breaking news: 6 LIV Golf stars told they are only players who would be welcomed back by PGA Tour
breaking news: 6 LIV Golf stars told they are only players who would be welcomed back by PGA Tour
6 LIV Golf stars told they are only players who would be welcomed back by PGA Tour
Webb Simpson believes that only six players will be able to re-join the PGA Tour if they decide to leave LIV Golf, with the others having to start from scratch.
When the breakaway league started signing golfers in 2022, it hurt the prestigious PGA Tour and led to heavy fan backlash. But golfers kept transitioning due to the financial incentive the Saudi-backed organisation offered, with reigning Masters
Measures have been put in put to halt more players from clearing out the PGA Visit, with European players that head to LIV as of now stripped of Ryder Container qualification, and all players are incapable to win OWGR focuses. Whereas that will not be an issue right presently, it would stop them from competing within the four majors assist down the line, which may lead to a mass departure.
But previous US Open winner Simpson, who has remained steadfast to the PGA Visit, accepts as it were six golfers would be able to bounce straight back. For everyone else, the American is certain they’ll either need to connect Q-school or connect another visit as he accepts field sizes are as of now a issue.
Simpson told Golfweek:
“What we’re truly talking around is likely six players (who will be alluring to the Visit). The rest will got to go to Q-school or in the event that they need to do something on the DP World Tour.”
He namedropped those with major exclusions within the shape of Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka, Jon Rahm, and Cam Smith. Simpson accepts field sizes are as of now a issue which is where he sees troublesome finding a way back for others who cleared out the Visit for LIV.
Examining the coordinations of a way back, he said:
“That’s where I scratch my head since somebody’s gonna lose here. Somebody’s gonna have to lose for us to fathom this problem,” Simpson said, some time recently communicating his belief that areas of 156 players are a “appalling thing” and there’s a ought to secure the quality of the item by diminishing them to 144.
He included:
“So beyond any doubt, it’s difficult to think almost taking spots absent from guys, but in terms of a way back for LIV folks, in the event that LIV goes on two more a long time, you’re as it were cleared out with five or six folks with any kind o
