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‘You’re all f****d!’ – Sergio Garcia launches extraordinary attack on DP World Tour players

A few days ago, we reported on the breakdown in relations between two former friends and Ryder Cup team mates, Rory McIlroy and Sergio Garcia.
Over the last couple of months, the Spaniard has repeatedly talked down both the PGA and DP World tours, more than hinting to his move to the LIV series with a 30-second rant in the rough at the Wells Fargo in May.
Having received what he considered an unfair ruling and hacking in the rough, the microphones picked up a clearly unhappy Garcia commenting, “I can’t wait to leave this tour.”
As well as his grumbling in the long grass, reports suggest Garcia recently told McIlroy that the LIV players were, “finally getting paid what we deserve,” only to hear the reply, “Sergio. We’re golfers. We don’t deserve to be paid anything.”
The PGA Tour initially disallowed any LIV players from entering any of their tournaments, although the PGA of America and the USGA permitted them to play the PGA and US Open, respectively. Garcia missed the cut at both.
Our article also mentioned a locker-room tirade by the 2017 Masters champion, this time at the end of June, when he was taking part in the BMW International in Munich, his first DP World Tour event since the Dubai Desert Classic at the end of January.
Now, as news of a DP World Tour ban and fine was released, Telegraph Sport has revealed that an unnamed leading player told them, “Sergio flew off the handle, shouting ‘this Tour is s***, you’re all f****d, should have taken the Saudi money’. Bob MacIntyre was there and was disgusted.”
Neither Garcia nor his management has issued a response to Telegraph Sport, whilst the same is true of MacIntyre and his team, although the Scot tweeted a less-than-cryptic message on the 25th June:
Amazing how fast you can lose respect for someone that you’ve looked up to all your life ?? #10secondrant #wecanhearyou
— Robert MacIntyre (@robert1lefty) June 25, 2022
Telegraph Sport continued to report on the feeling in the locker room, with one player reputedly stating, “Sergio’s reputation had taken quite a hammering anyway before this, but this has sealed it for many of us. The rant in America the other month was one thing, but this is his home Tour, where he started and he shouldn’t forget that. Fair enough, he’s taken the money. But he doesn’t have to rub other players’ noses in it.”
The DP World Tour, meanwhile, continues to fight their case alongside the PGA Tour, banning the LIV stars from playing the Scottish Open and Barbasol Championship next week, as well as the Barracuda Championship a week later.
The LIV has hit back with 16 of its players allegedly seeking to sue the DP World Tour over its ruling. However, in a statement released by Tour CEO Keith Pelley, the tour covers “many inaccuracies” in the LIV statement, concluding with:
“Given how deeply these players say they care about the DP World Tour, perhaps some of them could have played in Ireland this week in support of our new title sponsor, in particular one player who gave us a signed commitment to play at Mount Juliet.”
“With that player currently in action at Pumpkin Ridge, you can imagine the allegation in the letter that we are in the wrong is hard to accept.”
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‘Don’t think I’ll sleep well tonight’ – LPGA pro offers candid take following rough AIG Women’s Open finish

An opening round of 77 left LPGA pro Jenny Shin with a mountain to climb at last week’s AIG Women’s Open.
However, fighting back with rounds of 69 and 67, Shin found herself six shots off the lead and just outside the top 10 heading into Sunday as she went in search of her first major victory.
Shin, who won the US Girls’ Junior at just 13, couldn’t back those rounds up on Sunday, though, and after playing her opening nine holes of the final round in level par, she then bogeyed three holes coming home to slip down the leaderboard and eventually finish T23.
Taking to X following the final round, Shin offered a frustrated and honest take on how she was feeling, posting: “Don’t think I’ll sleep well tonight. What a crappy way to finish.”
Don’t think I’ll sleep well tonight. What a crappy way to finish
— Jenny Shin (@JennyShin_LPGA) August 3, 2025
Shin has made 11 cuts in 13 starts on the LPGA Tour this season, but has been plagued by frustrating Sunday finishes throughout the year. Shin ranks 102nd on tour this year out of 155 for Round 4 scoring in 2025.
Miyu Yamashita won the 2025 AIG Women’s Open with a composed final round of 70 to win her first major of her career by two strokes.
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How a late golf ball change helped Cameron Young win for first time on PGA Tour

Cameron Young won the Wyndham Championship on Sunday for his first victory on the PGA Tour.
Young dominated all weekend at TPC Sedgefield, running away from the pack to win by six strokes and put himself in contention for a Ryder Cup pick in September.
Ahead of the event, the 28-year-old switched to a Pro V1x prototype golf ball for the first time, following recent testing sessions with the Titleist Golf Ball R&D team.
Interestingly, Young played a practice round accompanied by Fordie Pitts, Titleist’s Director of Tour Research & Validation, at TPC Schedule early last week with both his usual Pro V1 Left Dot ball and the new Pro V1x prototype.
Per Titleist, by the second hole Young was exclusively hitting shots with the Pro V1x prototype.
“We weren’t sure if he was going to test it this week, but as he was warming up, he asked to hit a couple on the range,” Pitts said. “He was then curious to see some shots out on the course. Performance-wise, he was hitting tight draws everywhere. His misses were staying more in play. He hit some, what he would call ‘11 o’clock shots,’ where again he’s taking a little something off it. He had great control there.”
According to Titleist, the main validation came on Tuesday on the seventh hole of his practice round. The par 3 that played between 184 and 225 yards during the tournament called for a 5-iron from Young, or so he thought. Believing there was “no way” he could get a 6-iron to the flag with his Left Dot, Young struck a 5-iron with the Pro V1x prototype and was stunned to see the ball land right by the hole.
“He then hits this 6-iron [with the Pro V1x prototype] absolutely dead at the flag, and it lands right next to the pin, ending up just past it,” Pitts said. “And his response was, ‘remarkable.’ He couldn’t believe that he got that club there.”
Following nine holes on Tuesday and a further nine on Wednesday, Young asked the Titleist team to put the ProV1x balls in his locker. The rest, as they say, is history.
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Rickie Fowler makes equipment change to ‘something that’s a little easier on the body’

Rickie Fowler fired an opening round of one-under par on Thursday at the Wyndham Championship, as the Californian looks to make a FedEx Cup playoff push.
Fowler is currently 61st in the standings, so will need a strong couple of weeks to extend his season until the BMW Championship, where only the top 50 in the standings will tee it up.
Heading into the final stretch of the season, Fowler has made an equipment switch of note, changing into new iron shafts, as well as making a switch to his driver shaft.
The 36-year-old revealed this week that he has switched from his usual KBS Tour C-Taper 125-gram steel shafts to the graphite Aerotech SteelFiber 125cw shafts in his Cobra King Tour irons, a change he first put into play at last month’s Travelers Championship.
Speaking on the change to reporters this week, Fowler made note that the graphite shafts offer “something that’s a little easier on the body.”
“I mean, went to the week of Travelers, so been in for, I guess that’s a little over a month now. Something that’s a little easier on the body and seemed to get very similar numbers to where I was at. Yeah, it’s gone well so far.”
Fowler has also made a driver shaft change, switching out his Mitsubishi Diamana WB 73 TX for a UST Mamiya Lin-Q Proto V1 6 TX driver shaft in his Cobra DS-Adapt X, which he first implemented a couple of weeks ago at the John Deere Classic.
However, according to Fowler himself, the testing and potential changes are not done yet.
“Probably do some more testing in some different weight configurations with them once I get some time. Yeah, I feel like we’re always trying to search, one, to get better but are there ways to make things easier, whether that’s physically, mentally, whatever it may be. So yeah, I thought they were good enough to obviously put into play and looking forward to doing some more testing.”
Fowler gets his second round at TPC Sedgefield underway at 7.23 a.m ET on Friday.