LOS ANGELES — Matthew Fitzpatrick arrived in Southern California very early on Monday morning on a chartered flight in from Toronto.
in the new entity last week.
Though he didn’t commit to returning to the PGA Tour should LIV Golf fold next year — that, he said, was just a hypothetical he couldn’t answer — Smith didn’t have any regrets. “Like I said, I know as much as everyone else, and it's going to be interesting to see how the next few months, maybe even year, kind of plays out.”
Smith won six times on Tour before he left for LIV Golf. His last win came at last year’s British Open, which marked his third victory of the season. He’s ranked No. 9 in the OWGR, and is fresh off a T9 finish at the PGA Championship last month.
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