Smith ready to step out of shadows and into very bright spotlight at Masters

Smith ready to step out of shadows and into very bright spotlight at Masters

Australia’s British Open champion and the highest-ranked breakaway LIV Golf rebel steps back into arguably the sport’s most high-profile event this week. No pressure.

  • byAdam Pengilly

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Solid gold:NRL season opener showed the benefit of finding a winner

Solid gold:NRL season opener showed the benefit of finding a winner

Harry Grant’s match-winner on Thursday night capped a cracking return for the NRL.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
If it’s ‘golf but louder’ and nobody watches,why is Greg Norman still making a sound?

If it’s ‘golf but louder’ and nobody watches,why is Greg Norman still making a sound?

For all of Greg Norman’s blather about the hunger for LIV Golf,its first TV ratings prove people would rather watch World’s Funniest Animals and reruns of Judge Judy.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
Smith drafts Queensland rookie Morgan onto all-Australian LIV Golf team

Smith drafts Queensland rookie Morgan onto all-Australian LIV Golf team

Greg Norman’s league promises controversy and player trades. The Open champion has made his first big captain’s call,picking Jed Morgan at the expense of veteran Wade Ormsby.

  • byAdam Pengilly
LIV:Three letters that sparked a civil war and Smith’s incredible year

LIV:Three letters that sparked a civil war and Smith’s incredible year

From Greg Norman turning professional golf on its head to Tiger Woods limping around Augusta and Australians winning two majors in 2022,it’s been a crazy year for golf.

  • byAdam Pengilly
Tricks of the trade:GW journalists on how to master longform writing

Tricks of the trade:GW journalists on how to master longform writing

In this episode of Good Weekend Talks,senior writers Jane Cadzow and Amanda Hooton give an insider’s view on the art of writing a 5000-word feature.

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We need to talk about Greg Norman

We need to talk about Greg Norman

The golfer has become an increasingly divisive figure on greens around the globe. Has the one-time Aussie hero changed – or do we just know him better now?

  • byJane Cadzow
Peace in our (tee) time? It’s all in Greg Norman’s mind

Peace in our (tee) time? It’s all in Greg Norman’s mind

Any settlement in golf’s civil war seems impossible because the Great White Shark’s ego is bigger than the concept of LIV Golf itself.

  • byDarren Kane
‘They have their agenda’:Norman says he pays ‘no attention’ to Woods,McIlroy

‘They have their agenda’:Norman says he pays ‘no attention’ to Woods,McIlroy

LIV CEO Greg Norman says he is not the least bit bothered by criticism from PGA Tour golfers Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy.

‘I believe I can win’:Scott on cusp of Open win but faces threat from fan

‘I believe I can win’:Scott on cusp of Open win but faces threat from fan

The Masters champion eagled the final hole to sleep on the overnight lead heading into the final round. But can a Pole who looked up to him spoil the party?

  • byAdam Pengilly