CAMERON TRINGALE. Tringale has used the offseason to rest and recover and will be making his first appearance since the LIV Golf Michigan Team Championship. The HyFlyers GC stalwart has shown that he enjoys Riyadh Golf Club as he finished T18 at LIV Golf Riyadh and T9 at last year’s Saudi International.
PETER UIHLEIN. Uihlein is fresh off a runner-up finish in his most recent start at the Link Hong Kong Open. He’s been one of the most consistent performers on the Internationals Series since its inception and will be a contender this week. Last season, he finished T29 at the Saudi International and T21 at LIV Golf Riyadh.
HAROLD VARNER III. Varner III is a past champion of the Saudi International, winning the tournament at Royal Greens in 2022. Last season, he finished T21 at LIV Golf Riyadh and withdrew from the Saudi International after the third round. Varner III has made one start this fall, finishing T36 at the Link Hong Kong Open.
MATTHEW WOLFF. Wolff will be making his offseason debut. Last season, he finished T15 at LIV Golf Riyadh, which was his second-best finish of the season. He finished T39 at last year’s Saudi International but has the power off the tee that will suit him at Riyadh Golf Club.
PLAYER NEWS
Tyrrell Hatton finished 4th in the final Race to Dubai standings after posting a 14th-place finish at the DP World Tour Championship. The Legion XIII star ended the week ranked 1st in Strokes Gained: Approach, averaging +1.76 stroke per round on the field. Hatton also ranked 2nd in Par-3 scoring (2.88) and 3rd in Scrambling (76.5%).
The third episode of Behind The 4ACES is out, with this episode focusing on how Patrick Reed is misunderstood.
LIV Golf Adelaide has won the top prize at the World Golf Awards for the third consecutive year. The award was voted on by professional players, media, and fans, as reported by News Australia.
At last week’s NSW Open, Ripper GC’s Lucas Herbert praised LIV Golf’s decision to go to 72 holes while speaking to Bunkered. “The good thing about a new CEO with LIV in Scott O’Neil, and a new CEO at the PGA Tour with Brian Rolapp is, I think now there is a vested interest in wanting to bring the game together a little bit more,” Herbert said. “And from LIV’s perspective, maybe making it less of a disruptive environment and more wanting to fit in the golfing ecosystem. We see how good golf is in America with the PGA Tour, and we want to be able to make that impact across the world.”
Herbert finished 44th at the Ford NSW Open.
Former PGA Tour player and current commentator for NBC Sports Smylie Kaufman told The Golfing Gazette that he believes Tom McKibbin could be LIV Golf’s first home grown superstar. “I would say one of the other big knocks on the LIV tour is that they haven’t created their own big stars, but they have a potential young star in the making with Tom McKibbin, who they can claim as their own,” he said.
While speaking to Golf Digest Middle East, The International Series season-long standings leader Scott Vincent shared his approach to this week’s event. “I never focus too much on leaderboards – to me it is more important to concentrate on every single shot, to make sure I give it my best. I practise this every day, and I try to stay in the moment during my practice so I can do the same out on the golf course. … Of course there will be competition out there, but I can’t really worry too much about that – I just need to trust in my process and continue to try and improve and get better every day and every time I stand over the golf ball.”
Over the weekend, YouTube star Grant Horvat teased that he will have an upcoming video with Crushers GC Captain Bryson DeChambeau.
