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Learn moreAlan Shipnuck, the New York Times bestselling author of Phil, returns with a major new work of insider reporting on the battle for the soul of professional golf between the PGA Tour and the Saudi-funded LIV Golf League.
Over the past two years, professional golf has been at war, and Alan Shipnuck has been our most trusted correspondent on the front lines. Following closely on the heels of his bestselling sensation Phil, Shipnuck turns to the conflict that made Mickelson, and many other top golfers, villainous in the eyes of the public: LIV Golfās controversialāand belligerentāstorming of the professional golf world. (LIVās unofficial motto, immortalized on hats gifted at a staff party: āFuck āEm All.ā)
In LIV and Let Die, Shipnuck delivers the inside story in real time, with fly-on-the-wall reporting from the yachts where LIV was hatched and within the corridors of power as the PGA Tour flailed to fend off the threat. Shipnuck has traveled seamlessly between both toursāhaving countless conversations with players, caddies, CEOs, agents, financiers, lawyers, flaks, fans, and Instagramming wivesāto deliver a no-holds-barred account of the most chaotic moment in golf history. Anyone who has a stake in professional golf lined up for an interview with Shipnuckābecause they knew everyone else was talking to him, too. The disruption to an old, proud sport was largely conducted in the shadows, but LIV and Let Die delivers numerous revelations about what really happened, and why.
Shipnuckās unparalleled access and award-winning reporting chops provide rich portraits of the brand names at the center of this sprawling tableau: Greg Norman, Rory McIlroy, Brooks Koepka, Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Jay Monahan, His Excellency Yasir Al-Rumayyan, Donald Trump, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Dustin (and Paulina!) Johnson, Pat (and Ashley!) Perez, Patrick (and Justine!) Reed, Bryson DeChambeau, Jimmy Dunne, and many more.
Bankrolled by Saudi Arabiaās Public Investment Fund, LIV Golf has upended the menās professional game with vast richesāblatant āsportswashing,ā from the mouth of Mickelson himself. Says Brandel Chamblee, āI think the LIV players are in a morally indefensible position, with a willful blindness to the consequences of their action, making them complicit to the ongoing atrocities.ā Rory McIlroy said of playing a tournament alongside LIV golfers, āItās going to be hard for me to stomach.ā But the battle to thwart LIV revealed a deeper struggle within the game. āThe Seminole guys, the Augusta National guys, theyāre used to having all the power in the golf world,ā says LIVās Peter Uihlein. āThey donāt like to be challenged. Theyāre not used to it.ā
The bitter feuding (and trolling) between the PGA loyalists and the LIV camp made the battle between the tours deeply personalābut for the top leaders of the two tours it was strictly business, and in a series of secret meetings they reshaped the future of the sport. LIV and Let Die provides the previously unknown background and crucial context to understand the armistice between the tours that shocked the world in June 2023.
Long known as the most fearless writer on the golf beat, Shipnuck has delivered another hotly anticipated book packed with juicy nuggets and in-the-room-where-it-happened action...think Bob Woodward moonlighting on the sports desk. LIV and Let Die is the definitive account of the biggest (non-Tiger) golf story this century and a lively page-turner that in places reads like a spy thriller.
Alan ShipnuckĀ is the author of nine books, including theĀ New York TimesĀ bestsellerĀ PhilĀ and the national bestsellersĀ Bud, Sweat & TeesĀ andĀ The SwingerĀ (with Michael Bamberger). Shipnuck has received thirteen first-place awards from the Golf Writers Association of America, breaking the record of Dan Jenkins, a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. After a quarter-century atĀ Sports IllustratedĀ andĀ GolfĀ Magazine, Shipnuck is now a partner and executive editor at the golf media company the Fire Pit Collective, where all his writing, podcasts, and video storytelling can be found. Shipnuck lives in Carmel, California.Ā
Alan ShipnuckĀ is the author of nine books, including theĀ New York TimesĀ bestsellerĀ PhilĀ and the national bestsellersĀ Bud, Sweat & TeesĀ andĀ The SwingerĀ (with Michael Bamberger). Shipnuck has received thirteen first-place awards from the Golf Writers Association of America, breaking the record of Dan Jenkins, a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. After a quarter-century atĀ Sports IllustratedĀ andĀ GolfĀ Magazine, Shipnuck is now a partner and executive editor at the golf media company the Fire Pit Collective, where all his writing, podcasts, and video storytelling can be found. Shipnuck lives in Carmel, California.Ā