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Which LIV Golfers Are Exempt Into The 2024 Majors?

LIV Golf has been denied world ranking points, but a healthy number of its players will still appear at the 2024 Majors

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LIV Golf was dealt a blow shortly before the end of its 2023 season when its bid for world ranking points was rejected . 

That leaves many of its players facing an uphill battle to compete in future Majors because securing the points to climb the rankings is the most common way to earn spots to the four showpiece events.

However, while big names including former World No.1 Lee Westwood , 2008 Open runner-up Ian Poulter and 2023 LIV Golf individual champion Talor Gooch will need to weigh up what other options are available for qualifying, the situation is not nearly as precarious for others, thanks to their earlier achievements in Majors.

In total, 12 LIV golfers know they have at least limited eligibility for next year’s Majors. Here are the players who will be teeing it in at least one of them in 2024.

Bryson DeChambeau

Bryson DeChambeau has exemptions to all four 2024 Majors

• The Masters
• PGA Championship

DeChambeau , who helped his Crushers GC team to victory at the LIV Golf Team Championship, only has one Major win – the 2020 US Open. However, that means we’ll see him tee it up in the tournament for at least the next seven editions as US Open champions are exempt for 10 years. 

Winning the tournament also guaranteed his place in the other three Majors for the following five years, meaning his spots at The Masters, the PGA Championship and The Open won’t be in doubt until at least 2026.

Dustin Johnson

Dustin Johnson's 2020 Masters win is one of his two Major titles

Johnson’s 2016 US Open win gives him a guaranteed spot at the tournament for a few more years, while his 2020 Masters title means he need never again worry about how to secure a spot at the Augusta National tournament, with winners guaranteed a lifetime exemption.

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Thanks to that, he’s also secure in the other three Majors for the next two years, but he’ll need to win another within that timeframe to guarantee his place at them beyond 2025.

Brooks Koepka

Brooks Koepka's latest Major win came in the 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill

When Koepka won the first of his three PGA Championship titles in 2018, it guaranteed his exemption into the tournament for life. Later that year, he secured his second US Open title, which meant he was also eligible for that tournament until 2028.

Before this year, the most recent of his Major wins had been in the 2019 PGA Championship. Given that a Major win guarantees exemptions into the other three for the next five years, he knew even before the 2023 tournaments that he was secure in each until the end of next year.

Another win in the PGA Championship at Oak Hill means that’s now the case until 2028.

Phil Mickelson

Phil Mickelson can play in all four 2024 Majors

Thanks to three Masters wins and two in the PGA Championship, Lefty doesn’t need to worry about how to qualify for them ever again, while the 53-year-old’s 2013 Open win means he’s guaranteed a spot in it for the next seven years, when he turns 60.

Mickelson's eligibility for future editions of the US Open – the one title he needs to secure a career Grand Slam – is the most precarious. However, thanks to his most recent PGA Championship win in 2021, he’s guaranteed his place for the next three. That will extend to 10 if he finally finds a way to win the event he’s finished runner-up in six times.

Cameron Smith

Cameron Smith's 2022 Open title gives him an exemption into all four Majors

Shortly before moving to LIV Golf, Smith stormed to victory at the 150th Open at St Andrews. With winners of that Major exempt until they’re 60, it means the Australian can play in it until 2053 regardless of what happens elsewhere in his career.

Despite spending over a year with LIV Golf since that win, Smith is still riding high in the world rankings, but even if that changes in the coming months, his Open win ensures he’s also safe in the other three Majors for the next four years.

Sergio Garcia

Sergio Garcia will compete at The Masters

Garcia’s 2017 win in The Masters means there’ll always be a spot waiting for him at Augusta National, but runner-up finishes at the PGA Championship and The Open are starting to look costly now.

Because the Spaniard failed to win those tournaments, he didn't play in them in 2023, and that could easily be the case again next year. Garcia did book his spot in the US Open via Final Qualifying this year – an option he will likely need to pursue again to extend a 24-year run at the tournament.

Martin Kaymer

Martin Kaymer is guaranteed entry to two Majors

Kaymer’s 2010 PGA Championship win means he’ll always have a place at the Major, but his spot at the US Open, which he also won in 2014, is starting to look uncertain. 

Next year marks the last of his automatic exemption to the tournament thanks to that victory. Without winning it or finding another way to qualify, it could be his last appearance in it for a while.

Louis Oosthuizen

Louis Ossthuizen's 2010 Open win ensures his exemption until the age of 60

Oosthuizen claimed his only Major victory to date at the 2010 Open, and, now aged 41, he’ll be able to play in it for the next 19 years. 

However, with exemptions to the other three Majors courtesy of that win having long since expired, there are no guarantees we’ll see him in them in 2024. 

Considering how many close calls the South African has had in the other three Majors, with runners-up at least once in each, he is likely rueing not getting over the line at them now.

Patrick Reed

Patrick Reed has a lifetime exemption to The Masters

Reed missed out on a lifetime ticket to the PGA Championship with a runner-up finish in 2017, but he secured one to The Masters a year later. 

However, with exemptions into the other three having elapsed, he’ll have to pursue other means of qualifying if we’re to see him anywhere other than Augusta National in 2024.

Charl Schwartzel

Charl Schwartzel won the 2011 Masters

Schwartzel finds himself in a similar position to Reed – namely, secure at The Masters for as long as he chooses to play in it thanks to his 2011 win, but scratching his head for ways to compete in the remaining three without a high enough world ranking. 

The South African competed in neither the PGA Championship nor the US Open in 2023 but found a way into The Open via Final Qualifying. It could be a similar story if Schwartzel wants to compete in Majors beyond The Masters next year.

Henrik Stenson

Henrik Stenson will compete in The Open thanks to his 2016 win

Stenson’s win at the 2016 Open means we’ll see the 47-year-old at the tournament for the next 13 years, including in 2024 at the venue where he won the title, Royal Troon . 

However, there are no such guarantees in the other three Majors. That was the case in 2023, too, when the Swede only appeared in The Open at Royal Liverpool .

Bubba Watson

Bubba Watson's entry to The Masters is guaranteed

Watson guaranteed his lifetime exemption to The Masters with the first of his two Augusta National titles 11 years ago. 

Still, without world ranking points or another win at the tournament, it could be a while until he competes in the other three again. In 2023, he only competed in The Masters, too, and to make matters worse, he missed the cut, ensuring only two rounds of Major action in the year for the American.

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USGA to decide on U.S. Open player eligibility of LIV participants on case-by-case basis

SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. -- On the heels of the announcement that the Saudi Arabian-financed LIV Golf Invitational Series' first event will include several PGA Tour players, USGA chief championships officer John Bodenhamer said Wednesday at the U.S. Women's Open that although the USGA "prides themselves on the openness of their tournament," they will also make their own decision about the eligibility of players at the upcoming U.S. Open in Brookline, Massachusetts, on June 13 on a case-by-case basis.

"That openness goes back to the very beginning for us," Bodenhamer told ESPN. "That aside, we would always keep it in a place where we can make our own decision about what we might do based on what the facts are."

On Tuesday night, a list of players participating in LIV's first event in London at the Centurion Club on June 9-11 was released. That list included six major winners: Dustin Johnson , Martin Kaymer , Sergio Garcia , Louis Oosthuizen , Charl Schwartzel , Graeme McDowell . The list also included Lee Westwood and 30-year-old Talor Gooch , among others.

Earlier this month, the PGA denied releases to the players looking to play in the first LIV event, and on Wednesday it released a statement reiterating its stance.

Johnson's inclusion was particularly surprising given that though he was rumored to be involved with LIV, the PGA Tour released a statement in late February on behalf of Johnson that aimed to "put such speculation to rest."

Notably missing from the list was Phil Mickelson , who was confirmed to be one of the players spearheading the interest in LIV. Only 42 players in what's expected to be a 48-player field were announced, leaving six spots open, In total, 16 of the world's top 100 players in the world were included in the LIV field.

While he didn't want to comment on specific names, Bodenhamer said he saw the LIV list late Tuesday night and was surprised by some names that were on the list as well as others that were absent.

"It's not something we can control," Bodenhamer said. "What we can control is what we do, right? That's what we're focused on. And we'll make the decisions that we think are best taking everything into consideration. We've always kind of looked at situations as they come at us, when it comes to players and other tours and things. And I think we'll continue to do that."

The USGA also released on a statement on Wednesday addressing the players who have signed up for the LIV event. "We pride ourselves in being the most open championship in the world ... however we reserve the right, as we always have, to review any competitor's situation on a case-by-case basis," the statement read.

USGA CEO Mike Whan was not present at the USGA news conference at Pine Needles on Wednesday as he traveled to Columbus for the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village. There, Whan met with the players' advisory committee. While Bodenhamer said that LIV was not the reason for the meeting, "I'm sure it came up."

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LOS ANGELES — The trend of LIV Golf players contending at majors continued this week at the 2023 U.S. Open .

Fifteen players who took their talents to the upstart circuit led by Greg Norman and financially backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund were in the 156-player field, and 10 made the weekend cut . Cam Smith and Dustin Johnson were both within striking distance of the leaders on the weekend, and both earned top-10 finishes.

Earlier this year three LIV players finished in the top six at the Masters, and of the 16 players who competed at the 2023 PGA Championship, 11 made the weekend cut.

Check out how each of the LIV Golf League players fared this week at the 2023 U.S. Open.

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Dustin Johnson: 3 under, T-10

Dustin Johnson reacts after his putt on the first green during the third round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Los Angeles Country Club. (Photo: Michael Madrid-USA TODAY Sports)

Cameron Smith: 6 under, solo fourth

Cameron Smith hits out of a bunker on the 12th green during a practice round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Los Angeles Country Club. Mandatory Credit: Michael Madrid-USA TODAY Sports

Brooks Koepka: 1 under, T-17

Brooks Koepka chips on the 12th hole during the first round of the 2023 U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club. (Photo: Michael Madrid-USA TODAY Sports)

Bryson DeChambeau: 1 over, T-20

Bryson DeChambeau hits a ball on the 18th hole during the third round of the 2023 U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club. (Photo: Kiyoshi Mio-USA TODAY Sports)

Sergio Garcia: 2 over, T-27

Sergio Garcia lines up his putt on the 10th green during the first round of the 2023 U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club. (Photo: Michael Madrid-USA TODAY Sports)

Joaquin Niemann: 3 over, T-32

Joaquin Niemann hits on the 10th green during the second round of the 2023 U.S. Open. Photo: Michael Madrid-USA TODAY Sports

David Puig: 4 over, T-39

David Puig tees off on the 15th hole during the third round of the 2023 U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club. (Photo: Michael Madrid-USA TODAY Sports)

Sebastian Munoz: 6 over, T-49

Sebastian Munoz plays his shot from the 12th tee during the third round of the 123rd U.S. Open Championship at Los Angeles Country Club. (Photo: Andrew Redington/Getty Images)

Abraham Ancer: 7 over, T-54

Abraham Ancer reacts after a putt on the 10th hole during the first round of the 2023 U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club. (Photo: Michael Madrid-USA TODAY Sports)

Patrick Reed: 8 over, T-56

Patrick Reed reacts after a putt on the 15th green during a practice round of the 2023 U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club. Photo: Kiyoshi Mio-USA TODAY Sports

Phil Mickelson: 3 over, missed cut

Phil Mickelson greets fans during the second round of the 2023 U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club. (Photo: Michael Madrid-USA TODAY Sports)

Mito Pereira: 3 over, missed cut

Mito Pereira putts on the 10th hole during the first round of the 2023 U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club. (Photo: Michael Madrid-USA TODAY Sports)

Thomas Pieters: 4 over, missed cut

Thomas Pieters and his caddie on the 10th fairway during the first round of the 2023 U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club. (Photo: Michael Madrid-USA TODAY Sports

Martin Kaymer: 6 over, missed cut

Martin Kaymer waits before teeing off on the fourth hole during the second round of the 2023 U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club. (Photo: Maximilian Haupt/AP Images)

Carlos Ortiz: 9 over, missed cut

Carlos Ortiz plays his shot from the seventh tee during the first round of the 123rd U.S. Open Championship at The Los Angeles Country Club. (Photo: Andrew Redington/Getty Images)

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Phil Mickelson, Fresh From LIV Golf Series, Stays on Message at U.S. Open

“I’m grateful for all that the PGA Tour has given me, but I’m excited about this new opportunity as well,” Mickelson said of the Saudi-financed rebel golf start-up.

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BROOKLINE, Mass. — He was unwavering. He has made peace with his decision. For someone with a reputation as a gambler, on and off the golf course, Phil Mickelson played it as straight as a Ben Hogan 1-iron on Monday.

Speaking to an overflow crowd of reporters at the Country Club, site of this week’s U.S. Open, Mickelson stayed on message throughout a 25-minute news conference. He reiterated his commitment to the LIV Golf Invitational Series, which he called “transformative.” He used the word “respect” more than 15 times, including three times in one sentence, to describe his feelings toward those who opposed his decision. He made no apologies.

The players who have left the PGA Tour to play for the Saudi-backed LIV series and the players who have remained loyal to the PGA Tour began to gather on Monday for the U.S. Open and for the first time since Mickelson and the other players who jumped to LIV were suspended by Jay Monahan, the PGA Tour commissioner.

Many of the golfers who chose to play in LIV’s inaugural event last week outside London resigned from the tour to avoid being suspended, but Mickelson did not, and he expressed hope that he could one day return to the tour, twice citing his lifetime membership to the organization.

“I’ve earned that lifetime membership, so I believe that it should be my choice,” he said.

The LIV series events are the richest tournaments in golf history — last week’s total purse was $25 million, with a $20 million pot for the individual event and $5 million more to split in team competition. Charl Schwartzel, 37, finished first in both the individual and team competitions, earning $4.75 million. The last-place finisher at each event is guaranteed $120,000. Mickelson finished in a five-way tie for 33rd place at 10 over par for the no-cut, 54-hole tournament. He received around $150,000.

LIV Golf will hold its next event in the United States. It begins June 30 outside Portland, Ore., and is one of five U.S. events.

Mickelson was paid a reported $200 million to take part in the series, which is bankrolled by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund. Dustin Johnson, the highest-ranked player to participate so far, was reportedly paid up to $150 million. The former Masters champion Patrick Reed and the 2020 U.S. Open champion, Bryson DeChambeau, are expected to officially join LIV Golf soon.

The United States Golf Association, which runs the U.S. Open, allowed Mickelson and any of the other suspended players to participate in this week’s event provided they met the organization’s qualifying rules. Mickelson did. Other LIV players in the field include Johnson, Sergio Garcia, Kevin Na, Talor Gooch and Louis Oosthuizen.

But as players descended on suburban Boston and the history-rich venue, Mickelson was the indisputable attraction on Monday . He had not held such a news conference in the United States in four months. He hasn’t spoken to Monahan since October. He had been out of touch over that span by design, to work on personal and family issues.

One of the issues was his gambling .

“I continued to work on some areas that I’m deficient of in my life. I mean, the obvious one is gambling,” he said. “I’ve been working on that for years, and I’m very happy with where I’m at with that. But I’ll have to continue to work on that the rest of my life.”

Mickelson was asked numerous times about negative reactions from fans and fellow players about his decision. He said he had the “utmost respect” for players on the tour and that the friendships he had forged over his professional career will remain intact. He also stressed how much he had boosted the tour.

“I feel good about the efforts I put in to try to give back to the game of golf as well as the tour,’’ he said. “I’m excited about the opportunity that LIV Golf presents for me and the game of golf going forward.”

Mickelson said he planned to play in the rest of the LIV events as well as next month’s British Open at St. Andrews.

“Anything other than that would be pure speculation,” he said. “I don’t know how this is all going to play out.” He added: “My preference is to be able to choose which path I would like, one or the other, or both.”

As of now, however, Mickelson and the others are ineligible for PGA Tour events, including the Ryder Cup. Justin Thomas, who won the P.G.A. Championship in May, said on Monday that he grew up wanting to compete in such tournaments and was concerned how the events might be impacted by the LIV series.

“The fact that things like that could potentially get hurt because of some of the people that are leaving, and if more go, it’s just sad,” Thomas said. “There’s really no other way to say it. It just makes me sad.” He added: “I lost a lot of sleep last week thinking about what could happen.”

On Sunday, Monahan, who declined an interview request through a spokesman, spoke to Jim Nantz during the CBS broadcast of the Canadian Open. “You have to ask yourself the question, why is this group spending so much money, billions of dollars, recruiting players and chasing a concept with no possibility of a return?” Monahan said, later adding, “I would ask any player that has left, or any player that would consider leaving, have you ever had to apologize for being a member of the PGA Tour?”

The U.S. Open, which Mickelson is playing for the 31st time, is the only major tournament he has not won, and he has had more than his share of heartbreak, finishing as runner-up six times. He played the course Sunday and said, “it’s going to be a brutal test of golf. That’s what this championship is all about.”

Wearing his trademark black outfit but without the familiar sponsorship patches of Callaway, Heineken, KPMG and Workday, Mickelson acknowledged the obvious — his decision to join LIV Golf did not come without repercussions. His sponsors dropped him after incendiary comments made to the journalist Alan Shipnuck became public.

Mickelson then retreated from the public stage, calling his self-enforced hiatus “a necessary time and an opportunity for me to step away a little bit and put a little bit of thought and reflection into going forward and how to best prioritize things.” He has done that, he said.

“It’s nice to be back,” he said. “Golf is fortunate to be back, and I’m excited to be back here and participate in this incredible championship that has eluded me for my whole career.”

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Here’s what LIV golfers can and can’t do, according to their contracts

Here's a breakdown of what LIV's player contracts stipulate.

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As litigation continues in the LIV vs. PGA Tour dispute , more and more information is becoming available as it pertains to the upstart golf league.

With a handful of legal documents — such as players contracts, which the Wall Street Journal examined earlier this week — becoming unsealed in recent days, it’s given curious observers an opportunity to look under the hood to understand the nuances of LIV. While the legal jargon can be a little difficult to decipher, there’s still plenty of takeaways from these documents.

GOLF.com reviewed two of these player contracts (of Talor Gooch and Hudson Swafford) to better understand the dos and don’ts for those under contract with the league. If you’d like to read the contracts for yourself, you can find them here and here . But for those without the time to sift through a bunch of legalese, you can check out some of the restrictions and expectations below.

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Restrictions

No drama in the media.

One provision states that players should “not act or fail to act in any manner which brings or could be expected to bring any Relevant Person into disrepute, scandal or ridicule including as a result of any comment made to the media, via any Social Media channels or in any other public forum.”

In other words, don’t start any drama. This seems to indicate that the once-spicy Brooks Koepka-Bryson DeChambeau feud will not continue (publicly, at least) as long as they are contracted by LIV. Don’t look for any more Phil Mickelson bombshells, either — at least not from his mouth.

It was fun while it lasted.

No outside media appearances

Players are not permitted to make any appearances in the media, or grant any exclusive interviews, without obtaining prior approval from the league.

“[Players must] refrain from (i) being accredited to act as a journalist or in any other capacity for any media organization in relation to the League or any Tournament,” the contract says. “Or (ii) providing exclusive interviews or commentaries or entering into any agreements or arrangements involving exclusive interviews with or appearances in or on any media or Social Media of any kind in relation to any Event or League Activity in each case without obtaining the Specified Approval.”

LIV seems to be pushing hard to control the messaging surrounding their league, especially when the messenger is a player under contract.

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Expectations

Play all events.

As previously reported, every player under contract with LIV is expected to participate in every event on the schedule. There are eight LIV events scheduled for this season, while 2023 will feature 10 events. In 2024, and each subsequent season, LIV plans to stage 14 tournaments.

Wear team apparel

One big element of LIV’s model is the team component. This format has largely been jumbled and hard to follow so far, but as more players come aboard and teams become more established, it seems like LIV plans to push the team branding even more.

One provision in the contract (5.3h) states that players must “wear and use only the appropriate Team Apparel and not display any badge, mark, logo, insignia, or trading name” without securing the proper approval.

But the contract does allow for “a single badge, mark, logo, insignia, or trading name of one third-party supplier of golf technical equipment on the right side of the Player’s hat or cap,” so long as the hat otherwise meets all LIV contractual obligations.

Except to start seeing some Four Aces and Fireballz apparel when these pros tee it up in majors moving forward.

Participation in tournament pro-ams

Just what it sounds like: Players must the play the pro-am in any event in which entered. They must also appear at a draft party “for no less than 5 hours.” At every event, they’re also required to attend a “Photo Call & Welcome Reception,” a “Meet and Greet,” another “Meet and Greet” if they win the tournament and one hospitality/junior clinic. Phew!

Participation in corporate outings

Playing golf isn’t the only duty players will be expected to perform while under contract.

One of the stipulations indicates that players must “participate fully in in up to 7 additional Service Days” in 2022, with “12 additional Service Days in each following year.”

A Service Day is defined in the contract as “any day during which the Player is required to participate in and assist the League Operator and/or the Team Operator with meetings, negotiations and/or other activities with corporate sponsors or other business partners of the League.”

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Recruit other players

According to the Wall Street Journal report, LIV players must act as recruiters for the league.

Per the WSJ, the contract stipulates that players agree to “where requested, assist the League Operator in seeking to persuade players to enter into multiyear player participation agreements with the League Operator.”

Players will collect a $1 million bonus for winning a major championship (Masters, PGA Championship, U.S. Open or Open Championship) — “provided that he has, while competing in such tournament, complied with all of his obligations in this Agreement including as regards apparel”

In other words, if a LIV player wins the Masters in April, don’t be surprised if he’s wearing a LIV cap when Scottie Scheffler slips the green jacket over the champ’s shoulders.

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As golf’s civil war rages, all the top PGA Tour and LIV players are at the Masters this week

Jon Rahm, of Spain, walks to the 10th green during a practice round in preparation for the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Brooks Koepka hands over his club on the second hole during a practice round in preparation for the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Bryson DeChambeau hands his driver to his caddie on the eighth hole during a practice round in preparation for the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Jon Rahm, of Spain, reacts on the 12th hole during a practice round in preparation for the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Jon Rahm, of Spain, hits on the 12th hole during a practice round in preparation for the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Jon Rahm, of Spain, and Nicolai Hojgaard, of Denmark, walk onto the 12th green during a practice round in preparation for the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Brooks Koepka, from left, Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay hits on the second hole during a practice round in preparation for the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Bryson DeChambeau tees off on the eighth hole during a practice round in preparation for the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

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AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — In some ways, golf finds itself at a point in time not unlike pro football in the 1960s, when two rival leagues duked it out but found a path to reconciliation that produced a game far bigger than anyone could’ve envisioned.

Bryson DeChambeau, for one, is hopeful that the still-smoldering split between the established PGA Tour and upstart LIV Golf could lead to a Super Bowl-like extravaganza that brings everyone together.

“You can look at it like the NFL and you could have NFC-AFC sort of working in their own fields and at the end they come together, put on a huge event at the end of the year,” said DeChambeau, who plays on the LIV circuit. “That could be really cool.”

If nothing else, major championships such as the Masters , which begins Thursday at Augusta National, provide a brief detente in this civil war of the links.

All the top players — from reigning Master champion Jon Rahm and Brooks Koepka representing Team LIV to world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy teeing it up for the old guard — will be looking to not only claim a green jacket, but score bragging rights for their de facto team.

“Obviously, the more togetherness that you get, the better it is for everyone. There’s no doubt about that,” said Sergio Garcia, the 2017 Masters winner who bolted for LIV. “But there’s room for everyone. I don’t think that’s a problem at all.”

Even though LIV appears to have strengthened its hand with its stunning signing of Rahm , who was on the PGA Tour when he won at Augusta a year ago, there are actually five fewer players from the new tour than the 18 who played in 2023.

That’s largely because LIV events — with their smaller fields and 54-hole format — do not receive world ranking points, one of the main conduits for entry into the Masters.

Still, the Saudi-funded circuit has demonstrated that its top players can compete with the best of the PGA Tour.

Koepka and Phil Mickelson were runner-ups to Rahm a year ago at the Masters, and Koepka went on to capture his fifth career major title at the PGA Championship . Of the 27 major championships that have been staged since the beginning of 2017, 13 were won by golfers who now call LIV home.

Koepka took issue with those who say the split is ruining the game.

“Look, the best players in the world never got together week in, week out. I think that’s kind of forgotten,” Koepka said Tuesday. “It was the majors, (World Golf Championship tournaments) ... those were pretty much the 10 events where everyone was, for sure, going to be there. And then it was just kind of sprinkled in everywhere else. I think that’s kind of how it is” now.

But hard feelings remain, especially since a supposed merger agreement announced 10 months ago had yet to be finalized.

Just listen to Fred Couples, the 1992 Masters champion and outspoken critic of LIV.

“I don’t think I’ll ever understand it,” he said. “Now, everything can get better. But let me tell you, if the LIV tour is better for golf, I’m missing something there.”

Rahm acknowledged that when he accepted a reported $350 million offer to join LIV in December, he was hopeful that it would spur the two sides to reach some sort of reconciliation by the time the Masters rolled around.

Now, with a divide that seems as gaping as ever, he’s one of the most prominent faces on a tour that has been called everything from the future of the game — with its shotgun starts and team element — to a refuge of sellouts who are helping the Saudis sportswash the image of a repressive regime.

“It’s a bit of a detour on my path,” Rahm said. “But change can be better.”

Just how much things have changed was apparent from the attire he donned a year ago as he departed Augusta National to what he picked out for his practice rounds leading into this Masters.

Gone was the green jacket. Now he’s wearing a shirt emblazoned with a Legion XIII logo.

The team he now leads in LIV.

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Liv golf has 13 players in the field, seven of them former champions who can play as long as they want, but that’s down from 18 a year ago and only nine liv players are assured of being back next year.

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AUGUSTA, Ga. — More than golf’s first major championship of the year, the Masters represents unification. This is the first time since July at the British Open the best players regardless of their tours compete against each other – same course, same tournament, same television network.

“I believe everyone agrees there’s excitement in the air this week,” Masters Chairman Fred Ridley said Wednesday. “The best players in the world are together once again.”

Still unclear at Augusta National is for how much longer.

Saudi-funded LIV Golf has 13 players at the Masters, seven of them former champions who can play as long as they want. That’s down from 18 a year ago. Only nine LIV players are assured of being back to Augusta National next year, depending on how they fare in the majors this year.

Ridley offered little hope the pathway for LIV to Augusta National was about to get wider.

He said the Official World Golf Ranking was a “legitimate determiner” of the best in golf, bad news for a rival league that does not get world ranking points. And while the Masters annually reviews its criteria for invitations, Ridley announced no new changes.

Instead, he leaned on the Masters being an invitational, and the club alone decides who it deems worthy of getting that elegant, cream-colored invitation in the mail.

“If we felt that there were a player or players, whether they played on the LIV Tour or any other tour, who were deserving of an invitation to the Masters, we would exercise that discretion with regard to special invitations,” Ridley said.

The battle is for a green jacket, but that might not be the only competition.

It will be difficult to look at a leaderboard without considering who is with LIV Golf. That much hasn’t changed from last year – the first Masters since LIV was launched – and LIV certainly showed the 54-hole, no-cut league didn’t affect them. Three players were among the top four on the final leaderboard.

And just like last year, there is no animosity inside the ropes.

Phil Mickelson and Joaquin Niemann from LIV Golf played a practice round with Akshay Bhatia, the final player into the field because of his Texas Open victory last week. Xander Schauffele told of running into Dustin Johnson and the two decided to play a practice round, no different from what would have happened long before LIV began luring away players with guaranteed riches.

But the future remains murky.

Augusta National and the other three organizations that run majors have seats on the OWGR board that reviewed LIV’s application to join and get world ranking points. The vote was unanimous not to award points until certain enhancements were met.

LIV eventually decided to withdraw its application, and several players decried the world ranking as no longer relevant.

It is to Ridley and the Masters. The top 50 at the end of the year and a week before the Masters still get invitations. Bryson DeChambeau said the majors, including the Masters, should invite the top 12 from the LIV points list.

Ridley wasn’t buying that.

“I think it will be difficult to establish any type of point system that had any connection to the rest of the world of golf because they’re basically – not totally, but for the most part – a closed shop,” Ridley said. “There is some relegation, but not very much.

“But I don’t think that prevents us from giving subjective consideration based on talent, based on performance to those players.”

That’s what led Augusta National to offer an invitation to Niemann. The club did not cite anything he did on LIV – the Chilean has two LIV wins this year – but his willingness to travel outside LIV and win the Australian Open, along with a top finish in the Australian PGA.

Talor Gooch did not get an invitation. He won three LIV events last year and later suggested Rory McIlroy would have an asterisk next to his name if he won the Masters because all the best aren’t there.

Gooch is unlikely to be missed, not with Scottie Scheffler going for a second green jacket, with McIlroy chasing the career Grand Slam, Tiger Woods playing for only the second time this year and a host of others from all tours chasing one of golf’s most prized possessions.

And then the PGA Tour will head to Hilton Head and LIV Golf will make its way to Australia, and they all have to wait until the next major May 16-19 at the PGA Championship.

“There’s a lot of people a lot smarter than me that could figure this out in a much more efficient way,” Jon Rahm said. “But the obvious answer is that there’s got to be a way for certain players in whatever tour to be able to earn their way in. That’s the only thing can I say. I don’t know what that looks like. But there’s got to be a fair way for everybody to compete.”

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5 a.m.-8:06 a.m. — Erik van Rooyen, Jake Knapp

5:12 a.m.-8:18 a.m. — Jose Maria Olazabal, Taylor Moore, a-Santiago De La Fuente

5:24 a.m.-8:30 a.m. — Danny Willett, Austin Eckroat, Stephan Jaeger

5:36 a.m.-8:42 a.m. — Charl Schwartzel, Luke List, a-Christo Lamprecht

5:48 a.m.-8:54 a.m. — Gary Woodland, Thorbjorn Olesen, Bryson DeChambeau

6 a.m.-9:12 a.m. — Zach Johnson, Corey Conners, a-Jasper Stubbs

6:12 a.m.-9:24 a.m. — Sergio Garcia, Chris Kirk, Ryan Fox

6:24 a.m.-9:36 a.m. — Lucas Glover, Byeong Hun An, Harris English

6:36 a.m.-9:48 a.m. — Phil Mickelson, Sepp Straka, Tony Finau

6:48 a.m.-10 a.m. — Nick Taylor, Joaquin Niemann, Russell Henley

7:06 a.m.-10:12 a.m. — Patrick Cantlay, Min Woo Lee, Rickie Fowler

7:18 a.m.-10:24 a.m. — Hideki Matsuyama, Will Zalatoris, Justin Thomas

7:30 a.m.-10:36 a.m. — Jon Rahm, Matt Fitzpatrick, Nick Dunlap

7:42 a.m.-10:48 a.m. — Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele

7:54 a.m.-11 a.m. — Wyndham Clark, Viktor Hovland, Cameron Smith

8:06 a.m.-5 a.m. — Lee Hodges, Adrian Meronk, Grayson Murray

8:18 a.m.-5:12 a.m. — Camilo Villegas, Denny McCarthy, Cameron Davis

8:30 a.m.-5:24 a.m. — Mike Weir, Ryo Hisatsune, a-Neal Shipley

8:42 a.m.-5:36 a.m. — Vijay Singh, Si Woo Kim, Emiliano Grillo

8:54 a.m.-5:48 a.m. — Fred Couples, Adam Hadwin, a-Stewart Hagestad

9:12 a.m.-6 a.m. — Justin Rose, Eric Cole, Peter Malnati

9:24 a.m.-6:12 a.m. — Akshay Bhatia, J.T. Poston, Shane Lowry

9:36 a.m.-6:24 a.m. — Bubba Watson, Nicolai Hojgaard, Adam Schenk

9:48 a.m.-6:36 a.m. — Patrick Reed, Sungjae Im, Kurt Kitayama

10 a.m.-6:48 a.m. — Keegan Bradley, Mattieu Pavon, Tyrrell Hatton

10:12 a.m.-7:06 a.m. — Adam Scott, Sam Burns, Cameron Young

10:24 a.m.-7:18 a.m. — Tiger Woods, Jason Day, Max Homa

10:36 a.m.-7:30 a.m. — Brian Harman, Brooks Koepka, Tom Kim

10:48 a.m.-7:42 a.m. — Jordan Spieth, Ludvig Aberg, Sahith Theegala

11 a.m.-7:54 a.m. — Dustin Johnson, Collin Morikawa, Tommy Fleetwood

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LIV Golf players will be able to compete at all four men's majors in 2023.

On Wednesday, the PGA of America announced its eligibility requirements for the 2023 PGA Championship, and despite past signals about LIV defectors possibly being prohibited from competing in the tournament, members of the Saudi-backed circuit will indeed get to play for the Wanamaker Trophy this year at Oak Hill in Rochester, N.Y.

“Our decisions are always based on what’s in the best interest of the PGA of America and conducting the best championship possible,” said PGA of America CEO Seth Waugh in a press release. “Sadly the current division in the professional game is not good for the sport or the future of the game. We hope there might be some resolution soon. In the meantime, as always, our focus will be on our mission to grow the game and improve the lives of our members, who work so hard to impact millions of lives every day.”

The championship’s bylaws had required players to be PGA of America members in order to play in the PGA Championship, a status they gain through their membership on the PGA Tour. Two years ago at Kiawah Island, Waugh said those who were banned or suspended by the tour would likely lose their PGA of America privileges, keeping them out of the PGA Championship and Ryder Cup. Last May at Southern Hills, Waugh said his Kiawah comments “still stand.”

“Our bylaws do say that you have to be a recognized member of a recognized tour in order to be a PGA member somewhere, and therefore eligible to play,” Waugh said at the 2022 PGA Championship. “If something else became one of those, obviously we'd have to recognize it.”

But with its Wednesday announcement of its exempt categories, the PGA of America made it clear that "any player" who qualifies through its exemptions will be eligible to compete in the PGA Championship. That includes past PGA Championship winners who have jumped to LIV (Phil Mickelson, Brooks Koepka, Martin Kaymer), along with winners of the other major championships the past five years and winners of the Players Championship the past three years. Recent LIV signees Mito Periera and Brendan Steele will likewise be in the field by finishing in the top 15 at last year’s championship.

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Mickelson, the 2021 PGA winner, did not attempt to defend his title last year amid the fallout from his controversial remarks about Saudi Arabia, although Mickelson ended his sabbatical weeks later at the launch of LIV Golf.

The PGA of America announcement comes a day after the R&A revealed that the Open Championship also will remain open to LIV Golf members. Augusta National and the USGA had previously announced their respective men's majors for 2023 will remain open to LIV Golf members. Augusta National, the USGA and PGA of America are all currently involved in an antitrust probe by the Justice Department amid the legal battle between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf.

The PGA of America additionally announced a new category, where the top three players on the International Federation Ranking List will grab a PGA spot.

This year’s PGA Championship begins May 18 at Oak Hill. Justin Thomas is the defending champ.

PGA Championship exemption categories

The PGA of America has approved the following list of players who qualify for the 105th PGA Championship:

1. All former winners of the PGA Championship

2. Winners of the last five Masters (2019-23)

3. Winners of the last five U.S. Opens (2018-22)

4. Winners of the last five Open Championships (2017-22). [Note: Canceled in 2020]

5. Winners of the last three THE PLAYERS Championships (2021-23)

6. The top three on the OWGR’s International Federation Ranking List as of April 24, 2023.

7. Winner of 2022 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship

8. The top 15 finishers and ties from the 2022 PGA Championship

9. The top 20 finishers from the 2023 PGA Professional Championship.

10.The top 70 players who are eligible and have earned the most PGA Championship points from the 2022 AT&T Byron Nelson through the 2023 Wells Fargo Championship (ending May 7, 2023).

11. Playing members of the last named U.S. and European Ryder Cup teams (2021), provided they remain in the top 100 on the Official World Golf Rankings as of May 7, 2023.

12. Winners of PGA TOUR co-sponsored or approved tournaments whose victories are considered official, from the 2022 Charles Schwab Challenge through the 2023 AT&T Byron Nelson.

13. If necessary to complete the field, those players beyond the top 70 players who are eligible and who have earned the most PGA Championship points from the 2022 AT&T Byron Nelson through the 2023 Wells Fargo Championship (ending May 7, 2023) in order of their position on such a list.

*Note: The PGA Championship points list is based on Official Money earned in PGA TOUR events within the defined period in Nos. 10 and 12 above and is available at https://www.pgatour.com/stats/stat.132.html . Announcement of the final field is planned for May 10.

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AUGUSTA, Ga. — It pays to play well in major championships, just ask this week's winner, Scottie Scheffler .

The 27-year-old won the 2024 Masters Tournament on Sunday at 11 under by four shots over Ludvig Aberg to claim his second major title and second victory at Augusta National Golf Club in three years. Scheffler shot rounds of 66-72-71-68 to assert his dominance in professional golf and solidify his spot as the No. 1 player in the world.

For his efforts, Scheffler will take home the top prize of $3.6 million, a record-high winner's share in 2024. Aberg, who teed it up in his first major championship this week, will bank $2.16 million as a consolation prize. The trio of players to finish T-3 at 4 under – Tommy Fleetwood, Max Homa and Collin Morikawa – each earned six figures with $1,040,000.

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2024 Masters prize money, purse: Payouts, winnings for Scottie Scheffler, each golfer from $20 million pool

More than history and a green jacket were on the line at augusta national on sunday.

Plenty of green was up for grabs at the 2024 Masters on Sunday -- not only in the form of the famed jacket awarded to the winner of this year's tournament but also in regards to the prize money being paid out from a record-setting pool. Augusta National Golf Club announced that the 2024 Masters would have a total purse of $20 million, marking a new tournament high by $2 million and the largest payout awarded to players at one of the nation's most pristine venues.

Scottie Scheffler was the greatest beneficiary of that increased purse, capturing the $3.6 million winner's share by capturing his second Masters championship in three years . Finishing 11 under with a 4-under 68 capping a tremendous tournament, Scheffler became the fourth-youngest golfer to win two green jackets and the 10th to win two in a three-year span. The $3.6 million prize is $360,000 more than 2023 champion Jon Rahm earned a year ago.

Runner-up Ludvig Åberg achieved quite a payday in his first career major championship. Pressing Scheffler down the stretch, the young Swede scored $2.16 million for second place, a larger sum than either Danny Willett (2016) or Jordan Spieth (2015) earned for winning the green jacket.

Scheffler and Åberg were not the only players set to receive significant green by week's end. In fact, the top three were set to receive seven-figure paydays, except Collin Morikawa struggled down the stretch and entered into a three-way tie with Max Homa and Tommy Fleetwood. Morikawa lost $320,000 by bogeying the last, though he increased the take-home of Homa and Fleetwood with the trio each taking home $1.04 million. This marked the first time that the Masters had five players bring home $1 million or more.

Those among the top 11 were set to see at least $500,000 deposited into their bank accounts, and the handsome payouts trickled down the leaderboard with every golfer inside the top 36 leaving Augusta National with six figures.

2024 Masters prize money, purse, payouts

Total purse: $20 million

1st — $3,600,000 -- Scottie Scheffler (-11) 2nd — $2,160,000 -- Ludvig Åberg (-7) 3rd — $1,360,000 -- Tommy Fleetwood, Max Homa, Collin Morikawa (-4) -- $1,040,000 each 4th — $960,000 5th — $800,000 6th — $720,000 -- Cameron Smith, Bryson DeChambeau (-2) -- $695,000 each 7th — $670,000 8th — $620,000 -- Xander Schauffele (-1) 9th — $580,000 -- Will Zalatoris, Tyrrell Hatton, Cameron Young (E) -- $540,000 each 10th — $540,000 11th — $500,000 12th — $460,000 -- Patrick Reed, Matthieu Pavon, Adam Schenk, Cam Davis (+1) -- $405,000 each 13th — $420,000 14th — $380,000 15th — $360,000 16th — $340,000 -- Nicolai Højgaard, Sepp Straka, Chris Kirk, Byeong Hun An (+2) -- $310,000 each 17th — $320,000 18th — $300,000 19th — $280,000 20th — $260,000 -- Lucas Glover, Taylor Moore (+3) -- $250,000 each 21st — $240,000 22nd — $224,000 -- Patrick Cantlay, Keegan Bradley, Joaquin Niemann, Rory McIlroy, Matt Fitzpatrick, Adam Scott, Harris English, Min Woo Lee (+4) -- $175,500 each 23rd — $208,000 24th — $192,000 25th — $176,000 26th — $160,000 27th — $154,000 28th — $148,000 29th — $142,000 30th — $136,000 -- Jason Day, Si Woo Kim, Rickie Fowler, J.T. Poston, Tom Kim (+5) -- $124,200 each 31st — $130,000 32nd — $124,000 33rd — $118,000 34th — $113,000 35th — $108,000 -- Akshay Bhatia, Kurt Kitayama, Camilo Villegas (+6) -- $103,000 each 36th — $103,000 37th — $98,000 38th — $94,000 -- Hideki Matsuyama, Corey Conners, Ryan Fox, Luke List, Russell Henley (+7) -- $86,000 each 39th — $90,000 40th — $86,000 41st — $82,000 42nd — $78,000 43rd — $74,000 -- Phil Mickelson, Shane Lowry (+8) -- $72,000 each 44th — $70,000 45th — $66,000 -- Brooks Koepka, Jose Maria Olazabal, Jon Rahm, Danny Willett, Denny McCarthy, Sahith Theegala (+9) -- $57,200 each 46th — $62,000 47th — $58,000 48th — $54,800 49th — $52,000 50th — $50,400

Those lucky enough to make the cut but not lucky enough to finish inside the top 50 will still receive compensation, though it will trend downwards from the $50,400 figure given to the player who ultimately finishes in 50th.

51st — Grayson Murray (+10) 52nd — Eric Cole (+11) 53rd — Adam Hadwin, Neal Shipley (+12) 55th — Jake Knapp, Erik van Rooyen, Tony Finau (+13) 58th — Vijay Singh, Thorbjorn Olesen (+14) 60th — Tiger Woods (+16)

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