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LIV Golf star says he deserves to be in U.S. Open as he is ‘one of the best players in the world right now’
Last week, Mexican Carlos Ortiz emerged victorious at LIV Houston. The win was his second in Houston as a professional, as he won the Vivint Houston Open on the PGA Tour back in 2020.
After his brilliant performance, Ortiz said he believes he should be playing in this week’s U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2, despite missing out on qualifying.
“I’ve been playing great. It’s a shame I doubled the last hole to miss the qualifier. It hurt a lot.”
The 33-year-old then referred to himself as “one of the best players in the world right now”.
“I think with time, we’re going to get back into the Majors because I know that I’m one of the best players in the world right now, and I deserve to be there. But the way things are happening right now, it’s kind of hard.”
Ortiz came agonizingly close to qualifying in Dallas last week but made double bogey on his last hole to fall out of the potential spot.
Carlos will tee it up next at LIV Nashville in two weeks.
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This week, Greg Norman appeared on the Bloomberg Latitude Series and once again lashed out at LIV Golf critics.
“I compliment the boys who came over, the first movers, They came on with massive amounts of headwind,” Norman said while speaking with the host, Haslinda Amin.
“The vitriol and hatred was just disgusting, to be quite honest with you, considering what these guys have done for the game of golf, how they have carried the game of golf, and the institutions they represented.
“It was disgusting.”
The PGA Tour and the Saudi Arabian Private Investment Fund are still working on a deal, but there is no imminent end in sight. LIV officials, including Norman, have maintained that LIV will continue to exist as its own entity regardless of what happens with the negotiations.
“We’re in our infancy for growth. Take venues, for example. We started out a couple of years ago doing nine and five – nine in the US and nine international – and now that’s flipped.”
“The global scene has opened its arms to us in a significant way.”
“Ultimately, we’ll end up taking the game on a global basis.”
LIV’s next event will be in Spain at Real Club Valderrama July 12-14.
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6-time DP World Tour champ vows to cut down on partying in bid to make next Ryder Cup team
Marcel Siem is one of the most entertaining players in Europe and he just won for the 6th time on the DP World Tour, defeating Tom McKibbin in a playoff to win the Italian Open.
After the win, the 43-year-old went on the Sky Sports Golf podcast and shared his goals for the future.
“The big plan is to perform better in the big events now, which I have not achieved ever in my life,” said the German.
“The Rolex events, the majors, the big ones – that is the only way to get into the top 50 in the world, get into the Ryder Cup and qualify for The Masters.”
“That is my big goal going to the Scottish Open and The Open. I will not throw this away with partying anymore.
“I have three or four weeks off after The Open and this will be party time, trust me – massively, but these three weeks I’ll be working hard.”
Siem has a long way to go to make Luke Donlad’s 2025 Ryder Cup team, but if he does, the Ryder Cup fist pumps Siem would inevitably provide would be legendary.
THAT. IS. CLUTCH! ?@SiemMarcel saves his first birdie of the back nine for the last to force a play-off against @tommckibbin8!#ItalianOpen pic.twitter.com/OW8xA8aGPg
— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) June 30, 2024
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‘You’re right, we’re always wrong!’ – Sergio Garcia receives warning during Open qualifier
On Tuesday morning, Sergio Garcia began his attempt to qualify for this month’s Open Championship at Royal Troon. The 44-year-old has had a strong season on LIV and finished T12 at the U.S. Open.
Ben Parsons of Bunkered is in attendance for Garcia’s qualification efforts at Lancashire Links and caught an interesting exchange between Sergio and a rules official on camera.
Sergio Garcia’s group given an official warning for slow play on the 8th. Garcia complaining that he’s having to wait 3-4 minutes for fans to move on every tee shot. @WestLancsGC pic.twitter.com/3SDUbtVQ9d
— Ben Parsons (@_benparsons) July 2, 2024
Sergio Garcia furious at his slow play warning at Final Open Qualifying – saying fans are causing the delays. Here he is taking his anger out at two R&A officials.
“You’re right, we’re always wrong.” pic.twitter.com/hO2mzYgSRa
— Ben Parsons (@_benparsons) July 2, 2024
The Spaniard received a slow play warning and wasn’t happy about it.
“You’re right, we’re always wrong,” Garcia can be heard saying.
For context, Garcia not happy that he’s been put on the clock when it’s taking marshals “3-4 minutes” to move fans walking on his line on tee shots. https://t.co/doiWXY2UO6
— Ben Parsons (@_benparsons) July 2, 2024
Parsons added that Garcia was upset with the slow play warning because it was taking marshals a long time to clear the fans watching his group, which of no fault of his own.
At the moment, Garcia is on the back nine of his first 18 holes and three back of first place.
pulling hard for @TheSergioGarcia and the rest of the LIV GOLF family as they attempt to bypass the archaic OWGR and QUALIFY for The Open today! ???
COVERAGE HERE ALL DAY???
— 54 Golf (@_54Golf) July 2, 2024
The Fireballs GC Captain will tee it up next week at LIV Valderrama in his home country.
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