LIV Golfโs Sergio Garcia faults Rory McIlroy for โlacking maturityโ as friendship sours
LIV Golf has done more than just disrupt the status quo of golf โ it also seems to have created a wedge between old friends. The feeling is mutual with Garcia saying this week that the blame for his fractured relationship with McIlroy falls on him. "I think it is very sad," Garcia told The Telegraph Thursday. Garcia and McIlroy have been longtime friends both on and off the course, with McIlroy even being a groomsman in his wedding in 2017. Garcia told the outlet that while he is not opposed to a reconciliation, he doubts McIlroy is interested in one.
foxnews.comMcIlroy says Norman rift began with his 'brainwash' comment
Rory McIlroy thought his differences with Greg Norman over a Saudi-funded rival golf league had been patched up. McIlroy has been taking shots at Norman since he won the Canadian Open in June, a day after LIV Golf finished its inaugural event outside London.
news.yahoo.comSouth Texas GOP officials take heat from parents of slain Uvalde children
The political director for Republican congressional candidate Monica De La Cruz and the Hidalgo County GOP chair fueled a Twitter war last week with the parents of two children killed in the Uvalde elementary school massacre.
myrgv.comJoaquin Niemann going to Boston for next LIV Golf event
Joaquin Niemann of Chile was headed to Boston on Monday for the next LIV Golf event, which would give the Saudi-funded league its youngest PGA Tour winner as it fills out its roster for the rest of the inaugural season. โGoing but has not signed it yet,โ Carlos Rodriguez, his manager at GSE Worldwide, said in a text to The Associated Press. The 23-year-old Niemann, who is No. 19 in the world ranking, was the most prominent name mentioned in various reports over the weekend to leave the PGA Tour.
news.yahoo.com'Loving' boy last Texas school shooting victim laid to rest
Like millions of 10-year-olds, Uziyah Sergio Garcia loved video games, swimming and trampolines. โSuch a fast little boy and he could catch a ball so good,โ his grandfather, Manny Renfro, told The Associated Press. Uziyah, who went by Uzi, was the last of the 21 people killed in the Uvalde school massacre โ 19 children and two teachers โ to be laid to rest.
news.yahoo.comWeslaco ISD to choose new superintendent
The Weslaco Independent School District Board of Trustees is expected to name a lone finalist for superintendent Thursday evening, and although who that person will be is anybodyโs guess, it looks like it wonโt be Interim Superintendent Criselda โCrisโ Valdez.
myrgv.comSpieth shoots 63, shares lead at low-scoring hometown Nelson
Jordan Spieth had his longest stretch all day of mere pars โ a whopping four holes โ on the besieged new home course of the AT&T Byron Nelson when the local favorite stepped over a 55-foot eagle putt on the par-5 18th. Spieth, Spaun and plenty of others had little trouble with TPC Craig Ranch north of Dallas. Hideki Matsuyama sputtered on the front nine in his first appearance since becoming the first Japanese player to win the Masters, then stalled again after three straight birdies to start the back nine.
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