Henrik Stenson

Cameron Smith became the first player from Australia to claim the famous Claret Jug since Greg Norman at Royal St George's in 1993, pipping Rory McIlroy to ...

The current figure is unknown. English star Tommy Fleetwood is also reportedly set to defect to the breakaway tour Among the fresh batch of rebels is Henrik Stenson, who is set to lose the Ryder Cup captaincy English star Tommy Fleetwood is also reportedly set to defect, after a report in The Times in June suggested his wife and manager, Clare Craig, was at the Centurion Club last month. Open champion Cameron Smith is reportedly set to join the LIV breakaway tour this week New Open champion Cameron Smith will reportedly become the latest player to drop a bombshell on the golfing world by heading a list of six players set to become the latest recruits for the controversial LIV breakaway competition.

Europe's plans for next year's Ryder Cup are in chaos as their captain, Henrik Stenson, looks set to confirm plans to join the LIV Golf tour.

Swede has agreed to an 'exclusive' contract with the DP World Tour despite concerns he is about to accept a $30m offer from the rebel series.

There have been reports that the Dane has been lined up as Europe’s emergency captain should Stenson stun the game and defect, but when contacted by Telegraph Sport Bjorn said: “I have heard nothing.” LIV told Telegraph Sport that Stenson has not joined the circuit. He's the only one that does that.

Open champion Cameron Smith has fuelled talk that he could follow Europe's Ryder Cup captain Henrik Stenson to the LIV Golf circuit.

England’s Luke Donald is tipped to replace him if Stenson is forced to relinquish the role. To do it around St Andrews I think is just unbelievable.” When pressed on what his position on LIV Golf was, he said: “I don’t know, mate.

Less than 24 hours after winning The Open, Cameron Smith is set to join the controversial Saudi-backed LIV Golf tournament.

Smith, 28, is also expected to be joined by six other big names in the game. Bubba Watson, Adam Scott, Marc Leishman and last year's Masters champion, Hideki Matsuyama are all reportedly close to announcing their LIV intentions, after The President's Cup. "I don't know, mate," he said.

The PGA and DP World tours are set for another difficult week with more high-profile players set to defect to LIV Golf.

The Swede claimed earlier this year he had signed a contract tying him to the European circuit. He is rumoured to be joined by Adam Scott and Marc Leishman, who would form part of an all-Australian “super team” with Smith as captain. Ryder Cup captain Henrik Stenson’s move is expected to be confirmed in the coming days, which will be followed by an announcement that he has been stripped of the role.

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Stenson will reportedly meet with DP World Tour execs Keith Pelley and Guy Kinnings Tuesday. Henrik Stenson at the PGA Championship in May 2022. Golf ...

“I am absolutely thrilled and delighted to be the European Ryder Cup Captain – it is a huge honour and I was humbled to get the call confirming the news. But landing the current European Ryder Cup captain would certainly draw some more attention to LIV Golf. The current Ryder Cup status of European players who have joined LIV Golf is not yet fully clear. Stenson’s move to LIV Golf would likely be most notable for his Ryder Cup role. “The Ryder Cup is golf, and sport, at its very best. However, Stenson’s departure doesn’t appear assured yet, with reports emerging Monday morning of a last-chance meeting between Stenson and DP World Tour officials Tuesday.

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He's the only one that does that. Stenson was one of the names linked to Greg Norman’s breakaway circuit before it looked as though he’d shut the door on that for the time being as he took up the Ryder Cup reins. Stenson, the first Scandinavian player to win a men’s major, was appointed as Ryder Cup captain in March, succeeding Padraig Harrington.

After the climax of The 150th Open Championship, attention was soon back on LIV Golf and who will be in the next batch of stars to potentially sign.

The Ryder Cup is still going to be the Ryder Cup." "If he goes to LIV he seals his own future," said Lee. "He had an agreement with the Tour that he was going to be there guy, all the way through the captaincy and through the Ryder Cup next year. That great tournament they have in the Ryder Cup, I just think that, you get the captaincy and it doesn't get much better than that. "I mean, what an honour to be bestowed on and, you're going to play golf and you're doing it for the money, I mean, let's just say what it is, they're going for the money. "I think the players that have gone to LIV have decided that cash is king and, you make your choice, it's fair enough. Following his Claret Jug win, Cameron Smith could be reportedly jumping to the Saudi-backed series but, in a turn of events, current European Ryder Cup captain, Henrik Stenson, is reportedly set to be announced as the most recent signing.

Henrik Stenson is reportedly set to join LIV Golf, and while it may not seem like a major story, it has huge Ryder Cup implications.

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It wasn't a wide protest, irrespective of how much he merited it, and it also wasn't the rumbling of Old Tom Morris turning in his grave, as one journalist suggested. It has fully been interpreted that way privately by the DP World Tour. LIV were never here to complement and compete and fit in around the sides, to be one tour of many — you don't invest $2billion as a buy-in to sporting tables. No. The targeting of Stenson is strategic, an act of vindictive disruption and destruction; naked aggression in what was already the hostile takeover of a sport. Perhaps they won't, because they have to do 'what is best' for their families, but this courting of Stenson is a serious escalation. Soon that could include Cameron Smith, the winner of the Open, and Hideki Matsuyama, last year's Masters champion. Not in the context of Stenson because we know the answer — the same goes for him as it does all the other performing seals flapping their fins and wedges for LIV. But what about them?

Henrik Stenson will reportedly meet with DP World Tour executives on Tuesday amid rumors that the European Ryder Cup captain would soon be announced as LIV ...

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