R&A Chief’s brutal but honest comments on The Open exemptions for LIV has media reports ‘off the mark’. Rumors surfaced in the last few days that LIV Golf and the R&A were in discussion for potential exemptions for LIV golfers to play in The Open. Amid that news, R&A chief executive Martin Slumbers commented on those rumor ahead of the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship at Royal Melbourne on Thursday…but what did he say about it? How will this leave the situation between Liv golf, The Open, other majros such as the Masters? And how will this impact the future of those like Greg Norman, Liv golf players, the liv golf league itself!
LIV Golf were in talks to secure guaranteed Open places… but there seems to be a major switch and turning point in the direction and I am shocked by it all! LIV have asked for 12 spots but four exemptions is a more realistic target for the 2024 event at Royal Troon
LIV Golf is in talks with the R&A to try to ensure more of its players appear at next year’s Open Championship.
The Saudi-funded circuit entered discussions also convinced that it can link up financially with the governing body in a drive to increase global participation. While many will no doubt be cynical about LIV’s vow to invest in the grass roots at the same time as asking the R&A for Royal Troon berths, the breakaway league is adamant that an arrangement would benefit both parties. Find out exactly what the decision is in todays breaking golf news video.
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The players just need to put their entitled feelings aside and go through normal qualifying for the Open & US Open, play well and guarantee their spot for the next year’s tournament. They are supposedly the best players on the planet…just prove it
To me. LIV golfers should be in the majors. BUT it should be just the top 3 finishers from the previous year that are not already qualified.
LIV just needs to hold their own major at the same time as the old majors. Open LIV majors to all tours players ( top 125).
Create a winner cheque of $20 million for the LIV major winner and that would be the start of the end of all the traditional majors.
Ill watch Liv. Who really cares
Wasn't Martin Slumbers the d!ck who disinvited Greg Norman from the Open champions dinner a year or two ago? If he's verbally tap dancing around LIV players being invited to the Open, he's trolling us and it's all a big lie, IMO.
Let liv players just play their exhibition golf 🎉
Liv players are not the best players any more
I’ve already quit watching PGA tournaments LIV is more dynamic and interesting to watch!
Imagine if LIV golfers swept all the majors next year 😮. Even if they win 1-2 majors each year. All them ranked outside the top 100 by then
Click bait.
Peter Dawson is in charge of the OWGR and has no involvement in the Open. Martin Slumbers is in charge of the R+A and the Open. The Open has been Open since 1860 and if the LIV players want to play, they can try and qualify like everyone else.
I guess "Q" school will be busy once these contracts expire in LIV…..
The Majors need to remain relevant and independent by playing the best players, the OWGR is already irrelevant, you don't want to have a major champion winning and wondering if Taylor Gooch for example wasn't included would they still have won!!! The Majors should use another ranking system that includes all golfers regardless of tour or even format to some degree.
Wont watch the masters if they allow LIV players, the LIV concept can’t support developing young players in a non competitive guaranteed money environment. That’s besides the sports washing money for murderers, which is EVEN worse.
The majors should have the best players period regardless of the tour they play on.
Very interesting points raised. I believe liv tour is here to stay. It is truly a world wide tour. Golf fans, love it. Just look at the crowds in Australia. A lot of kiwis crossed the ditch for that. I'm sure that the majors, keep a close eye on liv, they say they want the best, so maybe a golf fans, poll, rather than the world ranking points system, should be used. I'm sure that the top 12 of liv, could be qualified for any and all majors.
I don't know what you all have been watching, but on the PGA many top players have moved but the competitiveness of the PGA hasn't really changed. If the competition was so poor wouldn't Rory be winning every tournament? Most players that went to Liv are the whiners that complain all the time. Phil most of all. Goodbye!
Talking rubbish. Liv will sort it out or buy it out.
You are becoming more and more anti Liv — We know without a Merger – Liv will simply spend billions more money recruiting players – rumours of 2 more teams = 8 players plus if any in drop zone are not kept — Endeavor have made a statement their proposals to PGAT were rejected — without Private Equity PGAT cannot afford to keep players if no mergers – virtually all players have a price — No Merger at least 6-8 players brought in — as for Masters 1934 – 1979 all USA winners except Gary Player winning 3 times – Seve 1980 win — then doors opened from close shop – 21 non american wins from 1980 at Masters — the Majors become irrelevant – as Presidents cup rules do — Liv not going away — Pif has Billions to spend – Armaco last year made 161 billion dolars profit goes to Saudi Arabia – the money some goes into PIF — a few billion is nothing in long term — the PGAT becomes a B class tour — even designated events lose views and subs – impacts sponsors and tv deals — liv will grow internationally expand players increase ability to make return on investment
LIV will dilute it's seems obvious to me, they may attract the odd fading star but, both DP and USPGA will always have the young next potential stars in their ranks.