him too, as he could have bought the entire Paris Saint Germain squad with the money they offered him.READ MORE: Tiger Woods turned down mind-boggling fee to join LIV Golf, Greg Norman confirmsAccording to LIV series CEO Greg Norman, Woods was offered roughly £600million to join the breakaway tour - enough to buy Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, Neymar and Co out of their PSG contracts - though the 46-year-old turned it down … which is just as well as we're not even sure the American knows what Ligue 1 is.Landing the world's most iconic golfer would've been a a major coup for LIV, even though they've already pinched the likes of Phil Mickelson, Lee Westwood, Bubba Watson, Henrik Stenson, Sergio Garcia and Ian Poulter.What would you buy with £600million? Let us know in the comments section below.PSG, meanwhile, have one of the most expensively-assembled squads in the world right now, having added the likes of Messi, Gianluigi Donnarumma and Sergio Ramos to their ranks last summer, and retained the services of Mbappe - who looked Real Madrid-bound for months - earlier this year.According to CIES, Manchester City have the most valuable squad on the planet, worth an estimated £1billion.

Golf critics and told them those rebels copping all the flak are more than just money grabbers.Gooch fired a second round 69 at The Open in St Andrews to put himself in contention to win the biggest prize in golf. Then he turned on those dishing out the stick, insisting all the players now part of the Saudi-backed LIV Series have been banded together by the "flak".Fellow LIV stars Dustin Johnson, Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter and Sergio Garcia are also in contention. Gooch has been suspended by the PGA Tour for joining LIV Golf - while the R&A this week threatened to make it more difficult for LIV players to qualify for the Open.

the best golfers from across the globe will be descending on St Andrew's for the four day event.All the big names will be there - including Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods, Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter.READ MORE: Tiger Woods' net worth: How the billionaire player boosted his fortune with endorsementsAnd amongst them will be those who are also household names - but for all the wrong reasons.One of them will be golf's "bad boy" , the American Patrick Reed, who has been hit by allegations of cheating, gay slurs and swearing.Reed, 31, whose nickname is 'Captain America', is a Marmite figure in the golfing world - with fans either adoring him and his maverick ways, or openly hating him.His exploits both on and off the course have earned him the title of "golf's villain" and - like any self-respecting bad boy - he wouldn't have it any other way.Since turning professional 11 years ago, he's won nine times on the PGA circuit and three times on the European tour.But it's his off the fairways antics which have hit the headlines, with him revelling in his bad boy persona. Reed has been married to his wife Justine for 10 years, who was previously his caddy, and they have a daughter, Windsor-Wells.

LIV rebels Phil Mickelson and Ian Poulter played down suggestions they had received a hostile reception during the first round of the The Open at St Andrew’s. Poulter was was greeted with a smattering of boos on the first tee before shooting a three-under-par 69 and Mickelson was unfazed by his decision not to attend the pre-tournament champions dinner.

LIV Golf Series have pledged $2 billion into the new venture which, not surprisingly, has turned a lot of golfers’ heads — even though it’s run by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the man the CIA believe ordered the assassination of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.Some big names — Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Sergio Garcia and others — have already made the move, costing them their place on the PGA Tour even as they were part of this weekend’s US Open. Other high-profile players, including Rickie Fowler and Bubba Watson, are rumored to be joining LIV soon.New reports claim that four-time major-championship winner Brooks Koepka (whose younger brother, Chase, has already signed on for LIV) might also switch.

golf in Vladimir Putin's Russia during a tetchy press conference at the launch of the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Series. The 46-year-old is one of several high-profile names taking part in the inaugural event at the Centurion Club in London this weekend, which has a £20million prize fund, with £3.1million for the winner.Poulter, along with fellow participants Lee Westwood, Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson, have faced some difficult questions about their morals after signing up for the series given Saudi Arabia's human rights record.

Golf invitational series will tee off on Thursday, with a 54-hole tournament at St Albans. A pot of £20 million will be shared between the players, with a team competition running adjacent to the individual tournament.The overall winner will pocket £3.8 million, nearly double the amount that American star Justin Thomas pocketed for winning the recent US PGA.

would go on to win the British Open in 2015 and become one of the most recognisable faces in world golf. Indeed, a run of playing in 69 consecutive majors was only ended in 2021 when he tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of the Open at Royal St George's.But back in 2019, the newly appointed Team USA Ryder Cup captain was left red-faced when things didn't quite go to plan at Augusta.

Ryder Cup legend Tony Jacklin believes potential European captains being blacklisted if they sign up for the Saudi Super League will “spell the sad death” of the biennial event. Lee Westwood, Henrik Stenson and Ian Poulter have all been linked with Greg Norman’s planned breakaway league despite a threat of facing bans from the PGA Tour and DP World Tour. Plans for the Super League have suffered some major blows in the past week as a posse of top players, led by world No 1 Jon Rahm and now also including Olympic champion Xander Schauffele, pledged their allegiance to the PGA Tour.

BBC Breakfast's Dan Walker warned his co-star Saly Nugent "don't do those golf eyes at me" on Wednesday's programme.The 44-year-old TV presenter made the remark as the pair discussed some of Wednesday's headlines but the Strictly Come Dancing star instantly became worried after he'd pulled out a story about golf.It seems that the newsreader had faced some stick in the past from his former partner on the red sofa, Louise Minchin, - and didn't want the same to happen again.Sally didn't seem to be impressed with Dan's choice but before she had a chance to say anything, the 50 year old was shut down."Talking golf, now don't do those golf eyes at me like Louise Minchin used to do.""Go on," laughed Sally.Continuing, Dan explained: "This is an interesting one, you know how Saudi Arabia have been accused of what has been called sport watching.They've put a lot of money into sports like boxing and like golf, to try and improve their reputation around the world.He added: "Well the latest effort is golf and there's a lot of talk last year about them trying to get involved in some of the tours around the world and start like a world tour."Well that was denied them but now what they are doing is they've bought the Asian tour and there's an Asian tour event actually taking place in the UK this year and they're offering people like Ian Poulter up to £22 million to be involved with gold in Saudi Arabia."Former sports host Sally asked: "Nice, and would that then mean that he would be out of things like the Ryder Cup?"Dan went on: "Well the Ryder Cup is owned by the European tour and the PGA tour so they are really uncomfortable with the Saudis coming in and sort of putting so much money into golf."So he's been told, it says here that

Ian Poulter had fans in stitches after being asked whether he was "p****** last night" during the opening round of the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship. Poulter, one of the game's great characters, was considering his approach to the green on the 15th hole when the hilarious exchange occurred.

BBC Breakfast presenters Charlie Stayt and Naga Munchetty hosted today’s BBC Breakfast show and sports presenter Mike Bushell made an appearance during his sports segment.

Golf star Thorbjorn Olesen allegedly groped a woman on a British Airways Flight after drinking and taking sleeping pills.A court heard the Dane allegedly grabbed the lady’s breast and pushed a member of the cabin crew.That’s not all, as he's also alleged to have urinated on a first-class passenger's seat on the plane heading from Nashville to London Heathrow.The alleged incident took place in July 2019 with other professionals including Englishmen Ian Poulter, 45, and Justin Rose, 41, also on board.Olesen was charged with sexual assault, assault by beating and being drunk on an aircraft, which he denied.The 31-year-old was arrested when the plane landed and claims he has no recollection of his behaviour on board the plane and after drinking

Ryder Cup after annihilating Europe at Whistling Straits. The Americans gave Europe an uphill task after surging ahead in the first foursomes on Friday and stretched their lead even further in the Saturday action.

Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!Rory McIlroy broke down in tears during an interview after he won his Ryder Cup singles match on Sunday as Europe lost the event to the USA.The four-time major winner picked up his first point of the tournament as he defeated Xander Schauffele 3&2 after losing his previous three matches at Whistling Straights.McIlroy and Ian Poulter were beaten in the foursomes on Friday and then in their fourballs match on Saturday afternoon as Team USA dominated the European team.The Northern Irishman also lost his fourballs match on Friday as he and Shane Lowry were beaten by Tony Finau and Harris English.Speaking to Sky Sports after his win over Schauffele, which reduced the USA's lead to 11-6, an

Ryder Cup class alongside Sergio Garcia but they couldn't stop Europe falling into a 3-1 hole during the opening foursomes. Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth lost three and one but the defeat for Steve Stricker's side was the only one suffered during Friday's first exchange.

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golf star Ian Poulter has revealed his ordeal attempting to watch England’s Euro 2020 final against Italy on Sunday after he spent £100,000 on tickets for the fixture.‘The Postman’ was in a mad scramble to make the match after finishing with a share of fourth place at the Scottish Open in Berwick, a little east of Edinburgh.Poulter, 45, caught a private jet in an effort to see as much of the game as possible but said organisers “wouldn’t let me into the ground” until it was almost over.He completed the 400-mile-or-so trip south as quickly as he could, although an Instagram post detailing the desperate dash explained it was far from straightforward: “What a crazy day.“Tee off at 11.11 and shoot 8 Under par 63 to hold the Clubhouse Lead for a

FREE newsletter is out of this world! Get the biggest, brightest and weirdest stories straight to your inboxIan Poulter was in ripping form on the first tee at the Travelers Championship as he let off a fart live on TV as Greg Chalmers set off.The Brit and Chalmers were in the first group to hit the course at TPC River Highlands, Connecticut, in perfect conditions – but Poulter quickly changed that.In the clip, the Australian sends the ball surging down the course on the Par-4 hole.And Poulter takes the chance to let rip – but it is picked up by the camera’s microphone.The Brit cheekily asks the cameraman: “Did you get that?”Chalmers, still focussing on his shot as the camera cuts to the ball, asks the 44-year-old to stay away from him.“Is