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Rumors are flying about which golfers will defect to LIV Golf but it appears the latest name to make the jump is broadcaster David Feherty.

He’s joined in the booth by former Golf Channel analyst Jerry Foltz and Dom Boulet. According to a report in the New York Post, longtime NBC Sports and Golf Channel analyst and TV host David Feherty is making the move. In 2022, there are eight LIV Golf events, which are 54 holes with no cuts and guaranteed money for the 48-player fields, as well as multi-million dollar deals, some in the ballpark of $100-plus million.

According to the New York Post, the longtime golf analyst will call eight to 10 events per year with LIV Golf.

Prior to that he worked for CBS Sports, which hired him in 1997. That show was canceled in January 2021. LIV Golf's broadcast booth for the first two events has included play-by-play anchor Arlo White, who previously worked for NBC Sports calling matches in the Premier League, as well as analyst Jerry Foltz, previously of Golf Channel.

Cameron Smith brought his claret jug to the news conference, then fielded questions about LIV Golf.

I might have gotten a little aggressive with the comments.’ No, I mean, like I said, I was just in the moment with them. I watch F1. I was so pumped to be able to spray champagne like they do in F1. I was in the moment. Gooch, who was a member of the winning team in the second LIV event in June in Oregon, said Friday: “Everybody, it feels like, is against us, and that’s okay. I think in some capacity we’ll find a way to coexist and work together through this to make the best entertainment we possibly can for the world.” I was in the moment. A funky year found a quintessence right there, all as Smith refrained from dismissing the prospect he might become the first player to win a major tournament and then quit competitive tour golf for LIV and its soft, cut-free, 54-hole excursions. Golf-wise, LIV golfers fared much better than at the U.S. Open near Boston in June, when they happened to pose no real relevance. The 2013 champion, Phil Mickelson, didn’t get invited to the champions’ dinner. A fair follow-up came 17th, out of the total of 31. The 1986 and 1993 champion, Greg Norman, head honcho of LIV, didn’t get invited at all. Follow-up question: I appreciate that, but the question is still there. Question: Cam, apologies for having to bring this up in these circumstances, but your name continues to be mentioned — has been mentioned to me this week about LIV Golf. What’s your position?

Advocacy group 9/11 Justice slammed former President Donald Trump for hosting a Saudi-funded LIV tournament at his New Jersey golf club.

Fifteen of the 19 attackers on 9/11 were Saudi citizens, and terrorist mastermind Osama Bin Laden was born in the country. The group 9/11 Justice, in a letter dated Sunday, expressed "deep pain and anger" over Trump's decision to host the tournament. Biden was criticized for perceived insensitivity towards these tensions with the Saudi government. Trump's Miami course is slated to host a LIV championship tournament in late October. The Bedminster course will host its LIV tournament from July 29-31. - The group noted that has Trump assigned blame to the Saudi government for the 9/11 attacks.

Here's everything you need to know about the next LIV Golf event, including start date and course information.

In response, Trump's golf course sided with the PGA Tour's rival. The LIV Golf Series is in full bloom. Grace joined 2011 Masters champion Charl Schwartzel as players to claim wins on the LIV Golf tour.

Former Masters champion Sergio Garcia said he intends to quit the DP World Tour after joining the Saudi-funded LIV Golf series, adding that he no longer ...

I have what I have and I am very happy with it, and I want to enjoy it to the fullest. I have given more than half my life to the European Tour and I wanted to continue playing it, but I am not going to be where they don't want me. "When Thomas Bjorn -- former Ryder Cup captain -- came to the BMW Championship and told us: 'We don't love any of you and all players say so.' ... I already have an age and had enough suffering to be enduring nonsense like that," Garcia said. Probably leave it," Garcia told Spanish reporters after the Open on Sunday. "I want to play where I feel loved, and right now in the European Tour I am not feeling loved. I am feeling sad because of the Ryder Cup but right now in the way I am playing I won't be selected." If I cannot play any more major, that's the way it is, but it is not something that bothers me a lot.

Feherty has long been one of the most popular golf broadcasters in the sport during his over two-decade career in the business. He has worked for NBC Sports ...

This is a modal window. This is a modal window. Zephyr Melton is an assistant editor for GOLF.com where he spends his days blogging, producing and editing. “To be always transparent and honest, they called me and asked me if I’d meet with them. He has worked for NBC Sports since 2015, and before that was an analyst for CBS’ golf coverage. Per The Post, Feherty will be an analyst for eight to 10 LIV Golf broadcasts each season.

According to a New York Post report, David Feherty is leaving NBC Sports for Saudi-backed LIV Golf, where he'll work as an analyst.

The problem, though, is that if you were really trying to “disrupt” golf by improving the product offered by the PGA Tour, both on the course and from a presentation standpoint, why would you want to just add a 63-year-old analyst who has in some ways defined American golf presentation for decades now? It exists to launder Saudi Arabia’s human rights record, which so far plenty of people in the world of golf have had no issues helping them do. LIV is throwing around piles of Saudi money, and at 63, Feherty is clearly on the backside of his broadcasting career.

The 63-year-old analyst and on-course reporter for NBC Sports and Golf Channel is expected to become an analyst for LIV Golf, which has six events remaining on ...

The 63-year-old analyst and on-course reporter for NBC Sports and Golf Channel is expected to become an analyst for LIV Golf, which has six events remaining on its 2022 schedule. Even though his “Feherty” show on Golf Channel began in 2011, he didn’t join NBC Sports full-time as an on-course reporter until 2016. Feherty was an on-course reporter for PGA Tour events on CBS from 1997 through 2015.

Cameron Smith of Australia plays his tee shot on the fifth hole during round 4 of the men's individual stroke play at the Kasumigaseki Country Club during the ...

Smith isn’t the only high-profile golfer linked to LIV Golf this week. I think that’s pretty — not that good.” — wasn’t much of a denial. Over the weekend, Cameron Smith won the British Open with an impressive run of form.

The newly crowned British Open champion is in talks over a switch, according to fellow Australian Ian Baker-Finch.

“I understand the over-40s, the guys who can’t beat the young guys any more. “I think the young guys are missing out,” he said. “The guys who go join LIV are going to miss out on the grind, what it takes to be a champion, to play in the great tournaments against the great players. “I don’t think he needs the money. I don’t think it is going to be something that he should do. I think that’s pretty … not that good.”

Aside from British Open champion Cameron Smith, golfers strongly linked to LIV Golf include Hideki Matsuyama, Adam Scott and Bubba Watson.

LIV Golf currently includes 21 of the top 100 golfers in the world, including nine of the top 42. "I've always respected and honored the first movers." Johnson (16) and Abraham Ancer (20) are the lone LIV golfers in the top 20. LIV's next event is July 28 at Bedminster, N.J. Charl Schwartzel and Branden Grace, both living in Jupiter, won the first two LIV events. Fowler has not won on the PGA Tour in nearly 3 1/2 years. LIV is definitely interesting and intriguing and it's worth looking at. Smith reportedly will sign a $90 million contract to join LIV. Phil Mickelson is LIV's highest contracted golfer at a reported $200 million. A triumph for you and for Australia as the first Australian to win in 29 years. He jumped to No. 2 in this week's world rankings. "Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi! A spectacular final round mate. Matsuyama (2021), Watson (2014, 2012) and Scott (2013) are former Masters champions. He shot 64 Sunday to edge Cameron Young by one stroke.

The third event of the controversial new LIV Golf Series is coming up as the field heads to Donald Trump's Bedminster Golf Club in New Jersey.Two So.

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Former US President Donald Trump told golfers that they should join the controversial Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series and "take the money now," as ...

While some may not agree, we believe golf is a force for good around the world." Brett Eagleson is an advocate for the group and his father, John Bruce Eagleson, was among those who died during the World Trade Center attacks. "The FBI notes that much information has come to light since the 9/11 Commission published its report in 2004," Eagleson writes in the letter, "and refers repeatedly to the existence of US-based Saudi 'support networks' for the 9/11 hijackers." CNN has reached out to representatives for Trump and the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster for comment. In the letter, he says the decision has caused "deep pain and anger" among constituents, given Saudi Arabia's alleged role in the attacks and material support of al Qaeda, as outlined by FBI reports. "The Saudi nation is largely responsible for the death of our loved ones and for the horrific attack on America. And you know it," 9/11 Justice, which represents survivors and family members of the terrorist attacks, said in the letter.

CONSIDERING THE FIELD: The TIMES' Broadbent in a separate piece reports · RYDER CUP IMPLICATIONS: In London, John Westerby writes the Ryder Cup was "supposed to ...

Cannizzaro: "LIV is here and, for the good of the sport, compromises must be made on both sides so there can be some sort of coexistence" ( N.Y. POST, 7/19). In D.C., Chuck Culpepper writes for now at least, there is a "two-part ritual for men’s golf majors: Watch the golf tournament, then wonder about the golf future." The 3M and Tournament Dir Hollis Cavner have "always done good work bringing a quality tournament to Minnesota," and this year's field "again features plenty of interesting names," including Hideki Matsuyama and Tony Finau( Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE, 7/19). In St. Paul, Jace Frederick writes just because a tournament "doesn't feature a bevy of players sitting atop the Official World Golf Rankings doesn’t mean it will not feature good golfers." Some of the "hottest players on Tour will indeed be in the Twin Cities this week" ( St. Paul PIONEER PRESS, 7/19). Watch a "guy win and maybe even dazzle," as did Smith at the Open Championship. Then, "wonder if he’s going to LIV Golf" ( WASHINGTON POST, 7/19). Trump wrote in a post on his own social media network Truth Social, "All of those golfers that remain ‘loyal’ to the very disloyal PGA, in all of its different forms, will pay a big price when the inevitable MERGER with LIV comes." TRUMP WEIGHS IN...: Former President Donald Trump has "urged golfers to 'take the money' and sign with the Saudi-backed LIV series." A capable replacement would be "duly installed," but the "damage would have been done to the status of the Ryder Cup." Stenson has a meeting today with the DP World Tour, but his defection would be the "biggest blow yet for the established tours" ( LONDON TIMES, 7/19). In London, Oliver Brown writes the Ryder Cup is "one of the game’s most cherished institutions," the one event for which "superstars set aside the pursuit of money out of loyalty to their tours." New names are "due to be announced" by LIV Golf today, and if Open Championship winner Cameron Smith is one of them, it will be "both the tipping point and game changer" in the battle between LIV and the PGA Tourand DP World Tour, according to Rick Broadbent of the LONDON TIMES. Smith, No. 2 in the world, would be the "killer blow for the traditional tours as the trickle becomes a tide." Smith is 28, "in his prime," the Open champion and a "breath of fresh air." RYDER CUP IMPLICATIONS: In London, John Westerby writes the Ryder Cup was "supposed to be the ultimate drawcard for the traditional tours." But if being named Europe’s captain is "not enough to keep Henrik Stensonon board for the next contest," to be held in Rome next year, those assumptions about the Ryder Cup can "no longer really apply." The days of "dismissing it as a sideshow, a circus or Twenty20-lite have gone."

Former President of the United States Donald Trump urged golfers to "take the money now" and join LIV Golf now.

While some may not agree, we believe golf is a force for good around the world.” A New York City native, Trump’s comments come just days after families of 9/11 victims and survivors sent a letter to condemn the former president for hosting the Saudi-funded series. “If you don’t take the money now, you will get nothing after the merger takes place, and only say how smart the original signees were.”

Golfers who choose not to join LIV Golf “will pay a big price,” according to Trump, who is closely linked to the Saudi-funded PGA Tour competitor.

Members of the advocacy group 9/11 Justice called on Trump to cancel the upcoming LIV Golf tournament in a letter Sunday. “It is incomprehensible to us that a former president of the United States would cast our loved ones aside for personal financial gain,” the group, consisting of family members of people who died in the 2001 attacks, wrote in the letter. Trump wrote in the post: "All of those golfers that remain 'loyal' to the very disloyal PGA, in all of its different forms, will pay a big price when the inevitable MERGER with LIV comes, and you get nothing but a big 'thank you' from PGA officials who are making Millions of Dollars a year. Just days after Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol last January over the then-president’s false election fraud claims, the PGA of America announced it would move the 2022 PGA Championship away from Trump’s New Jersey club.

LIV Golf, a brand new rival to the PGA Tour, receives money from a Saudi-backed sovereign wealth fund and is paying high-profile golfers exorbitant sums to play ...

Trump has never let ethics get in the way of a good business deal. The Tour likes to pretend it's a democracy, but it's really a dictatorship. (While the Saudi government has not been directly linked to the 9/11 attacks, 15 of the 19 men who hijacked planes that day were Saudi nationals. That's the trifecta in Trump's world -- ethical concerns be damned. So far, it has recruited a handful of big names, most notably Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson. Golf legend Greg Norman has been leading the LIV efforts. but added: "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reshape how the PGA Tour operates.

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Donald Trump tells golfers to 'take the money' and join LIV Golf Former U.S. President Donald Trump has urged players to "take the money" and join the LIV Golf Invitational Series, suggesting that those who remain loyal to the PGA Tour will ultimately pay a bigger price for staying put. Donald Trump tells golfers to 'take the money' and join LIV Golf

Former U.S. President Donald Trump has urged players to "take the money" and join the LIV Golf Invitational Series, suggesting that those who remain loyal ...

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Television commentator David Feherty is pictured in 2008. The next time you hear David Feherty's voice it will be on a LIV Golf broadcast. Eoin Clarke/Golffile.

As it becomes increasingly obvious that some guys will forsake all other career-related factors in favor of money, Feherty’s political conscience and moral compass make his departure from NBC a shocker. His incomparable wit has all but vanished, the humorous references no longer a part of his on-air repertoire. McIlroy was the overwhelming crowd favorite, urged on by roars once reserved for Tiger Woods. The vocal reverberations testified not only to the princely prodigy’s having gone eight years without claiming another major, but the front-line leadership role McIlroy has assumed in denouncing LIV Golf and expressing unconditional loyalty to a tour that has made him very, very rich and only slightly less famous. His countryman was given the 2012 Outstanding Civilian Service Award for years of tireless contributions to those who served in the U.S. Army. Feherty would be the last guy you’d expect to bolt from a cushy job at a major network for a similar position with LIV Golf, which fends off a comprehensive lack of credibility with alarming sums of money from perhaps the most reviled country on earth. “To shoot 64 and win an Open Championship at St. Andrews is a hell of a showing, and hats off to Cam.” Gracious, indeed, but it was the vociferous support of the Old Course throng all weekend that had to make this defeat exceptionally difficult to reconcile. Both men love America. McIlroy established his preference for the PGA Tour even before he won the first of his four major titles, all by the age of 25.

Trump's next move on his personal Revenge Tour against the PGA: Align himself with LIV, which will stage two events at his properties.

The PGA and Trump Organization announced a settlement in December over the decision to move the 2022 championship. The 2022 PGA Championship was going to be the first men’s major played on a Trump property. Trump had instructed his British ambassador to work on trying to secure an Open at Turnberry. That speculation is centering around Aussie Cameron Smith, who on Sunday won the Open Championship, and several others ranked in the top 100 in the world. So Trump's next move on his personal Revenge Tour against the PGA: Align himself with LIV, which will stage two events at his properties. Five police officers died as a result of the insurrection, which many believe was incited by Trump. This is an attack just like they attacked us on American soil.” The season-finale of the 2022 LIV series is scheduled for Doral Oct. 27-30. But after watching Trump stoke his supporters and the ensuing riot at the Capitol, the decision was made to move the event. But I will not be watching it. “I will not watch it. In typical Trump petty, retaliatory style, he told golfers to, "take the money now," predicting the Tour would eventually merge with LIV Golf. Trump's anger at the PGA Tour stems from the PGA of America moving the 2022 PGA Championship out of his club in Bedminster, N.J., after the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection on the US Capitol.