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Issue No.1 – January 2022

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Issue No.4 – October 2022

Issue No.5 – January 2023

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Issue No.8 – October 2023

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We also look ahead to the LIV Golf League season-opener in Mexico and catch up with Lydia Ko ahead of her trip to Royal Greens Golf & Country Club for the Saudi Ladies International. 

James Piot talks about how the LIV Golf opportunity was too big to pass up and we take you through 2023’s must-have drivers in Part One of our Hot List.

All this and much, much more in the February 2023 edition of Golf Digest Middle East.

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All this and much, much more in the January 2023 edition of Golf Digest Middle East available in both English and Arabic.

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Catch up with Cameron Smith as LIV Golf heads for its two big showdowns in Bangkok and Jeddah as the Australian looks to chase down Individual Championship leader Dustin Johnson in Thailand and Saudi Arabia. The inaugural season reaches its climax ahead of the Team Championship finale at Trump National Doral, Miami.

All this and much more in the October 2022 edition of Golf Digest Middle East.

Also featured is GDME’s trip to the new Club Med Magna Marbella resort in Spain, plus Viya Golf’s plans for its new Abu Dhabi clubs, Luxury Carts and how to get the best out of your wedges. Pro golfers Alex Riggs, Tom Ogilvie and Conor Thornton keep you right on the fairways, while Oktoberfest also returns!

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By Tod Leonard
Robert Garrigus, a journeyman who has one win in 362 starts in his PGA Tour career, is the first tour member to apply for permission to compete in the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series, according to a report by Golfweek.

Citing multiple sources, Golfweek said Garrigus has requested to play in the LIV Golf Invitational, June 9-11 at Centurion Club in London — the inaugural event of eight tournaments scheduled this year for LIV Golf, the group led by Greg Norman that is being financed by the Saudi government’s Public Investment Fund. PGA Tour players must ask for a waiver to play in outside events, and with an application deadline of 45 days prior to a tournament, the last day a golfer could make a request is April 25. The tour can decide on the request 30 days before the event, which would be May 10.

No other PGA Tour players have yet applied for the waiver, Golfweek said, citing a source.

The PGA Tour and the agent for Garrigus declined to comment.

Garrigus, 44, has played 13 seasons of 20 or more events on the PGA Tour, though his last full season was 2017-18. He’s played in four events in the current campaign, with a top result of T-16 at Pebble Beach, and he’s set to compete in the Zurich Classic this week with partner Tommy Gainey. Garrigus’ lone tour victory came in the 2010 Children’s Miracle Network Classic.

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By Joy Chakravarty in Albany
Tiger Woods might not be among the big names set to tee it up in the 2nd Saudi International late next month but the 15-time major champion has gone into bat for golf in the Kingdom, hitting out at criticism of the European Tour stop in western media.

Phil Mickelson is the latest big American name to have announced that he would participate in the $3.5 million tournament that will be held from January 30 to February 2 at Royal Green Golf & Country Club in King Abdullah Economic City. Also returning for the event are the defending champion Dustin Johnson, the reigning world No1 Brooks Koepka and 2018 Masters champion Patrick Reed.

Mickelson faced widespread criticism for not playing the Waste Management Phoenix Open next year, a tournament he has played every year for the past 27 years, and agreeing to go to Saudi Arabia instead.

Woods, who has repeatedly said he wants to pursue a limited schedule to preserve his fragile back and knee, is said to have rejected an appearance fee of $3 million.

Speaking after the ProAm of the Hero World Challenge, Woods said: “I just didn’t want to go over there…it is a long way to go.”

Woods, the tournament host in Albany, also defended Mickelson’s decision.

“I understand the politics behind it. But also, the game of golf can help heal a lot of that, too. It can help grow it,” said Woods.

“It’s traditionally not a golf hotbed in the Middle East. But it has grown quite a bit. I remember going to Dubai for my very first time and seeing maybe two or three buildings in the skyline. Now there is a New York City skyline.

“Again, golf has grown. There were only a few courses when I went to Dubai and now they’re everywhere. Same with Abu Dhabi, and maybe eventually in Saudi Arabia.”

Woods, along with the Tiger Woods Foundation and NEXUS, the real estate development and asset management company he has formed with Tavistock owner Joe Lewis, Ernie Els and Justin Timberlake, continue to raise money for the Bahamas. Two islands were completely devastated by Hurricane Dorian earlier this year.

It was announced that the One Bahamas fund created by NEXUS has raised over $8 million so far, and the first big project undertaken is the construction of an orphanage in one of the islands.

Several activities have been planned this week to shore up more funds with the tournament sponsors, Hero MotoCorp, also pitching in.

Chairman Dr Pawan Munjal announced that the tournament will donate $500 for every birdie, $1,000 for every eagle and $2,500 for any hole-in-one made this week to the One Bahamas fund. Apart from this, the India Night on Thursday is also expected to raise a hefty sum through raffles and other activities.

Woods added: “It’s important for all of us who are part of this community. I have an apartment here, I keep my boat here, I’ve been here for the better part of a decade now. It’s near and dear to my heart coming down to this area, but it’s sad to see the devastation that happened because of Dorian.

“Any way we can help rebuild lives, we will do. There are so many houses that have been destroyed and people just don’t have what they used to have. It’s important for us as a tournament and it’s important for Hero as our partner to help any way we possibly can.”

The 18-man tournament starts a day earlier this year to give an extra day for captain Woods and his team members to travel to Melbourne for next week’s Presidents Cup.

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