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Sky Bet are offering a Place Boost and a further three Price Boosts for the European Tour's Open de Espana starting in Madrid Thursday.  Firstly, the place boost is for Tyrell Hatton to win outright at 8/1. The places for that bet have been widened from eight to ten. Meanwhile, the three price boosts are for Jon Rahm to win outright at 10/3, Rahm, Tommy Fleetwood and Hatton to finish top ten including ties at 6/1, and Shane Lowry, Aaron Rai, Matt Wallace and Patrick Reed to all finish top 20 including ties at 6/1.

On Tuesday, the PGA of America revealed the names of 154 of the 156 golfers who will compete at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky. The tournament begins on May 16. Surprisingly, lowly ranked (No. 644) Talor Gooch and (No. 92) Patrick Reed, both of the US, made the cut, as well as No. 91 Joaquin Niemann of Chile, No. 63 Adrian Meronk of Poland, and tied No. 39 David Puig of Spain. All six golfers ditched the PGA Tour for LIV over the last two years.

The great and the good of golf gathered for a last supper on Tuesday night at the Masters Champions Dinner, one of the final traditions before the action finally begins at Augusta. Defending champion Jon Rahm hosted the night and the Spaniard selected an Iberian theme for his dinner guests. The 29-year-old started with a mix of tapas and pintxos including spicy Basque chorizo and even 'Mama Rahm's Classic Lentil Stew' - and dish made to his grandmother's recipe by chef Jose Andres, who helped Rahm design the menu.

Jon Rahm will host tonight's traditional Champions Dinner before The Masters, with the 2023 winner's menu leaning on his Spanish roots and even his grandmother's home cooking. The Spaniard, now a LIV Golf player, triumphed by four shots at Augusta last year to win the green jacket and earn the honor of picking the 2024 pre-tournament dinner. There will be a distinctively Iberian theme this year, with the 29-year-old's menu starting with a mix of tapas and pintxos including spicy Basque chorizo and even 'Mama Rahm's Classic Lentil Stew'.

WINTERS AT TRUMP NATIONAL DORAL: Greg Norman made it clear 12 months ago that the sight of a LIV golfer winning the Masters would lead to wild celebrations on Augusta National's 18th green. In his head, the public face of the breakaway circuit knew that a winner on golf's grandest stage would give the tour a sense of legitimacy that it had so far lacked. Brooks Koepka, Phil Mickelson, and Patrick Reed all threatened to make an uncomfortable situation for Masters' coordinators, but none of them could keep up with Jon Rahm.

Jon Rahm has revealed the menu for his Champions Dinner ahead of The Masters, with the 2023 champion leaning on his Spanish roots and grandmother's home cooking. Rahm won the green jacket by four shots at Augusta last year and was given the honor of choosing the 2024 pre-tournament dinner. This year, there will be a prominently Iberian theme, with the 29-year-old's menu debuting with a mix of tapas and pintxos, including spicy Basque chorizo and even 'Mama Rahm's Classic Lentil Stew'.

ISABEL BALDWIN AT MAYAKOBA, MEXICO: After Legion XIII, the Roman Empire unit that crossed the Rubicon under Julius Caesar, Jon Rahm named his LIV Golf team. Rahm crossed his own Rubicon on Friday, making it a fitting name. As soon as the Masters champion teed it up in Mayakoba on Friday, he began his life on LIV's side of the civil war, with no return to the PGA Tour allowed. Rahm, 29, had admitted that his $500 million LIV Golf defection was a'significant risk to take' ahead of his debut in Mexico earlier this week. On Friday, the gamble seemed to have paid off. With LIV, the Spaniard got off to a slew of holes, securing both his and the breakaway's big money moves within a single hole.

After being the first amateur golfer to win the PGA Tour in over three decades, Nick Dunlap, a second-year student at the University of Alabama, posed on the green with girlfriend Isabella Ellis. The rising star, who was a teenager until last month, has drawn comparisons with Luke Littler of the United Kingdom for his maturity beyond his years. Lisa Littler's mother Lisa posted her son's birth certificate on social media to show the teen dart's true age. (Photograph from left: In a hunting picture shared on Instagram, PGA Tour winner Nick Dunlap and his partner Isabella Ellis are pictured together on a hunting shot.) Winning the PGA Tour)

On Thursday, the Masters and Open Championship's chief denied the suggestion that automatic major exemptions for LIV golfers would be created. The Masters has traditionally welcomed top 50 players, as well as current champions, PGA Tour winners, and top finishers from other majors. Although we do not anticipate making any changes in 2024, Augusta National Golf Club chairman Fred Ridley said, 'We do continue to investigate them and we will continue to do so.'

Burns, who had a poor showing in the Friday foursomes on his Ryder Cup debut on Friday, seemed to reclaim himself in the afternoon session on Saturday when he and Collin Morikawa met together against the undefeated pairing of Ludvig Aberg and Viktor Hovland. Burns and Morikawa, who were voted out first by Zach Johnson, reacted with Team USA as they went three up to six against the European pairing that thrashed their American colleagues Scotties Scheffler and Brooks Koepka 9&7 in the morning. Burns in Rome's bleak Ryder Cup showed some signs of life. The American rookie pounded the green to win the hole on a few feet on the sixth green, extending their advantage over the Scandinavian pair to three.

ISABEL BALDWIN OF BEDMINSTER, NEW JERSEY: Donald Trump, who had stolen the show from the pre-tournament pro-am tournament Thursday and the first round on Friday, had been taken to Iowa and was unable to attend Day Two of LIV Golf's event on Friday. But Ivanka, the 77-year-old's daughter, and Eric, his youngest son, stepped up in his absence. On the first tee box before round one's shotgun blast, Trump took center stage, and Eric took over the hosting duties for Day Two. Eric and his partner Lara watched on as overnight queen Cam Smith, Patrick Reed, and Charles Howell III fired off their second rounds in images exclusive to DailyMail.com.

ISABEL BALDWIN OF BEDMINSTER, NEW JERSEY: Trump foregoes his court appearance in Florida to win on the fairways of his Trump National Bedminster course in New Jersey, and perhaps in the polls as well. In the build-up to LIV Golf's tournament hosted at the 77-year-old's New Jersey course this weekend, he teamed up with his son Eric and Steve Witkoff in the pro-am tournament. Throughout his round, Trump cut a casual figure, high-fiving his son after sinking putts, joking with Patrick Reed, joking with him, and even pulling over his cart to hand over bottles of coke to reporters. It was difficult to believe that the former president was facing his third indictment, but it was certainly not of concern to him or his campaign.

Former US President Donald Trump has taken to the fairways at his Trump National Course in Bedminster, NJ, teeing off in the pro-am on Thursday morning. Trump led his group off, which included LIV Golf star Patrick Reed, who reportedly smoked his first shot of the day. Mail Sport filmed the 45th President driving on the road while taking a phone call during his round.

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: First, a different tale about cricket's spirit. It goes back to August 2017 and two villages in Pembrokeshire - Carew and Cresselly. They're about two miles apart, and you'll get to that in four minutes on the A4075. It's a stunning part of the world. And it was also home to one of our time's best sporting rows. The league table is the best place to start. Carew was the best in the season's lowest place, Cresselly second, and the beauty of it all is that they were unable to face each other in the final game of the season. These were boys who knew each other well; they went to the same colleges, worked together, drank alcohol together, and played football together, as did a few of their parents. So that was the first impression of a match that would have travelled far beyond a Welsh county and onto the pages of the Indian Express, among others. It was the Bairstow run-out of its time and place, if you recall.

Players playing at the Centurion Club in London this weekend will be up for grabs for players competing in the LIV Golf tournament. The tournament's champion will be rewarded with a whopping $4 million (£3.24 million), with the winning team expected to get a hefty pay check of $3 million (£2.35 million). Those are some troubling numbers, and to put them into perspective, the John Deere Classic winner of this weekend's PGA Tour event, the John Deere Classic, will win $1.33 million (£1 million).

At the LIV Golf Invitational Andalucia in Sotogrande, Spain, Talor Gooch shot a final-round 67, including a birdie at the 18th hole, to win by a single shot over Bryson DeChambeau. Following victories in Adelaide and Singapore, Gooch's victory at Real Club Valderrama was his third on the LIV season. Since LIV play began last year, he has been the first three-time individual champion. 'I didn't win last year, so this year I was just so focused on getting a personal victory,' Gooch, who finished with a 12-under par 201.' 'You don't think about the first one until you get the first one.' I certainly didn't have three in mind for the season.'

For a brief moment on Sunday evening, the RBC Canadian Openway turned away from the seismic events of the previous few weeks to the 18th green. In front of a home audience in dramatic circumstances, Nick Taylor won his third victory on the PGA Tour. During a playoff against Tommy Fleetwood, the Canadian claimed a dramatic and tough win. And although Adam Hadwin was tackled to the ground by a security guard on the 18th green, the evening brought a rosier tone to what had been a bizarre and difficult week for golf.

On Tuesday, the PGA Tour and LIV Golf merger was revealed, bringing an end to the brutal civil war that left a cloud hanging over the sport. The two organisations' leaders also made the bombshell announcement, promising that golf will return to a 'new age.' The merger blindsided players and executives, with some finding the news of a surprising truce on social media or via a letter from PGA Commissioner Jay Monahan.

Chamblee, a former PGA Tour pro, has been one of Koepka's top commentators, and he has previously criticized Saudi Arabia's foreign investment fund, also known as PIF, for funding LIV Golf. He's also challenged several players' passions for the game, including Koepka, Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson, Patrick Reed, and Bryson DeChambeau, who received significant payouts to join the PGA Tour and accused the former tour members of supporting Saudi Arabia with its'sports washing' policy.

When he turned up for the first day of play at LIV's Washington, DC course on Friday morning, Donald Trump lauded Saudi Arabia's impact on the game of golf. Last year, the former president hosted a tournament at Bedminster, Saudi-backed breakaway tour, and now has three courses on the circuit, with DC and Miami having signed up. On Thursday, Trump appeared in a practice round with Patrick Reed, Graeme McDowell, his son Eric, and Bob Koepka, the son of PGA Championship champion Brooks, and was back a few hours later to watch the pros play.

Scottie Scheffler, Corey Conners of Canada, and Norwegian Viktor Hovland all claimed a piece of the PGA Championship second round lead on Friday, with an unforgiving Oak Hill retaining some of golf's best names competing to make the cut. Scheffler, who had his first bogey-free round at a major with a 67 on Thursday, was unable to match that brilliance in round two, but a two-under 68 to return to the top provided a medical performance card. With Scheffler one behind of pacesetting Bryson DeChambeau and finishing it in the same place as a 68.

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: With ominous timing, two of LIV's rebel alliance's marquee names have resurfaced to peak form this week in the US's second major tournament of the season. If the challenges of Brooks Koepka, Phil Mickelson, and Patrick Reed sparked some unease among the traditionalists at The Masters last month, there will be similar trepidations over Dustin Johnson and Cameron Smith's appearance at Tulsa over the weekend. Johnson's second LIV title, as well as Branden Grace, suggests that they have gained energy at the right time.

If early indications are any to go by, the rebel tour's debut down under is a smash, with a long line of followers forming to buy merchandise before a ball was even struck in Adelaide on Friday. Cam Smith (right) of Australia's Greatest Drawcards for the tournament, which is promising punters a different party atmosphere to the stuffy vibe at PGA events.

Those who are unfamiliar with the LIV golfers are feeling genuine admiration from Australian supporters ahead of the breakaway tour's inaugural tournament in Adelaide, which begins Friday. On Sunday night, Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson, and Patrick Reed watched Collingwood take on St Kilda in a top-of-the-ladder clash in the AFL's Gather Round, and were captivated by what they saw. On Wednesday, Koepka told reporters, "It's a man's sport."