What's Next for LIV Golf, Skipping a PGA Tour Elevated Event and Punching Masters Tickets

Links to all of Bob Harig's Weekly Read notes and more from the SI Golf team on a busy Sunday of golf from Miami to Bermuda and beyond.

LIV Golf's inaugural season is over, the PGA Tour's new season is continuing and a significant amateur tournament has a new champion. On this page you'll find links to all of Bob Harig's Weekly Read notes plus Harig and Alex Miceli's coverage from the LIV Golf Team Championship. 

Now That LIV Golf's First Season is Over, a Look at What Could Come Next

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LIV Golf seemed like a farfetched idea when this year began, but Sunday it completed an eight-event season with a $50 million team championship. Bob Harig, who wrote about LIV Golf's "Summer of Excess" last week, examines the Saudi-backed league as it now exists and suggests what it might do before next season to improve.

The Unintended Consequences of the PGA Tour's Elevated Events

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The PGA Tour's schedule of elevated events will create some very busy stretches for the game's top players, including a run of 10 weeks with seven must-play stops. Well, Bob Harig writes, they may not all be must-plays now as the Tour will allow players to skip one elevated Tour event. We'll see how that plays out in 2023.

R&A CEO Won't Ban LIV Players from British Open, But May Tweak Qualifying

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Martin Slumbers had much to say in a Golf Digest interview about LIV Golf, the "pathways and meritocracy" of the pro game and much more. Bob Harig discusses the main takeaways in regards to the British Open and more from the head of the R&A.

Punching Tickets to the Masters, DJ's LIV Haul and Phil Mickelson's Needle is Back

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Seamus Power was close to a Masters invite by virtue of his world ranking, but winning in Bermuda sealed it. In his weekly Fore! Things, Bob Harig discusses who else is Augusta-bound, what else Augusta National was in the news for last week and an example of how Phil Mickelson's sharp wit is coming back. 

More SI Golf Coverage from the LIV Golf Finale

> Oft-Maligned Pat Perez Delivers on Sunday to Help Win LIV Golf's Team Title

> Notebook: Some Player Movement on Tap for LIV Golf's Offseason

> Bryson DeChambeau, Bubba Watson Denied Earnings from a 2021 PGA Tour Bonus Pool