a death by a russian proxy court. now to golf. the us pga tour, which runs the main golf tournaments in the united states, has suspended 17 players who ve joined a rival saudi backed series that teed off today near london. here s the bbc s golf correspondent iain carter. this was expected that they would act swiftly. from the moment that this rebel event teed off, the pga tour announcing the players involved here and anyone in the future who decides to go down the route of playing for the liv of playing for the liv golf invitational series will be suspended from the pga tour, so that s 17 players so far. they include a lifetime member in phil mickelson, a former world number one in dustinjohnson, anotherformer world number one in martin kaymer, ryder cup legends such as sergio garcia, lee westwood and ian poulter as well. graeme mcdowell on that list, equally. so, these are players who have either already resigned from the tour or are actually members of the tour who have been suspende