<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/georgia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Georgia</a> man received an unforgettable letter last week when an invitation to compete in the Masters <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/golf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">golf</a> tournament was delivered to his address with his name on it.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Scott Stallings, a 60-year-old real estate agent, and his wife Jennifer found an envelope outside of their St. Simons Island, Georgia, home on New Year’s Eve. Upon opening the letter, the couple discovered an invitation to the annual golf tournament that takes place April 6-9, but Stallings, a casual golfer himself, soon realized that the invitation was intended for another Scott Stallings, a pro golfer whom he had watched play on TV.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Right away, I know this isn’t me,” Stallings said, </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/03/us/scott-stallings-masters-tournament-invitation.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">according</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to The New York Times. “How in the heck did it show up here?”</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Meanwhile, the pro golfer Scott Stallings was beginning to wonder when his Masters invitation would show up after they were sent out the week before Christmas. Stallings knew he had qualified for the tournament after reaching the Tour Championship last year, and thought that maybe his wife, whose name is also Jennifer, was going to give him the invitation for Christmas, the Associated Press </span><a href="https://apnews.com/article/sports-scott-stallings-georgia-3a94af2295be3a8c6cf9edca9f1fd4f3"><span style="font-weight: 400;">reported</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The pro golfer then received a message on Instagram from the other Scott Stallings informing him of the mixup.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Hi Scott. My name is Scott Stallings as well and I’m from GA. My wife’s name is Jennifer too!” the real estate agent </span><a href="https://apnews.com/article/sports-scott-stallings-georgia-3a94af2295be3a8c6cf9edca9f1fd4f3"><span style="font-weight: 400;">wrote</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. “I received a FedEx today from the Masters inviting me to play in the Masters Tournament April 6-9, 2023. I’m (100 percent) sure this is NOT for me.”</span></p>
<p>The American golfer, who now lives in Tennesse, said he used to own a sports management company with an office in St. Simons Island, next to the other Scott Stallings’ condo.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stallings thanked the man with the same name by inviting him to dinner and giving him tickets to join him for a practice round at the famed Augusta National.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Literally had been checking the mailbox five times a day and then I got this random DM yesterday,” the golfer said, sharing a screenshot of the message he received. “My Masters invite got sent to a different Scott Stallings.”</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stallings finished second in the BMW Championship, resulting in a top-30 finish in the Tour Championship, which includes a coveted spot in the Masters. Stallings made two previous appearances at Augusta National, with his best finish in 2012 when he tied for 27th.</span></p>


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Georgia Real Estate Agent With Same Name As Pro Golfer Mistakenly Receives Invite To The Masters

Georgia Real Estate Agent With Same Name As Pro Golfer Mistakenly Invited To Masters

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<p>I&#8217;m old enough to remember what a dial tone sounds like — and a busy signal. I&#8217;m so old, I remember picking up the phone every hour for five hours to tell my sister, &#8220;Hey, I need the phone!&#8221;</p>
<p>That&#8217;s right — every house had one phone, one phone line.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m so old I remember my childhood friends&#8217; telephone numbers — Tony Salvatore was 657-8566, Jon Hulbert was 654-4503, Joel Adler was 657-5005, and my own phone number was 652-7693. Those have been in my head now for nearly 50 years.</p>
<p>But when I lost my phone over the weekend — I figured I left it in the men&#8217;s grill at the golf club after our round — I had to call my friends. But how?!</p>
<p>I have no idea what my friends&#8217; phone numbers are, even though I call them all the time. Google was a nightmare; endless links came up when I searched their names, most wanting me to pay for the privilege of finding their numbers. And you&#8217;d be shocked to find out how many people have the same name as all of your friends.</p>
<p>But I tried several numbers anyway — all of them were the wrong people. The last guy I talked to said he didn&#8217;t know who I was, joked that he didn&#8217;t know where my phone was, but in a kind gesture, said he hoped I&#8217;d find it soon.</p>
<p>Of course I tore my car apart, nothing. And I scoured the house, taking every cushion off the couch. Then I headed to the golf club. They didn&#8217;t have it, with the manager saying no phone was turned in. The pro shops&#8217; guys likewise said no phone was left in a cart.</p>
<p>At this point, I began to get suspicious. My phone is, after all, worth $1,000, and with eBay, anyone who found it could make a small fortune selling it. Someone must have it; it didn&#8217;t just disappear. Someone stole it!</p>
<p>Eventually, I was able to find the phone number of one golf buddy and he sent out a group text. Still nothing. No one saw it, no one had it.</p>
<p>All that by mid-morning. So, I just had no phone. I checked prices to buy a new one ($1,100), but decided to give it some time, maybe my phone would miraculously turn up.</p>
<p>Thus my phoneless life began. I decided to run some errands and, with any luck, get in a quick nine holes. Off to the grocery store.</p>
<p>But once there, I went to check my &#8220;notes&#8221; for my running grocery list. No phone. No list. Then I needed to ask my wife if we needed a few things. Couldn&#8217;t. No phone. And then I couldn&#8217;t find an item, so I reached for my phone to check the app for its location. No phone.</p>
<p>And that&#8217;s when one wonderful thing about phoneless life happened. I asked a random person if she happened to know where my item was. She told me what aisle to try. I said thanks, then complimented her shirt — she was wearing a Team Iran shirt, and this was before the big U.S.-Iran match in the World Cup.</p>
<p>The woman said she was born in Iran but moved to America as a young girl. She said she still loves Iran, but is supporting protesters rallying nationwide after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was allegedly beaten in police custody for failing to properly wear a hijab. And she said that she&#8217;ll be happy with whoever wins the game.</p>
<p>I would&#8217;ve never had that conversation if I&#8217;d had my phone. Head down, I would&#8217;ve just looked up the app — and likely wouldn&#8217;t have even seen her.</p>
<p>Errands done, I hit the golf course. But instead of turning music on via my phone, as usual, I just played in silence — well, not silence because wildlife everywhere was making a cacophonous racket. But that, I realized later, gave me a wonderful sense of ease.</p>
<p>And, unlike every other round, I didn&#8217;t reach for my phone between shots to see if someone had emailed or texted. Please, I&#8217;m not that important and nothing&#8217;s really that urgent, is it?</p>
<p>In the evening, we gathered to watch a movie. But I couldn&#8217;t just pick up my phone at a boring part to flip through, so I watched every second intently. I realized then, too, how often I split my attention — for no reason.</p>
<p>In one-last ditch effort, I stripped the couch again and my wife spotted the phone, shoved way down. I had my phone back!</p>
<p>But that night, I didn&#8217;t take it upstairs to bed. I didn&#8217;t scroll it for an hour before going to sleep. And when I woke up, it wasn&#8217;t there to pick up right away to read email and texts.</p>
<p>And that&#8217;s when I realized that little by little, my phone had gotten the best of me. Without thinking about it, I often just mindlessly flipped through my phone. But I learned (again) that it&#8217;s simply a tool, one that I can decide when (and more importantly, when not) to use. I control my phone, it doesn&#8217;t control me.</p>
<p>And I&#8217;ll probably always remember that conversation with the Iranian woman, knowing that it would&#8217;ve never happened if I&#8217;d had my phone.</p>
<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.</em></p>
<p><em>Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.</em></p>


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<p style="font-weight: 400;">On Monday, Tiger Woods, 46, issued a statement announcing he would not compete in the upcoming Hero World Challenge, scheduled in Albany, Bahamas, from November 28 through December 4, because of an injury he had sustained while practicing.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">The Hero World Challenge, hosted by Woods every year, enables a small number of top-ranked golf pros to compete and serves as a benefit for the Tiger Woods Foundation. The tournament field is comprised of 20 players, including the most recent winners of the four major PGA tournaments, the top 11 available players from the Official World Golf Ranking, the defending champion of the tournament, and two special exemption players selected by the foundation.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“In my preparations and practice for this week’s Hero World Challenge, I’ve developed plantar fasciitis in my right foot, which is making it difficult to walk,” Woods tweeted. “After consulting with my doctors and trainers, I have decided to withdraw this week and focus on my hosting duties. My plan is still to compete in The Match and PNC Championship.”</p>
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<p style="font-weight: 400;">Unlike the Hero World Challenge, at The Match and the PNC Championship Woods can use a golf cart.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Since the Hero World Challenge was founded in 2000, Woods has won it five times: 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2011. Jordan Spieth recorded the lowest score recorded in the tournament in 2014 at 262, 26 under par.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Woods played his last competitive round at the Open Championship in mid-July; he has played a total of nine rounds on the tour this year in <a href="https://www.skysports.com/golf/news/12176/12757246/tiger-woods-back-in-action-at-hero-world-challenge-ways-to-watch-his-return-live-on-sky-sports">three tournaments</a>: the Masters, the PGA Championship and The Open in Great Britain. He finished 47th at The Masters and withdrew after the third round at the PGA Championship. He missed the cut at The Open.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Woods, the towering figure who dominated golf for two decades, now ranks 1,277<sup>th</sup> in the world. He has amassed a total of 15 Grand Slam titles, second only to the legendary golf titan Jack Nicklaus, who won 18. Those four tournaments include The Masters, The Open Championship (aka the British Open), the US Open, and the PGA Championship.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Only Bobby Jones completed the Grand Slam, which entails winning the four championships in the same calendar year; Woods won the four titles consecutively but they were not in the same calendar year. Ben Hogan won all but the PGA in the same year, 1953, but the PGA overlapped the British Open, so it was impossible for Hogan to compete there.</p>


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<p class="p1">An Arkansas man has filed a lawsuit against a country club and car dealership because they allegedly refused to hand over the prize from a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/golf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hole-in-one</a> contest.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="p1">The Morrilton Country Club <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/arkansas-man-sunk-hole-in-one-win-golf-clubs-challenge-files-lawsuit-prize-withdrawn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">promised</a> that the first golfer who successfully landed a hole-in-one on the tenth hole would get a 2022 F-150 truck from the Jay Hodge Ford dealership, Fox News reported. The car’s value is <a href="https://katv.com/news/local/conway-man-sues-country-club-for-cheating-him-after-golf-tournament-austin-clagett-faulkner-county-morrilton-countty-club-jay-hodge-ford-of-morrilton-the-tournament-of-a-century-hole-in-one-andrew-norwood-dentonand-zachary-2022-ford-f-150-supercrew-title" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span class="s1">reportedly</span></a> $53,595.</p>
<p class="p1">Austin Clagett <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/arkansas-man-files-lawsuit-golf-club-withdraws-hole-one-prize-said-luck?intcmp=tw_fnc" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span class="s1">scored</span></a> the hole-in-one on the tenth hole, even though he reportedly has never sunk a hole-in-one in his life, but the Jay Hodge Ford dealership told him he was “out of luck.”</p>
<p>&#8220;When it was Austin Clagett’s turn to try to get a hole-in-one, Austin Clagett hit the ball and it went in the hole on the first attempt,&#8221; a news release said, per <a href="https://katv.com/news/local/conway-man-sues-country-club-for-cheating-him-after-golf-tournament-austin-clagett-faulkner-county-morrilton-countty-club-jay-hodge-ford-of-morrilton-the-tournament-of-a-century-hole-in-one-andrew-norwood-dentonand-zachary-2022-ford-f-150-supercrew-title" target="_blank" rel="noopener">KATV</a>. &#8220;Afterwards, Morrilton Country Club and Jay Hodge Ford of Morrilton refused to give Austin Clagett the keys or transfer him the title to the 2022 Ford F-150 4&#215;4 Supercrew.&#8221;</p>
<p class="p1">Clagett told Fox News that there wasn’t a sign about the prize, but “[t]he truck was parked next to the hole, and there was a woman sitting on the tee box with a pair of binoculars that said, ‘This is the hole, if you do it you win it.’”</p>
<p class="p1">“It was a surreal feeling,” he said, recounting when he got the hole-in-one. When people told him he had made it, he didn’t believe them.</p>
<p class="p1">The dealership claimed that the country club used their truck as the award without telling them and that they didn’t have time to acquire insurance.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="p1">&#8220;Without our knowledge, Morrilton Country Club promoted that this new truck would be available as a winning prize at the event despite our agreement that it would be for display purposes only,&#8221; the dealership said. &#8220;Jay Hodge Ford of Morrilton would like to extend its sincerest apologies to the community for this misunderstanding and we look forward to serving everyone in the future.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="p1">Andrew Norwood, Clagett’s lawyer, explained the situation to Fox News.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="p1">“They made an offer that said anybody that pays your entry fee and comes here and hits this hole-in-one will win the offer,&#8221; Norwood said. &#8220;Austen accepted that offer when he paid his $375 … He showed up per their request and on their hole that they put out there, they designated he hit a hole in one.&#8221;</p>
<p class="p1">“This is about doing what is right. Mr. Clagett lived up to his end of the deal when he got the hole-in-one and now Morrilton Country Club and Jay Hodge Ford of Morrilton want to crawfish out of the deal,&#8221; Norwood previously <a href="https://katv.com/news/local/conway-man-sues-country-club-for-cheating-him-after-golf-tournament-austin-clagett-faulkner-county-morrilton-countty-club-jay-hodge-ford-of-morrilton-the-tournament-of-a-century-hole-in-one-andrew-norwood-dentonand-zachary-2022-ford-f-150-supercrew-title"><span class="s1">said</span></a> in response to the incident. &#8220;If they didn’t want to pay up when Mr. Clagett got a hole-in-one, they shouldn’t have offered the deal.”</p>


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Golfer Sues Country Club After Not Receiving Hole-In-One Prize

Arkansas Golfer Sues Country Club And Car Dealership After Not Receiving Hole-In-One Prize Of F-150 Truck

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<p>Officials for the BMW PGA Championship announced on Thursday that tour play would halt for the remainder of the day — and for the following day — as they paused to recognize the passing of Britain&#8217;s <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/my-bad-lol-cbs-journalist-deletes-tweet-calling-ailing-queen-oppressive-ruler-just-before-she-dies/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Queen Elizabeth II</a>.</p>
<p>The European Tour made the announcement via a press release that was shared on social media and <a href="https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/news/articles/detail/our-deepest-condolences-to-the-royal-family-at-this-time-of-mourning/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> on their website following the somber announcement from Buckingham Palace. Wentworth Club, where tournament play had only begun hours earlier, is located in Virginia Water, Surrey, just outside of London.</p>
<p>&#8220;On behalf of our members and everyone connected with the European Tour group and the BMW PGA Championship, it is with great sadness that we have learned of the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. She truly was an inspiration to people the world over,&#8221; the statement began.</p>
<p>&#8220;Out of respect for Her Majesty and the Royal Family, play has been suspended at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth Club for the remainder of Thursday and flags at Wentworth Club will be lowered to half-mast. Furthermore, no play will take place at the BMW PGA Championship on Friday and the golf course and practice facilities will be closed,&#8221; it concluded.</p>
<p>A photo shared by Golf.com showed players walking off the course while fans observed from behind ropes at the edge of the course. A large billboard showcased the announcement: &#8220;Play will be suspended until further notice following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Play has been suspended at the BMW PGA Championship following the Queen&#39;s death. <a href="https://t.co/tTUpQwtVZO">pic.twitter.com/tTUpQwtVZO</a></p>
<p>&mdash; GOLF.com (@GOLF_com) <a href="https://twitter.com/GOLF_com/status/1567937946606518274?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 8, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The official Twitter account for the DP World Tour, part of the European Tour Group, shared a similar message about play being halted and the facilities being closed in the Queen&#8217;s honor.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, play in the BMW PGA Championship has been suspended for the remainder of Thursday.</p>
<p>All facilities in the Championship Village will close with immediate effect.</p>
<p>Further updates and guidance will be provided shortly.</p>
<p>&mdash; DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) <a href="https://twitter.com/DPWorldTour/status/1567932373236420609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 8, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Announcing that &#8220;further updates and guidance will be provided shortly,&#8221; the tour group also noted that the facility&#8217;s park-and-ride service would remain open and operational at least temporarily so that spectators would not be stranded by the abrupt closure.</p>
<p>No announcements have yet been made about when the Wentworth Club will reopen or when play could resume.</p>
<p>Buckingham Palace <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/breaking-queen-elizabeth-ii-dead-at-96/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced the death</a> of the Queen on Thursday, saying that she had passed peacefully at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. She was 96 years old.</p>


BMW PGA Championship – Day One

European PGA Championship Halts Play To Honor Queen’s Passing

European PGA Championship Halts Play To Honor Queen's Passing

Queen Elizabeth

U.K.

<p>The world’s number one ranked golfer, Scottie Scheffler, opened up about why he missed making the cut at the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis, Tennessee, earlier this month — a &#8220;butt crack&#8221; injury.</p>
<p>Yes, you read that correctly. During an interview with <a href="https://golf.com/news/scottie-scheffler-hurt-awkward-spot-describes-it/">Golf.com</a>, Scheffler talked about what happened during the PGA Tour where he had “one really bad day.”</p>
<p>“You know, I really wasn’t playing bad,” the golfer told the magazine. “I played good at the Open. I had kind of a weird little injury thing that prevented me from playing my best on Saturday and Sunday, and then I was — if not for that, I would have felt like I had a really good chance to win the tournament.”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Scottie Scheffler details bizarre &#39;butt crack&#39; injury after dominant Tour Championship start <a href="https://t.co/ZbgYGv641k">https://t.co/ZbgYGv641k</a> <a href="https://t.co/0ysCo3ZpiB">pic.twitter.com/0ysCo3ZpiB</a></p>
<p>&mdash; New York Post (@nypost) <a href="https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1563170196378230789?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 26, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;Then going into Memphis, I just had one really, really bad day,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know what happened. I have no idea. Kind of just put it out of my mind and got into Wilmington and got some good work in and then had a solid week last week and had a good start to the week this week.&#8221;</p>
<p>As any good reporter would, the person interviewing him noticed the weird injury comment and pushed further to find out the reason he wasn&#8217;t playing his best.</p>
<p>&#8220;Probably TMI [too much information], but I had what&#8217;s called a pilonidal infection,&#8221; Scheffler explained. &#8220;It&#8217;s an infection at the top of your butt crack. You can look it up. It was really hard for me to bend down. It was really hard for me to make a swing on Sunday. Walking was actually extremely difficult.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know if any of you have ever had something like that, but if you talk to someone that does, it is excruciatingly painful,&#8221; he added. &#8220;It was brutal. It&#8217;s one of those things that just happens …&#8221;</p>
<p>When pressed on how it happened, Scottie replied, &#8220;Yeah, I&#8217;m not going to say it here. I&#8217;ll tell you after because that would really be TMI [Laughter].&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Yeah, I didn&#8217;t ever really plan on telling anybody,&#8221; he added. &#8220;It’s kind of one of those things you put on the back burner, and it&#8217;s stuff that happens. Guys deal with injuries over the course of the season, and that one popped up at a wrong time for me when I was playing really well.”</p>
<p>He said it took about a week to recover after he had a procedure to take care of the infection — which is described on the <a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/pilonidal-cyst/symptoms-causes/syc-20376329">Mayo Clinic</a> website.</p>


Scottie Scheffler-2

World’s No. 1 Ranked Golfer Describes ‘Butt Crack’ Injury On PGA Tour

World's No. 1 Ranked Golfer Describes 'Butt Crack' Injury On PGA Tour

Celebrities

Tennessee

<p>Reality star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/caitlyn-jenner" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Caitlyn Jenner</a> has thrown support behind a biological male who identifies as a female golfer who is hoping to compete in the LPGA tour after Jenner previously blasted a biological male who identifies as a female, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lia-thomas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lia Thomas</a>, for competing in woman&#8217;s swimming.</p>
<p>During the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/caitlyn-jenner">72-year-old star&#8217;s</a> appearance on <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/caitlyn-jenner-supports-transgender-golfer-fighting-join-lpga-tour-totally-different-lia-thomas">Fox News’</a> “America Reports,” Jenner said that golf is a “totally different game” than swimming and that each sport should be looked at differently when it comes to transgender athletes. Jenner is backing 29-year-old Hailey Davidson, who underwent gender reassignment surgery last year and has been trying to get in the tour to compete. Davidson last competed as a male in a 2015 tournament, <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2022/08/25/caitlyn-jenner-backs-trans-golfer-hailey-davidson-fight-lpga-tour/">TMZ</a> noted.</p>
<p>“I’ve been very consistent with how I’ve tried to approach these transgender athletes,” Jenner said. “It really depends on the sport. Every sport is different. Obviously, we saw with Lia Thomas, she had gone through male puberty, bigger cardiovascular system, it just wasn&#8217;t fair. And fortunately, we won that one.”</p>
<p>“Golf is totally different game,” the reality star added. “It is a game of touch and feel.”</p>
<p>Jenner talked about competing in LPGA tour events and said “these girls are really, really good,” noting that Davidson was “playing within the rules.”</p>
<p>“Honestly, for me, the jury is still out on this one,“ Jenner said. “I don&#8217;t know if [Davidson&#8217;s] going to be able to make it on the LPGA tour.”</p>
<p>“I don&#8217;t think she&#8217;s in a position where she&#8217;s gonna be dominating on the LPGA tour,” the star added. “To be honest with you, those girls are so good.”</p>
<p>The LPGA Tour changed its rules in 2010 to allow golfers who were not born female to compete.</p>
<p>In January, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/caitlyn-jenner-biological-boys-should-not-be-playing-in-womens-sports">Jenner</a> said during a Fox appearance that “biological boys &#8230; should not be playing in women&#8217;s sports. We need to protect women&#8217;s sports. Obviously, this is about Lia Thomas, who has brought a lot of attention to this issue.”</p>
<p>“First of all, I respect her decision to live her life authentically — 100% — but it also comes with responsibility and some integrity,” the star explained, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/we-need-to-protect-womens-sports-caitlyn-jenner-on-transgender-athletes">Jenner</a> noted the unfair advantage <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trans-swimmer-lia-thomas-shrugs-off-question-of-advantages-over-biological-females-im-happy">Thomas</a> has when swimming against women being born a biological boy.</p>
<p>“I don&#8217;t know why she&#8217;s doing it,” Caitlyn added. “She knows when she&#8217;s swimming, she&#8217;s beating the competition by two laps. She was born a biological boy. She was raised as a biological boy. Her cardiovascular system is bigger, her respiratory system is bigger, her hands are bigger, she can swim faster. That&#8217;s a known.”</p>


Caitlyn Jenner-2

Caitlyn Jenner Backs Transgender Golfer Hoping To Compete In LPGA Tour After Blasting Lia Thomas

Caitlyn Jenner

Entertainment

Transgender Athletes

<p>Legendary professional <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/golf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">golfers</a> Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy are launching a new professional golf league in partnership with the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/pga" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PGA</a> Tour as the tour faces increasing competition from Saudi-backed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/liv-golf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LIV Golf</a>.</p>
<p>Woods and McIlroy&#8217;s TMRW Sports <a href="https://tglgolf.com/articles/2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> Wednesday the creation of TGL, a new “tech-infused golf league” that will feature teams of professional golfers that compete on a “custom-built venue in primetime on Monday nights.”</p>
<p>The high-tech league will <a href="https://tglgolf.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">consist</a> of six teams of three PGA Tour players that hit shots onto a virtual screen before moving to a “state-of-the-art short game complex.”</p>
<p>The new league will be comprised of 15 regular season matches starting in January 2024 followed by a playoff tournament.</p>
<p>The league was created with the intent of trying to attract a broader audience to the sport by reaching younger audiences.</p>
<p>“TGL is the next evolution within professional golf, and I am committed to helping lead it into the future,&#8221; Woods said in a statement. “Embracing technology to create this unique environment gives us the ability to move our sport into primetime on a consistent basis alongside so many of sports&#8217; biggest events. As a big sports fan myself, I&#8217;m excited about blending golf with technology and team elements common in other sports. We all know what it&#8217;s like to be in a football stadium or a basketball arena where you can watch every play, every minute of action unfold right in front of you. It&#8217;s something that inherently isn&#8217;t possible in traditional golf — and an aspect of TGL that will set it apart and appeal to a new generation of fans.”</p>
<p>“I have the utmost respect for the game of golf, and the TGL, while rooted in the traditions of the game, is taking a bold step into the increasingly tech-fueled future of sports,&#8221; McIlroy said. “TGL will tap into the appeal of team golf within an exciting, fan-friendly environment, comparable to sitting courtside at an NBA game. TGL will widen the appeal of golf to younger and more diverse fans and serve as another avenue to introduce people to the game I love.”</p>
<p>The new golf league comes as the PGA Tour competes against LIV Golf, founded by two-time major winner Greg Norman, which Woods has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tiger-woods-to-hold-meeting-with-top-pro-golfers-to-bolster-support-for-pga-over-liv" target="_blank" rel="noopener">campaigned</a> hard against.</p>
<p>LIV Golf responded to the creation of the new league with a 17-word statement, saying, “LIV Golf is clearly the best thing that’s ever happened to help the careers of professional golfers.”</p>


The 150th Open – Previews

Tiger Woods And Rory McIlroy Launch New Pro-Golf League

LIV Golf

<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tiger-woods" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tiger Woods</a> is scheduled to holding a meeting this week with some top professional golfers ahead of a tournament to bolster support for the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/pga" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PGA</a> as it battles against the new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/liv-golf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LIV Golf</a> series.</p>
<p>ESPN <a href="https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/34406098/sources-tiger-woods-meet-group-players-bmw-championship-rally-support-pga-tour-rival-liv-series">reported</a> that the meeting will include approximately 20 top players from around the world and several other &#8220;influential&#8221; PGA players who have not left for the Saudi-backed LIV Golf series.</p>
<p>The meeting will take place in Delaware at Wilmington Country Club ahead of the BMW Championship, which is part of the PGA TOUR’s FedExCup Playoffs.</p>
<p>&#8220;I’m hearing tomorrow’s PGA Tour player meeting regarding LIV is going to be a banger,&#8221; golf reporter Alan Shipnuck <a href="https://twitter.com/AlanShipnuck/status/1559325194061115392">tweeted</a>. &#8220;Supposedly everything is on the table, from major championship boycotts to Monahan’s future to a larger compromise. And Tiger M.F. Woods is expected to fly in to provide counsel/bully/cajole.&#8221;</p>
<p>Woods has spoken out against LIV Golf and Greg Norman, who leads the new golf tour, <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/07/12/tiger-woods-unloads-on-greg-norman-liv-golf-ahead-of-2022-british-open/">saying</a> earlier this summer that it was the right thing for the PGA to disinvite Norman to the 150th British Open at St. Andrews.</p>
<p>&#8220;Greg has done some things that I don’t think is in the best interest of our game, and we’re coming back to probably the most historic and traditional place in our sport,&#8221; Woods said. &#8220;I know Greg tried to do this back in the early ’90s. It didn’t work then, and he’s trying to make it work now. I still don’t see how that’s in the best interests of the game. I know what the PGA Tour stands for and what we have done and what the Tour has given us — the ability to chase after our careers and to earn what we get and the trophies we have been able to play for and the history that has been a part of this game.&#8221;</p>
<p>Woods slammed the players who left the PGA Tour for LIV Golf, saying that they have turned their backs on the tours that helped create them.</p>
<p>&#8220;The players who have chosen to go to LIV and to play there, I disagree with it,” Woods said. “I think that what they’ve done is they’ve turned their back on what has allowed them to get to this position. Some players have never got a chance to even experience it — they’ve gone right from the amateur ranks right into that organization and never really got a chance to play out here and what it feels like to play a Tour schedule or to play in some big events.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;And, who knows what’s going to happen in the near future with world-ranking points, the criteria for entering major championships? The governing bodies are going to have to figure that out. Some of these players may not ever get a chance to play in major championships,&#8221; Woods continued. &#8220;That is a possibility that some players will never, ever get a chance to play in a major championship, never get a chance to experience this right here, walk down the fairways at Augusta National. That, to me, I just don’t understand it.&#8221;</p>


TOUR Championship – Final Round

Tiger Woods To Hold Meeting With Top Pro Golfers To Bolster Support For PGA Over LIV

<p style="font-weight: 400;">The Kingdom couldn’t buy Tiger.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/golf">Golf</a> superstar Tiger Woods turned down the staggering sum of nearly $800 million to play in the Saudi Arabia-backed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/golf-superstar-takes-50-million-payday-to-defect-to-saudi-backed-liv-circuit">LIV Golf Invitational Series</a>, according to the tour’s CEO, Greg Norman. While it was known the tour made a strong bid for Woods, the figure emerged in an interview with Fox News Channel&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tucker-carlson">Tucker Carlson</a> Monday night.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;Look, Tiger is a needle mover, right?” Norman said. “So, of course you&#8217;ve got to look at the best of the best. They had originally approached Tiger before I became CEO. That number is somewhere in that [$700-800 million] neighborhood.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;The PGA Tour has 27 sponsors who do $40 billion worth of business in Saudi Arabia on an annual basis.&quot;<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LIVGolf?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LIVGolf</a> Chairman Greg Norman exposes the PGA Tour&#39;s hypocrisy in interview on Tucker Carlson. <a href="https://t.co/jMkLPHKsWf">pic.twitter.com/jMkLPHKsWf</a></p>
<p>&mdash; LIV Golf Nation (@LIVGolfNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/LIVGolfNation/status/1554265020984434689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 2, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p style="font-weight: 400;">The tour has spent nine-figure sums luring PGA stars like Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau, Dustin Johnson, Bubba Watson, and others to play in its pro series. In addition to dangling huge purses for match competitions, the new tour is offering signing fees, including a reported $125 million to Johnson, and likely more for Mickelson. The PGA has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pga-tour-to-punish-players-jumping-to-saudi-backed-liv-tournament">tried to stop the exodus</a>, and made clear players who defect won’t necessarily be welcome back.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">The 15-time major champion Woods has not been the same since a devastating automobile accident, but his popularity still would have made him the upstart tour’s biggest prize. Woods said prior to last month&#8217;s British Open that he doesn’t support players joining the LIV Series and compared the circuit to the senior Champions Tour.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;I think that what they&#8217;ve done is they&#8217;ve turned their back on what has allowed them to get to this position,&#8221; Woods said.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">The LIV Golf Invitational Series was launched this year through a $300 million investment in the Asian Tour. Earlier this week, LIV Golf rolled out plans to expand in 2023 to 14 events, with 48 golfers competing for an unprecedented $405 million in purses.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Former President Trump hosted a LIV tournament at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, last week and has been a supporter of the tour despite <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/9-11-families-rip-trump-for-hosting-saudi-backed-golf-tournaments-at-his-courses">criticism from 9/11 families and other critics</a> of the Kingdom&#8217;s abysmal human rights record.</p>
<p>“I think LIV has been a great thing for Saudi Arabia, for the image of Saudi Arabia,” Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/charles-barkley-slams-door-on-new-role-in-saudi-sponsored-golf-league">told</a> The Wall Street Journal. “I think it’s going to be an incredible investment from that standpoint, and that’s more valuable than lots of other things because you can’t buy that — even with billions of dollars.”</p>


The Masters – Final Round

Revealed: Greg Norman Says How Much Tiger Woods Turned Down To Play On Saudi-Backed Golf Tour

Tucker Carlson

<p style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/charles-barkley">Sir Charles</a> isn’t looking to bounce from his NBA gig for a broadcasting role with the Saudi-backed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/liv-golf">LIV Golf</a>.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">After a very public flirtation with the well-funded and controversial golf tour, Charles Barkley <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/07/29/charles-barkley-ends-contract-flirtation-with-liv-golf/">told the New York Post</a> he won’t be defecting from TNT, where his basketball commentary is as hilarious as it is insightful.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“I want to thank <a style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;" href="http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/323/greg-norman">Greg Norman</a> and LIV for their interest in me,” Barkley said. “I wish those guys great success and nothing but the best. But, in my best interest, and being fair to Turner &#8212; because Turner and basketball have given me every single thing in my life &#8212; It is best for me to move on and I&#8217;m staying with Turner for the rest of my TV career.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">The 59-year-old NBA Hall of Famer told ESPN on Thursday that he had not been offered a job by Norman, the CEO of the golf tour. But he sounded interested.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">🚨NEWS: Charles Barkley tells The Post he has ended discussions with LIV and he will stay at TNT. 🚨<a href="https://t.co/iC6Ee2H5SW">https://t.co/iC6Ee2H5SW</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Andrew Marchand (@AndrewMarchand) <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewMarchand/status/1553011673065308161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 29, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p style="font-weight: 400;">“I met with Greg and I told him yes. I&#8217;m in a win-win situation,” Barkley said Thursday. “If they offer me something good, that&#8217;s great. If they don&#8217;t, I&#8217;ve got a great job at TNT.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Barkley was adamant that criticism of the league’s support from the Kingdom’s soverign investment fund would not keep him from bolting. Several top PGA stars, including Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Bubba Watson, Bryson DeChambeau, and others have been criticized for taking huge sums of money to play on the new tour. Tiger Woods reportedly turned down nearly $1 billion to join.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“Everybody&#8217;s making up words like ‘sportswashing’ and ‘dirty money,’” Barkley said. “I&#8217;m like, listen, if you play sports, we all take money from some sources you might not love or appreciate.&#8221;</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“I don&#8217;t want to be a hypocrite,” he continued. “These guys [LIV golfers] are trying to make a living. I wish them nothing but the best. Same thing with my friends on the PGA Tour. But everybody is just kinda like trying to play the moral card.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">The LIV Golf International Series was launched this year through a $300 million investment in the Asian Tour. Earlier this week, LIV Golf rolled out plans to expand in 2023 to 14 events, with 48 golfers competing for an unprecedented $405 million in purses.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Barkley is an avid golfer and a frequent participant in pro-am tournaments, although he is better known for errant tee shots and wacky wisecracks than his prowess on the links.</p>
<p>Former President Donald Trump&#8217;s New Jersey golf club is currently hosting the Bedminster Invitational LIV Golf tournament, and the former president took part in Thursday&#8217;s pro-am tourney &#8211; as did Barkley</p>
<p>&#8220;I think LIV has been a great thing for Saudi Arabia, for the image of Saudi Arabia,&#8221; Trump told the Wall Street Journal. &#8220;I think it&#8217;s going to be an incredible investment from that standpoint, and that&#8217;s more valuable than lots of other things because you can&#8217;t buy that — even with billions of dollars.&#8221;</p>


LIV Golf Invitational – Bedminster – Pro-Am

Charles Barkley Slams Door On New Role In Saudi-Sponsored Golf League

Charles Barkley

<p>Superstar Bubba Watson will pocket a cool $50 million to join the controversial Saudi-backed <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/greg-norman-disinvited-from-british-open-over-saudi-backed-liv-golf-series-controversy/">LIV Golf</a> circuit — joining a number of big names like Bryson DeChambeau, Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson, Brooks Koepka, and Sergio Garcia — according to a report published Wednesday by The Telegraph.</p>
<p>Watson&#8217;s addition to the circuit may not be a huge surprise to many, since he was featured in early LIV promotional material — only to be quickly removed — and sources suggest he is likely to face a permanent PGA ban for defecting. Reports indicate that Watson, a 12-time Tour winner, is likely to captain one of four 12-man teams.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Bubba Watson is headed to LIV Golf. 👀 <a href="https://t.co/tduhpdc22d">pic.twitter.com/tduhpdc22d</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Golf Digest (@GolfDigest) <a href="https://twitter.com/GolfDigest/status/1552395459053993984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 27, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Critics of LIV Golf have complained that the circuit is backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, arguing that American golfers should refuse to support it because of U.S. intelligence indicating the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was the driving force behind the 2018 murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.</p>
<p>The LIV Golf League is set to officially launch in 2023 with 12 team franchises who will participate in 14 tournaments. The complete schedule has yet to be announced, but plans include expansion across several continents in the coming months. The total prize money for the tour is said to be $405 million.</p>
<p>&#8220;I’ll believe that when I see it… but as an adoptive parent and Christian, Bubba Watson should know that adoption is illegal in Saudi Arabia and so is practicing Christianity and that the man who could change that, but won’t, is in control of the fund that pays for LIV Golf,&#8221; Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee <a href="https://twitter.com/chambleebrandel/status/1536149305190498306">responded</a> last month when someone predicted that Watson would be among the next to join the tour.</p>
<p>The LIV circuit appears to be pulling out all the stops to bring over some big-name talents. Even American golf legend Tiger Woods <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/tiger-woods-rejected-mind-blowingly-enormous-offer-from-saudi-backed-league/">reported</a> that he had been approached by the league, although he rejected the offer. And LIV Golf creator Greg Norman revealed that the circuit had offered Woods a &#8220;mind-blowingly enormous&#8221; sum to make the jump.</p>
<p>Norman told The Washington Post that Woods&#8217; offer had reached high into nine-digit territory, but that he had turned it down. Fellow golf legend Jack Nicklaus also reportedly received — and rejected — an offer in the $100 million ballpark, while <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/saudi-golf-tour-reaches-deal-with-mickelson-after-landing-dustin-johnson-for-125m/">Phil Mickelson</a> signed with the controversial league for a whopping $200 million.</p>


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