Fay Vincent, the former MLB commissioner who died earlier this month, was not a golfer but still had great interest in the game.

LIV Golf is back this week after a four-and-a-half-month hiatus, with six new players set to make their debuts at the season opener in Saudi Arabia.

Golf is a sport steeped in tradition—stiff collars, hushed galleries, and swings honed to robotic perfection. But not ...