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<ul class="summary-list"><li>"Harry Potter" star <keyword id="12154092" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tom-felton" source="Orion">Tom Felton</keyword> collapsed during a round of <keyword id="6355064" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="celebrity" source="Orion">celebrity</keyword> golf in Wisconsin.</li><li>Photos show the actor being tended to by medics before being removed from the course. </li><li>Representatives for Felton didn't immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment. </li></ul>"<a href="https://www.insider.com/photos-harry-potter-movie-cast-then-and-now">Harry Potter</a>" actor <a href="https://www.insider.com/interesting-things-to-learn-about-tom-felton-fun-facts">Tom Felton</a> collapsed during the celebrity matches ahead of the 43rd <keyword id="11895638" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ryder-cup" source="Orion">Ryder Cup</keyword> on Thursday.Photos taken by Getty show Felton being attended to at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin, before being carted off the golf course.Felton's current condition is unknown, but he appeared to be conscious as he left the course.Representatives for the actor didn't immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment.On Wednesday, Felton shared a smiling picture of himself to Instagram in <a href="https://www.insider.com/jason-isaacs-wishes-tom-felton-harry-potter-happy-birthday-2020-9">celebration of his 33rd birthday</a>. "Good lord it's been so much fun getting here - yet, somehow, I still feel the best is yet to come," he wrote in the caption. "Let's keep a good thing going - to the next 33." Felton <a href="https://www.insider.com/tom-felton-watching-first-harry-potter-film-reactions-2020-12">played villain Draco Malfoy</a> in all eight "Harry Potter" films, and <a href="https://www.insider.com/best-movies-starring-harry-potter-actors-watch-netflix-2020-5">appeared in other movies</a> like "Belle," "Ophelia," and "A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting." He's set to star in the upcoming film "Save the Cinema," about a Welsh woman's efforts to save a local theater from closure. In addition to his film credits, the actor had a recurring role on superhero show "<a href="https://www.insider.com/the-flash-season-8-details-plot-information-the-cw-2021-7">The Flash</a>" from 2016 to 2017, and is also a musician. Felton has released five EPs to date, and his most recent project, "YoOHoO," was released earlier this year. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

'Harry Potter' star Tom Felton collapsed during a celebrity round of golf and had to be carried off the course

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="14090579" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="liv-golf" source="Orion">LIV Golf</keyword> is wreaking havoc on next year's European <keyword id="11895638" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ryder-cup" source="Orion">Ryder Cup</keyword> team.</li><li><keyword id="14490106" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="henrik-stenson" source="Orion">Henrik Stenson</keyword>, who was set to captain the team, is reportedly heading to LIV <keyword id="11895642" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="golf" source="Orion">Golf</keyword> soon.</li></ul>For a few days last week, the 150th Open Championship hosted by the Old Course at St. Andrews provided the golf world a respite.After months that had been defined by the growing split at the top tier of professional golf, caused by the emergence of <a href="https://www.insider.com/liv-golf-tour-pga-exodus-shows-saudi-money-power-2022-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Saudi-backed, breakaway LIV Golf tour</a>, the sport focused in on four days of compelling action at one of the most historic courses in the sport.The break didn't last long.Just after <a href="https://www.insider.com/cam-smith-rory-mcilroy-open-championship-golf-2022-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cam Smith finished out his first major championship victory</a>, Jamie Weir of Sky <keyword id="11893855" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="sports" source="Orion">Sports</keyword> tweeted out that Swedish golfer Henrik Stenson was expected to be heading to LIV Golf.Stenson was set to captain the 2023 European Ryder Cup team."The Ryder Cup is golf, and sport, at its very best," <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/07/17/henrik-stenson-to-join-liv-golf-likely-lose-ryder-cup-captaincy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stenson said</a> when he got the <keyword id="11893589" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="news" source="Orion">news</keyword> that he would be leading the European side. "I got goosebumps every time I pulled on a European shirt as a player and that will be magnified in the role of captain. When I started out as a professional golfer, it was beyond my wildest dreams that, one day, I would follow in the footsteps of legends of the game such as Seve [Ballesteros] and be the European Ryder Cup Captain. But today proves that, sometimes, dreams do come true." Should his jump to LIV become official, that dream come true will likely vanish.Stenson is far from the only Ryder Cup stalwart that LIV Golf has targeted.With the likes of Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter, Martin Kaymer, and Graeme McDowell all already playing LIV events, Team Europe has lost a decade's worth of potential captains in the matter of a few months.Stenson wasn't the only one to make news about his potential future with Team Europe, as Sergio Garcia also teased the idea of quitting the DP World Tour for good, given his recent move to LIV."I am quite clear about what I am going to do with the European circuit. Probably leave it," <a href="https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/34262418/sergio-garcia-intends-quit-dp-world-tour-says-not-feeling-loved-joining-liv-golf-series">Garcia said</a> at the Open on Sunday. "I want to play where I feel loved, and right now in the European Tour I am not feeling loved."I am very happy with what I have achieved, and I am going to try to enjoy it. I will play less and will spend more time at home. If I cannot play any more majors, that's the way it is, but it is not something that bothers me a lot. I am feeling sad because of the Ryder Cup, but right now in the way I am playing I won't be selected."While we'll have to wait until 2023 to see how the Ryder Cup drama plays out, the Presidents' Cup, which pits America's best players against those from all around the world outside of Europe, could also see a shake up this fall.<div type="image" title="Cam Smith smiles with the Claret Jug after winning the 2022 Open Championship." height="1908" width="2544" msid="92965604" hostid="261" sizebytes="321854"></div>During his press conference after his win at the Open, <keyword id="14489735" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="cam-smith" source="Orion">Cam Smith</keyword> was asked about rumors that he was heading to LIV Golf in the future."I just won the British Open, and you're asking about that," Smith said. "I think that's pretty not that good."Pressed for an answer, Smith said, "I don't know, mate. My team around me worries about all that stuff. I'm here to win golf tournaments."While it's far from a commitment to LIV Golf, it's also pretty far from a denial.Smith would undoubtedly be an important anchor for the 2022 Presidents' Cup team, but a departure to LIV Golf would put his inclusion at risk.Similarly, 2021 Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama, another sure bet for the Presidents' Cup, has <a href="https://affiliate.insider.com?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirror.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fgolf%2Fliv-golf-pga-tour-matsuyama-27503332" target="_blank" rel="noopener">also been rumored</a> as a potential target for LIV Golf. With the Presidents' Cup set to tee off in just eight weeks at Quail Hollow, it's possible that both players could take part in the event before heading to LIV Golf later in the season or next year, should they indeed be making the jump.With two weeks before the next LIV Golf event, to be held at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, the golf world expects yet another round of chaotic movement.

Cam Smith's LIV Golf deflection, Henrik Stenson's rumored defection complicate Ryder Cup, Presidents' Cup pictures

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11910986" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jordan-spieth" source="Orion">Jordan Spieth</keyword> hit a miracle shot at the Ryder Cup.</li><li>Pinned against a wall of earth, Spieth launched a loft skyward that somehow landed next to the pin.</li><li>Spieth's position was so precariously that he nearly bowled over into the waters of Lake Michigan.</li></ul>Jordan Spieth is one of the most creative golfers on the PGA Tour.On Friday at the Ryder Cup, Spieth pulled off his latest stunning display of escapability, taking what looked like an impossible shot and landing it right next to the pin.Playing foursomes with fellow American Justin Thomas, Spieth found himself pinned against a nearly vertical wall of Earth just shy of the green. Behind him, a steep drop off fell into Lake Michigan.Spieth, <a href="https://www.insider.com/jordan-spieth-open-championship-driving-range-shot-rules-2017-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">no stranger to blind shots</a>, stepped up to the ball and sent up what looked like a prayer.The prayer was answered.The momentum of Spieth's shot forced him to shuffle-step backwards, and once he was rolling that direction, it proved difficult to stop. For a moment, it looked as though Spieth was going to tumble all the way into the water.Thankfully, he caught up with his feet just in time.While Spieth and Thomas would go on to lose the match, Spieth's shot looked like it would be the shot of the Ryder Cup - <a href="https://www.insider.com/video-bryson-dechambeau-crushes-drive-ryder-cup-2021-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">until Bryson DeChambeau slammed a drive into outer space just a few hours later</a>.If this is a tease of what is to come in the Ryder Cup this year, we should be in for quite a show.

Jordan Spieth hit an impossible golf shot while pinned against a grassy cliff and nearly tumbled into a lake

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12169789" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="bryson-dechambeau" source="Orion">Bryson DeChambeau</keyword> crushed another <keyword id="11895642" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="golf" source="Orion">golf</keyword> ball.</li><li>The big golfer took advantage of an outrageous line on the 5th hole at the Ryder Cup.</li><li>Somehow, the Ryder Cup broadcast missed showing the massive drive live as it happened.</li></ul>Bryson DeChambeau killed another golf ball.At the par-5 fifth hole at Whistling Straits, the most powerful golfer on the PGA Tour showed off his might with a stunning 417-yard blast to give himself a comfortable chip into the green.To find such massive length, DeChambeau took an absurd line compared to what the course presented him. Rather than play the hole as designed, DeChambeau took the express route, blasting his drive over a wide span of bunkers and fescue that other golfers would not be able to clear.This line eliminated the dog leg that others had to play around. Somehow, DeChambeau found the middle of the fairway.This was a rocket.Looking at DeChambeau's drive compared to those of the other players in his group, you can only laugh.But despite Bryson hitting the biggest shot of the tournament so far, somehow, the Ryder Cup broadcast didn't show his big drive live as it was happening.Fans following the charts on their own were aware that DeChambeau had just pulled off something magical but had no way of seeing the boom. People were, understandably, upset.Eventually, fans were able to take in Bryson's shot in all its glory.DeChambeau would chip to four feet and roll in an easy putt for eagle, winning the hole for the American side.It's not the first time DeChambeau has forced a golf course to submit to his will. In March, <a href="https://www.insider.com/video-bryson-dechambeau-drive-arnold-palmer-invitational-2021-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DeChambeau took a similarly ridiculous line while taking on a par 5 at Bay Hill</a>.Since we know what DeChambeau can do out of the tee box, broadcasts - especially a broadcast of an event with a limited field like the Ryder Cup - should be showing us Bryson every time he picks up his driver.Hopefully we won't miss another shot as the weekend moves on.

Bryson DeChambeau crushed a golf ball 417 yards at the Ryder Cup and the broadcast didn't even show it

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Team USA's roster for the Ryder Cup is officially set.</li><li>Daniel Berger, Scottie Scheffler, and Harris English took the final 3 spots on the roster.</li><li>Patrick Reed was absent from the roster after he missed several recent tournaments due to illness.</li></ul>Team USA's roster for the Ryder Cup is officially set.This September, at Whistling Straits, 12 men will represent the United States as they attempt to win back the Ryder Cup from Team Europe, who dominated the competition in 2018.Six golfers - Collin Morikawa, Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka, Justin Thomas, and Patrick Cantlay - automatically qualified for Team USA via a points system that has been running since 2019.The remaining six spots on the roster were left to be filled by team captain Steve Stricker.On Wednesday, Stricker made his picks official, adding Tony Finau, Xander Schauffele, Jordan Spieth, Harris English, Daniel Berger, and Scottie Scheffler.Four of Stricker's picks (Schauffele, English, Berger, and Scheffler), along with two of the players that automatically qualified (Cantlay and Morikawa), will be making their debuts as Ryder Cup rookies.Here is the final roster for Team USA:<ul><li>Collin Morikawa</li><li>Dustin Johnson</li><li>Bryson DeChambeau</li><li>Brooks Koepka</li><li>Justin Thomas</li><li>Patrick Cantlay</li><li>Tony Finau</li><li>Xander Schauffele</li><li>Jordan Spieth</li><li>Harris English</li><li>Daniel Berger</li><li>Scottie Scheffler</li></ul>This team is stacked. Of the 12 players on the roster, Scheffler is the lowest-ranked player in the world, at No. 21. The biggest surprise on the roster is the absence of Patrick Reed, who has performed well at the Ryder Cup in the past for Team USA, earning himself the nickname "Captain America." He has a record of 7-3-2 at the event, including a perfect 3-0 in singles play.But Reed had missed two of the three playoff events capping off the PGA Tour season after being hospitalized <a href="https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/32135154/patrick-reed-getting-stronger-every-day-feared-life-bout-pneumonia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">with a case of double pneumonia</a>. Though Reed returned for the final event of the playoff and finished respectably in a tie for 17th, it wasn't enough to make the roster."That was a very, very difficult call, kind of lost sleep over that one," Stricker said, <a href="https://www.golfchannel.com/news/us-ryder-cup-captains-picks-include-jordan-spieth-not-patrick-reed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">per Golf Channel.</a> "[Reed] is a tremendous competitor, he brings a lot to match-play <keyword id="11895642" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="golf" source="Orion">golf</keyword>. His record here at the Ryder Cup is pretty darn good. ... But I think just the uncertainty of his health and really the lack of play that led to our decision down the stretch."Another player on the edge of potentially making the cut was Phil Mickelson. He <a href="https://www.insider.com/video-phil-mickelson-pga-championship-fans-rush-green-2021-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">won the PGA Championship</a> earlier this summer but has struggled to find a rhythm throughout the rest of the season. While not on the team as a player, Mickelson will <a href="https://twitter.com/PhilMickelson/status/1433136380813537280" target="_blank" rel="noopener">join Stricker as a vice captain of the 2021 team</a>, along with Fred Couples.While the 12-man roster appears set, some questions still linger before the Ryder Cup tees off on September 24. At the top of the list is the status of Brooks Koepka, who automatically qualified for the team but had to <a href="https://www.insider.com/joaquin-niemann-fine-speed-round-running-jogging-2021-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">drop out of the Tour Championship last week</a> due to a wrist injury. If Koepka is not fit to play, one more spot on the roster will be available.

The Team USA roster for the Ryder Cup is officially set, including one decision that left captain Steve Stricker losing sleep

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="14090579" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="liv-golf" source="Orion">LIV Golf</keyword> has shaken up the sport, with former PGA Tour players leaving for the Saudi-backed league.</li><li>The PGA Tour has revoked the statuses of players who leave for LIV <keyword id="11895642" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="golf" source="Orion">Golf</keyword>.</li></ul>Despite having spent just a few weeks as <a href="https://www.insider.com/liv-golf-what-it-is-like-to-watch-first-person-review2022-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a real, tangible league</a>, LIV Golf has already changed the landscape of the sport.The <a href="https://www.insider.com/liv-golf-tour-pga-exodus-shows-saudi-money-power-2022-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">upstart golf league bankrolled by the Saudi sovereign-wealth fund</a> has siphoned off several star players from the PGA Tour, starting with <a href="https://www.insider.com/phil-mickelson-play-liv-golf-contract-200-million-2022-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Phil Mickelson</a> and <a href="https://www.insider.com/dustin-johnson-liv-golf-statement-pga-tour-ban-2022-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dustin Johnson</a>, and most recently <a href="https://www.insider.com/liv-golf-bryson-dechambeau-patrick-reed-pga-tour-2022-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">adding</a> Bryson DeChambeau, Patrick Reed, and <a href="https://www.insider.com/brooks-koepka-liv-golf-portland-black-cloud-2022-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brooks Koepka</a> ahead of its second event — scheduled for this week in Portland, Oregon. With LIV Golf sporting no cuts and bigger purses, as well as guaranteed cash for many of the world's best players, <a href="https://www.insider.com/liv-golf-review-first-event-what-is-liv-golf-2022-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">more PGA Tour pros are expected to follow</a>.While the PGA Tour has already felt the repercussions of LIV Golf's rise, there are some ripple effects that fans, players, and analysts might not see for years to come. The <keyword id="11895638" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ryder-cup" source="Orion">Ryder Cup</keyword> — where there's a good chance that those who've signed with LIV Golf will be ineligable to play for country or continent — is one notable place that will feel these ramifications.To play for their Ryder Cup team, players must be a member of their respective home tours. Several LIV players that left the PGA Tour, <a href="https://www.si.com/golf-archives/2022/06/07/dustin-johnson-forefits-ryder-cup-eligibility-move-liv-golf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">including Dustin Johnson</a>, voluntarily resigned their tour cards before joining the new league, thus leaving them unable to compete in the Ryder Cup for the foreseeable future. Those that held on to their cards could argue for their spot on Ryder Cup teams, but as things stand, the powers that be at the Ryder Cup appear to be siding against LIV.Though there's still some time remaining to figure out the issue — the next Ryder Cup is scheduled for September 2023 in Rome, Italy — Insider asked two former Ryder Cup players and captains for their thoughts."You support your own tour, and that's who you represent," Bernhard Langer — the 2004 European captain — told Insider after a round at the US Senior Open. "But now with this LIV Tour, or whatever you want to call it, exhibition tour, I don't know what it is because it's 48 guys and three rounds. Is it a tour? Is it not a tour? It shouldn't really have much to do with the Ryder Cup because the Ryder Cup is between Europe and America. It has nothing to do with the LIV Tour, period.""You obviously want to ask [PGA of America CEO] Seth Waugh about that," <keyword id="14311407" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jim-furyk" source="Orion">Jim Furyk</keyword> — the 2018 Team USA captain — told Insider when asked about how LIV could impact the Ryder Cup. "It seems like right now the PGA of America and PGA Tour are joined and together on this matter. I don't know if that's a fact."While Furyk was hesitant to deem a verdict on players' Ryder Cup eligibility, he was clear that he was not a fan of LIV Golf, as a whole."I'm disappointed," Furyk told Insider. "There's a lot of guys that I really like to watch and see them play, and right now they're not going to be playing on the PGA Tour. We'll see. It's going to take a little while for things to shake out and see where everything falls."I'm a big supporter of the Tour. I know those guys — a bunch of them that left. I know them pretty well and consider some of them friends. I'm just disappointed."While the next Ryder Cup is still 15 months away, the golf world could get some clarity on the coming competition in the near future.Henrik Stenson of Sweden is set to captain Team Europe at the next Ryder Cup, where Team Europe will attempt to avenge its worst loss in the history of the competition. But according to <a href="https://www.golfmonthly.com/news/report-stenson-and-fleetwood-linked-with-liv-golf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a report from The Times</a>, Stenson has also been linked to LIV as a potential player. "Should Henrik cross to the other side, he will not be captain at next year's Ryder Cup," said one European Tour official per the report.Additionally, several European Ryder Cup stalwarts of the past two decades — including Sergio Garcia, Ian Poulter, and Lee Westwood — are already on the LIV Golf roster. All three players would have undoubtedly been European captains in the coming years, but they have now potentially put their future captaincies in jeopardy.On the American side, <keyword id="13206017" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="phil-mickelson" source="Orion">Phil Mickelson</keyword> and Johnson both might never suit up for Team USA again. Additionally, Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau — both members of the team that dominated in 2021 — could miss out on future appearances.LIV Golf has already changed the sport in several big ways in the past month, and will likely continue to in the time between now and the 2023 Ryder Cup.Depending on how things go, the Ryder Cup rosters could look quite different from the ones fans might have projected a year ago.

As LIV Golf adds more names, former Ryder Cup captains Jim Furyk and Bernhard Langer weigh in on the controversial league

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="3215348" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Bryson-DeChambeau">Bryson DeChambeau</keyword> was delighted with the idea of teaming up with <keyword id="1718732" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Brooks-Koepka">Brooks Koepka</keyword> at the <keyword id="58690" type="SPORT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Ryder-Cup">Ryder Cup</keyword>.</li><li>"I'd love it," DeChambeau said. "I think we would do well, to be honest."</li><li>Koepka was less interested, saying he could stand to be DeChambeau's teammate, but not his partner.</li></ul>The rivalry between Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka has been <a href="https://www.insider.com/brooks-koepka-bryson-dechambeau-rivalry-2021-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the biggest story in golf for all of 2021</a>, but their relationship could come to a head this fall at the Ryder Cup when the duo will almost certainly be teammates on Team USA.Given the Ryder Cup format, there is even the possibility that Brooks and Bryson could find themselves playing together as partners for a round in the event, putting aside their differences for the greater good of American <keyword id="1226" type="SPORT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Golf">golf</keyword>.Speaking with the press ahead of the British Open, DeChambeau seemed entertained by the potential partnership."I think it'd be kind of funny, actually. I'd love it," DeChambeau said when asked of a potential partnership with Brooks at the Ryder Cup. "I think we would do well, to be honest. It'd create a little interesting vibe for the guys we're playing against."But unfortunately for golf fans, Koepka was decidedly against the idea."I'm not playing with him," Koepka said when asked about a partnership at the Ryder Cup. "I'm pretty sure we're not going to be paired together. Put it that way. I think that's kind of obvious."While Koepka clearly didn't plan on pairing up with DeChambeau, he was confident that their ongoing mutual grudge would not be an issue for the team at large."You realize it's only a week, right?" Koepka said when asked of potential tensions between him and DeChambeau on Team USA."It's only a week. I can put it aside for business. If we're going to be on the same team, I can deal with anybody in the world for a week."We're not going to be high-fiving and having late-night conversations. I do my thing, he does his thing. Yeah, we're on the same team, but it's not an issue at all. I don't view it as an issue. I don't think he does. Like I said, I can put anything aside for a team, business, whatever, just to get the job done. No problem with that."While the potential pairing between Brooks and Bryson would make for highly compelling theatre on the golf course, Koepka sounds pretty confident it won't happen.There are still months to go before the Ryder Cup tees off this November, but unless there's a drastic change in their relationship, don't expect Koepka and DeChambeau to be taking on the tournament together.

Bryson DeChambeau says he's open to teaming up with arch-rival Brooks Koepka at the Ryder Cup and thinks their fiery relationship could give them an advantage

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Golfer Lee Elder died on Sunday, aged 87.</li><li>Elder became the first Black golfer to compete in the Masters tournament in 1975.</li></ul>Lee Elder, the first Black golfer to compete in the Masters tournament, died on Sunday.He was 87.<keyword id="11893589" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="news" source="Orion">News</keyword> of Elder's <keyword id="6355784" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="death" source="Orion">death</keyword> was <a href="https://twitter.com/DebertCook/status/1465307612556189697">first reported by African-American Golf Magazine</a> on Monday morning. The cause of death has not been made public.Elder made history as the first Black golfer to compete in the Masters in 1975, and he went on to make five additional appearances in the tournament, <a href="https://www.golfdigest.com/story/lee-elder-dies-masters">Golf Digest reported.</a>He was also the first Black player to compete in the Ryder Cup when he made the team in 1979.Elder told <a href="https://www.golfdigest.com/story/lee-elder-masters-2020-honorary-starter-jack-nicklaus-gary-player">Golf Digest in 2020</a> that making the Ryder Cup team was his "proudest" accomplishment.PGA Tour <a href="https://twitter.com/PGATOUR/status/1465332214481178626/">shared a video highlighting Elder's career on Monday,</a> and said his legacy would "surely live on."

Lee Elder, the first Black golfer to compete in the Masters, has died at 87

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The <keyword id="13206018" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="pga-tour" source="Orion">PGA Tour</keyword> has paid $190,000 to lobby Congress and the President so far this year, according to <keyword id="12040025" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="lobbying" source="Orion">lobbying</keyword> disclosure reports filed by DLA Piper LLC.</li><li>In 2021, the disclosures began to list "Saudi <keyword id="11895642" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="golf" source="Orion">Golf</keyword> League proposals" to its specific lobbying issues.</li></ul>According to public disclosure reports, the PGA Tour has so far spent $190,000 to lobby Congress and the Biden administration this year on various issues, including what is specified as "Saudi Golf League proposals."The reports show the PGA Tour paid <a href="https://disclosurespreview.house.gov/ld/ldxmlrelease/2022/Q1/301367502.xml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$70,000 in Q1</a> and <a href="https://disclosurespreview.house.gov/ld/ldxmlrelease/2022/Q2/301386953.xml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$120,000 in Q2</a> of 2022 to the law firm DLA Piper LLP, which in turn lobbied members of the House, Senate and the Executive Office on issues of tax legislation, implementation of the CARES Act and American Rescue Plan, and of course, the Saudi-backed <keyword id="14090579" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="liv-golf" source="Orion">LIV Golf</keyword> series.The <a href="https://www.insider.com/liv-golf-tour-pga-exodus-shows-saudi-money-power-2022-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">upstart league, backed financially by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund</a>, has recently attracted <a href="https://www.insider.com/tiger-woods-said-greg-norman-liv-turned-back-on-golf-2022-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">several high-profile players away</a> from the PGA Tour — from six-time major winner Phil Mickelson to world No. 16 Dustin Johnson to erstwhile Ryder Cup captain Henrik Stenson, who was <a href="https://www.insider.com/henrik-stenson-ryder-cup-captain-liv-golf-2022-7">stripped of his Team Europe duties Wednesday</a> because of his decision to join LIV.First appearing on the disclosures in Q2 of 2021, when the first unofficial reports of a Saudi-funded breakaway golf tour began to come to light, "Saudi Golf League proposals" has been a consistent lobbying issue for the PGA Tour since.The Tour referred Insider to DLA Piper, which declined to comment specifically about its work for the PGA Tour and discussions with government officials. The amount the Tour has paid DLA Piper increased by 40% in the second quarter of this year, just as LIV Golf staged its first events in June. The series now turns to its third event later this month, taking place at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, at the home course of former President Donald J. Trump.Earlier this week, Trump chimed in on the widening rift between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf, <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/108668385062171695">posting to Truth Social</a>: "All of those golfers that remain 'loyal' to the very disloyal PGA, in all of its different forms, will pay a big price when the inevitable MERGER with LIV comes, and you get nothing but a big 'thank you' from PGA officials who are making Millions of Dollars a year. If you don't take the money now, you will get nothing after the merger takes place, and only say how smart the original signees were."The emergence of LIV Golf has stoked widespread criticisms and concerns over the practice of what's known as "<keyword id="11893855" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="sports" source="Orion">sports</keyword>washing," wherein authoritarian regimes attempt to cleanse their public image through funding sports. Saudi Arabia's involvement in professional golf, some would argue, distracts from the country's history of human rights violations and the 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi. The PGA Tour, of course, also has business interests in maintaining the status quo, as marquee names —whether players or perhaps, someday, sponsors — leaving the established Tour could ultimately hurt its bottom line. Incidentally, last week, <a href="https://affiliate.insider.com/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Farticles%2Fpga-tour-antitrust-liv-department-of-justice-investigation-11657557177%3Fmod%3Dhp_lead_pos1&amp;amazonTrackingID=null&amp;site=in&amp;vikingID=62cc5cd324e02a6c7c74fda7&amp;platform=browser&amp;sc=false&amp;disabled=false&amp;sessionID=16584115020722nwg1nju" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Wall Street Journal reported</a> that the Department of Justice is investigating the PGA Tour to determine if it "engaged in anti-competitive behavior" in its decision to ban players that have left for LIV Golf.The PGA Tour was previously investigated in 1994 by the Federal Trade Commission regarding similar rules that kept players from competing in non-Tour events. Nothing came of that inquiry."This was not unexpected," a PGA Tour spokesman told the Wall Street Journal of the DOJ's current investigation. "We went through this in 1994, and we are confident in a similar outcome."

The PGA Tour has paid $190,000 to lobby Congress and the Biden administration this year on LIV Golf and other issues, while it faces heightened scrutiny from Trump and the DOJ

<ul class="summary-list"><li>LIV Golf has improved its roster with each passing week since its debut event in June.</li><li>While the field of the first LIV tournament in London left much to be desired, steady additions have led to a more competitive event this week in Bedminster, New Jersey.</li></ul>LIV Golf's third event began on Friday afternoon at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey with a roster that is as strong as it's been thus far.With <a href="https://www.insider.com/liv-golf-tour-pga-exodus-shows-saudi-money-power-2022-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the financial backing of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund</a>, LIV Golf has been able to offer players huge sums of guaranteed dollars, plus the biggest purses in the history of golf.Early adopters like <a href="https://www.insider.com/dustin-johnson-liv-golf-statement-pga-tour-ban-2022-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dustin Johnson</a> and <a href="https://www.insider.com/phil-mickelson-play-liv-golf-contract-200-million-2022-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Phil Mickelson</a> cashed in on huge, reportedly nine-figure paydays to leave the PGA Tour and join the upstart league.While those superstar names headlined the competition, they only make up a fraction of the 48-man field. At LIV's first event in London, <a href="https://www.insider.com/rory-mcilroy-liv-golf-field-dustin-johnson-2022-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">many pointed to the incongruity of such an unimpressive roster</a> playing for the richest prize in the history of the sport."I certainly don't think the field is anything to jump up and down about," said Rory McIlroy, one of the best players in the world who has been publicly committed to the PGA Tour.Indeed, at LIV's first event, the field left much to be desired.Of the 48 players competing, just 18 were ranked in the top 100 in the world, according to the Official World Golf Rankings. Just one of them, Johnson (No. 15), was ranked in the top 20. Three more — Louis Oosthuizen (No. 21), Kevin Na (No. 34), and Talor Gooch (No. 35) — were inside the top 40.<div type="image" title="London100 top golfers" height="831" width="641" msid="93221878" hostid="261"></div>Further, the same number of players — 18 in the field — were outside of the top 200 in the world ranking.Safe to say, if LIV were going to become a true force in the golf world, it needed to keep working on its roster.Over time, they have.With each passing week, LIV has continued to add names, several of which have been star players such as <a href="https://www.insider.com/liv-golf-bryson-dechambeau-patrick-reed-pga-tour-2022-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau</a>. LIV has also added a slew of talented up-and-coming players such as Abraham Ancer and Carlos Ortiz, to fill out its field.Heading into this weekend's event in New Jersey, LIV's field has indeed improved, with 22 players in the top 100, including eight from the Top 40.<div type="image" title="NJ100 top golfers" height="831" width="641" msid="93221879" hostid="261"></div>This improvement in LIV's share of the OWGR Top 100 comes despite the fact that joining the ranks of LIV inherently lowers a golfer's world ranking.As things stand, LIV events do not qualify for OWGR points, meaning that players have no way of improving their world ranking while playing on the new tour. It's a problem that <a href="https://www.insider.com/tiger-woods-liv-golf-world-ranking-points-2022-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tiger Woods made note of</a> ahead of the Open Championship this year.That said, top-ranked players aren't the only ones LIV is going after. Instead, LIV has also placed a ton of value on players that could be described as "needle-movers."Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau are both top-tier athletes with major wins to their names, but they also were <a href="https://www.insider.com/brooks-koepka-bryson-dechambeau-rivalry-2021-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">set against each other in a rivalry that became the biggest story in the sport</a> for a few months. Henrik Stenson is far past his best playing days, but <a href="https://www.insider.com/henrik-stenson-ryder-cup-captain-liv-golf-2022-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">by stealing him away just as he was set to captain the European side</a> of next year's Ryder Cup, LIV sent a message by making news.You only have to look as far as the PGA Tour's own list of its most popular players to see LIV's player target strategy. Two years ago, the PGA Tour introduced the Player Impact Program, or PIP, which measures how much interest a particular player drives. The top 10 players at the end of the year each receive a cash bonus.With LIV officially adding Bubba Watson to its roster just this week, the new league has now poached five of the PGA Tour's Top 10 needle-movers from 2021.Beyond talent and attention, LIV is also clearly angling for worldwide representation across its 48-man roster. Thus far, the team aspect of LIV has been somewhat fluid, but the league has clearly worked to pair nationalities or regions together, which in the future could help drive support and interest in teams.Right now, gathering talent is still a top priority, but with more announcements coming every week, and likely a new influx of players moving at the conclusion of this year's PGA Tour season, LIV could someday see a field worth jumping for and about.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="20492" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Phil-Mickelson">Phil Mickelson</keyword> won the <keyword id="57859" type="SPORT" weightage="60" keywordseo="PGA-Championship">PGA Championship</keyword> on Sunday, the sixth major victory of his career.</li><li>As Mickelson walked off the 18th green, he was received by some fellow players who stuck around.</li><li>Mickelson's reception was evidence of how beloved he is on the PGA Tour.</li></ul>Phil Mickelson made history on Sunday, becoming the oldest player to win a major in the history of <keyword id="1226" type="SPORT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Golf">golf</keyword>.Nearing 51, Mickelson held off one of the strongest fields in all of golf at the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island to win the PGA Championship by two strokes.As Mickelson played the final hole, <a href="https://www.insider.com/video-phil-mickelson-pga-championship-fans-rush-green-2021-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fans broke out into the fairway to surround the green</a> and watch him up close as he secured the championship. The scene showed just how beloved Mickelson is by golf fans, who have been following Lefty for nearly 30 years.But the greatest reception Mickelson received came after he had sunk his final putt of the tournament.As Mickelson walked off the 18th green to sign his scorecard and make his win official, he was greeted by player after player who had stuck around to watch him win and congratulate him on making history.The 2020 PGA Championship winner Collin Morikawa was there to greet Mickelson on his walk, as were fellow Arizona State alums Paul Casey and Jon Rahm.Louis Oosthuizen, who finished two strokes behind Mickelson in a tie for second at Kiawah, also offered his congratulations.Kevin Streelman, Rickie Fowler, and Pádraig Harrington all also stopped by to pay their respects.They were joined by members of Mickelson's team, managers, coaches, and friends, in pulling Lefty close and congratulating him on his victory.Mickelson <a href="https://www.insider.com/tiger-woods-phil-mickelson-pga-championship-2021-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">also received congratulations from those who couldn't be present</a>, including his rival-turned-friend Tiger Woods, who wrote that Mickelson's performance was "truly inspirational."Mickelson wasn't always the most beloved figure in the golf world. As an almost-instant superstar on the PGA Tour, Mickelson had plenty of enemies.But now in his fourth decade as a professional golfer, Mickelson has served as a mentor of sorts to many of the stars of the younger generations of the sport.<a href="https://www.golfdigest.com/story/pga-championship-2021-phil-mickelson-papa-bear-wins-over-peers-john-feinstein" target="_blank" rel="noopener">According to Golf Digest</a>, Mickelson has for the past 12 years or so played money games with young players on tour who he thinks might be future Ryder Cup competitors. A round with Mickelson undoubtedly comes with plenty of trash talk but also invaluable lessons that younger players can glean from a man who has seen every aspect of professional golf.On Sunday, the respect Mickelson's earned from his fellow golfers was on full display on his walk from the 18th green.In 2021, Mickelson might be the old man at the course, but as he proved over the weekend, he's still got plenty of game left.

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