LIV golfers given the all-clear for Ryder Cup and U.S PGA

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LIV golfers given the all-clear for Ryder Cup and U.S PGA



The PGA of America have therefore given players on the Saudi-funded breakaway membership of the organisation, which is required to be eligible for the biennial contest against Europe.

Although LIV Golf players will not earn Ryder Cup qualifying points from their events, the move paves the way for the likes of Bryson DeChambeau to make the team at Bethpage next year.

DeChambeau, who won the U.S Open in June, finished runner-up in the U.S PGA Championship and was sixth in the Masters, is currently third on the points list.

The PGA of America said in a statement: “To ensure the PGA Championship will continue to deliver the strongest field in golf and that the U.S Ryder Cup team will continue to have access to the best American players, the PGA of America has determined that LIV Golf players will be eligible for both.

“Going forward, all LIV Golf players are eligible for the PGA Championship and any American player who qualifies for the Ryder Cup on points or is added to the U.S team as a captain’s pick is eligible to compete.

“This is consistent with LIV Golf players competing in the PGA Championship the past two years. Brooks Koepka was a member of the US Ryder Cup team last year.”

Koepka narrowly failed to qualify automatically for the American side but was given a wild card by captain Zach Johnson.

The PGA of America’s interim chief executive Kerry Haigh told GolfChannel.com: “We’ve added the LIV tour to the list of tour’s that are eligible towards A-3 membership, which all [PGA] Tour members are eligible for.

“The LIV players had previously been [PGA of America] members but had we not done this they would have had to go through more requirements which no other tour members are asked to do.”


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