LIV Golf recruit Cameron Smith nominated for PGA player of the year award

• PGA Tour has suspended players who defected to LIV series
• Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler also up for gong

A few days after teeing up for the first time in the LIV Golf series, the Saudi-backed circuit which is challenging the sport's old order, Australia's Cameron Smith has been named one of three player of the year nominees for the establishment PGA Tour.

This is not surprising given Smith had a stellar year winning the British Open and Players Championship and rising to world No 2. However, LIV's arrival has split golf with legal cases aplenty and growing personal animosity between the two camps.