Rory McIlroy has 7 main rivals for huge DP World Tour title including 3 LIV Golf stars

Rory McIlroy is set to lead a strong lineup at this week’s Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, aiming for his sixth Race to Dubai title.
However, he’ll have to outperform several big names to secure his fourth win of the season. McIlroy has once again dominated the DP World Tour’s Order of Merit and is on the brink of winning the crown for the third consecutive season. A successful week in Abu Dhabi could see him clinch the Race to Dubai title a week early for the second year running.
 
 

 
However, a packed field will be vying to delay McIlroy’s imminent crowning by at least a week, with the top-70 golfplayers in the rankings joining the Northern Irishman at Yas Links. Perhaps the biggest challenge McIlroy will face this week comes from his Ryder Cup teammate and LIV Golfstar Tyrrell Hatton.
 
 
Hatton, who joined Legion XIII earlier this year following Jon Rahm’s footsteps, has spent most of his season on the LIV setup. The Englishman was forced to shift his focus back to the DP World Tour in recent months, needing to play four events by year-end to maintain his Tour membership and remain eligible for next year’s Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black.

“I play better when I wear less clothes” – Paige Spiranac explains her outfit choice, detailing how she went viral

Paige Spiranac is a former pro golfer and is currently one of the top golf influencers on social media. Spiranac is often in the headlines for her statements as she doesn’t shy away from speaking her heart out.

In August 2023, American sports presenter Kay Adams interviewed Spiranac. In this interview, the 31-year-old disclosed how her outfit choice made her viral.

“Everyone’s always talking about my golfing attire, and we touched on that earlier, but I wore a golf-appropriate outfit, and everyone is always saying if you wear, you know, a collar and your skirts down to your knees that you’re gonna play better and I didn’t. So I put out, that you know, I tested the theory, and I believe that I play better when I wear less clothes, and everyone picked it up,” Spiranac said. [13:49 onwards]

She added:
“I was surprised by who picked it up. There’s always like the usual suspects, but then it’s like Fox News, and that’s like the main headline.” [14:30 onwards]

This statement went viral and she gained immense popularity, especially on social media. The 31-year-old golf influencer is the most-followed golfing entity on Instagram, with 4 million followers.

When did Paige Spiranac retire from pro golf?
Paige Spiranac had a successful junior golf and college golf career. She intended to compete on the LPGA Tour and have a successful pro golf career. However, the 31-year-old failed to secure the LPGA Tour card despite turning pro in 2015.

AUGUSTA, Ga. — In days long passed, Sam Snead would tell an off-color joke that would bring down the proceedings of the annual Champions Dinner. Tom Watson broke up the gathering of past champions Tuesday night with one line about the current state of the game.

Watson asked Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley if it would be appropriate to say something about the second gathering of Masters champions that include players from both the PGA Tour and the LIV Golf League, which, of course, included guest of honor Jon Rahm, the 2023 winner who joined LIV in December. Ridley welcomed it. 

“I got up and I’m looking around the room, and I’m seeing just a wonderful experience everybody is having,” Watson said. “They are jovial. They are having a great time. They are laughing. I said, ‘Ain’t it good to be together again?’ And there was kind of a pall from the joviality, and it quieted down, and then Ray Floyd got up and it was time to leave.” 
Way to kill the mood. 
 

 
Of course, Watson couldn’t have known broaching the subject of the fracture in golf would be such a colossal rally killer, but there it is. 
The two-time champion, who once again joined Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus as honorary starters Thursday morning after the start was delayed two-and-half hours, read the abrupt ending to the dinner as a hopeful sign that soon the men’s professional game will be reunited. Wishful thinking, perhaps? 
“In a sense, I hope that the players themselves took that to say, you know, we have to do something,” Watson, 74, said.

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