The PGA Tour tipped to only be interested in bringing three LIV players back with everyone else ‘out of luck’
Soon after the Saudi PIF withdrew funding from LIV Golf, the players are eyeing the exit door. Jon Rahm said before LIV Virginia that there is no easy way out of his contract.
Photo by Hector Vivas/Getty Images Soon after the Saudi PIF withdrew funding from LIV Golf, the players are eyeing the exit door. Jon Rahm said before LIV Virginia that there is no easy way out of his contract. Bryson DeChambeau reiterated that he’d like to do YouTube full-time if he can’t return to the PGA Tour.
Those are the two biggest names, but we could be about to see an attempted mass-migration back to the tour, as players attempt to follow in Brooks Koepka and Patrick Reed’s footsteps. But there’s only room for so many, and the tour is in the luxurious position to be able to cherry-pick which players they’d like. According to golf writer Alan Shipnuck, there’s only three names on their shortlist.
Photo by David Paul Morris/Augusta National/Getty Images The three players the PGA Tour would want back from LIV Golf LIV Golf is currently home to multiple major winners and legends of the game, and many would gladly return to the PGA Tour if offered the chance. But Shipnuck, speaking to Trey Wingo, said DeChambeau, Rahm and Joaquin Niemann would be the tour’s only three targets. He explained, “Part of the evolution of the PGA Tour means there are going to be fewer tournaments starting next year and smaller fields.
The 156-man field is gone. Maybe there will be 120, some of them still might be 80, like the current Signature Event. “The playing opportunities for the average PGA Tour player are being sliced dramatically, and Rolapp’s mandate is to take care of his members.