PGA to punish LIV participants

Commisioner: Players must choose

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan met with several agents of tour players Wednesday at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Columbus, Ohio, and his message to them was once again clear, according to sources. Choose the PGA Tour or the LIV Golf Invitational Series; players won’t be allowed to play on both circuits.

After LIV Golf released the names of 42 players who will compete in its first event outside London next week, the PGA Tour released a statement that reiterated Monahan’s warning that players would face discipline for defying the tour’s position, including potential fines, suspensions and/or bans.

“As communicated to our entire membership on May 10, PGA Tour members have not been authorized to participate in the Saudi Golf League’s London event, under PGA Tour Tournament Regulations,” the tour’s statement said. “Members who violate the Tournament Regulations are subject to disciplinary action.”

The PGA Tour denied conflicting-event releases to players who had requested them on May 10. The first LIV Golf event coincides with the RBC Canadian Open in Ontario next week.

More golf

Professional golfer Bart Bryant, a three-time winner on the PGA Tour, was killed and his wife was injured when a truck slammed into their SUV while they were stopped in a line of vehicles on a central Florida roadway for a construction crew, authorities said. Bryant was taken to a hospital where he died. His wife, Donna, 49, was taken to a hospital with minor injuries. Bryant was 59.

Baseball

Center fielder Cole Brennan went 2 for 3 with two RBIs and DH LG Castillo homered, but the Wild Things fell at the Florence Y’alls, 7-5, in the Frontier League.

Soccer

Ukraine’s emotion-filled quest to qualify for the World Cup amid an ongoing war moved past the first hurdle with a 3-1 win against Scotland in a pulsating playoff semifinal in Glasgow. Now the team needs just one more win against Wales Sunday to reach Qatar. Veteran captain Andriy Yarmolenko lifted his nation by scoring a goal in the 33rd minute and then set up Roman Yaremchuk’s header to make it 2-0.

Pro football

The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform has invited NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder to appear at a hearing later this month as part of the Congressional investigation into the team’s workplace conduct.

• Former Dallas Cowboys and Chicago Bears running back Marion Barber III died at the age of 38, the Cowboys said in a statement. His hard-charging style earned him the nickname “Marion the Barbarian,” and he was a