ToplineRocket Mortgage joined several other large companies in terminating their sponsorship of star golfers over their defection from the PGA Tour to the controversial Saudi-funded LIV Golf series as the blowback against LIV Golf participants grows. Dustin Johnson, left, and Phil Mickelson, right, have both lost sponsors over their move to LIV ... [+] Golf. ContraAside from Callaway, other golf equipment manufacturers have remained silent about their ties to LIV Golf players. Key BackgroundThe first true competitor to the PGA Tour, LIV Golf’s tournament this week is its first of eight 2022 events. On Thursday, the PGA Tour suspended 17 golfers competing in the LIV Golf event and said they’d also suspend any golfers who joined the other tour in the future.

Source: Forbes June 10, 2022 19:20 UTC