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Tyrrell Hatton leaves PGA Tour: How much money did LIV Golf pay him to join the Saudi-backed league?

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Tyrell Hatton has become the latest PGA Tour player to jump ship and join LIV Golf , where he is expected to feature in a team led by current Masters champion Jon Rahm. Spaniard Rahm insisted on a number of occasions he wouldn’t be joining the Saudi-backed league but was eventually swayed in December , signing a reported four-year contract worth between $500 and $600 million , one of the biggest deals in the History of any sport. BREAKING: Tyrrell Hatton has joined Jon Rahm's new LIV Golf team Legion XIII. ⛳ pic.twitter.com/bOgrPKPR8G — Sky Sports Golf (@SkySportsGolf) January 30, 2024 Hatton’s LIV deal almost treble PGA earnings Ryder Cup teammate Hatton, who he paired up with in two matches in the 2023 edition as Europe defeated the United States in Rome, will make significantly less, although the estimated $60 million deal he has agreed just for participating is almost three times what he has earned in several years on the PGA Tour ( $23 million ), where he has won ...

Ja Morant suspension: Eight-game ban for NBA star for 'reckless' conduct; league counting games already missed

Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant has been suspended eight games without pay for conduct detrimental to the league, the NBA announced on Wednesday. The suspension stems from an Instagram Live video Morant posted in which he had a gun at a Denver-area nightclub following a game against the Nuggets on March 3. The suspension includes the five Game s that he has already missed , making him eligible to return to the team on Monday, March 20 against the Dallas Mavericks. He is not expected to play in that Game , though, as it will be the beginning of his ramp-up, according to Chris Herrington of the Daily Memphian , but he should be on the court soon after that. Morant met with NBA commissioner Adam Silver on Wednesday.  Here's part of the league's statement: The discipline is in response to Morant's live streaming of a video on March 4 in which he is holding a firearm in an intoxicated state while visitin...