LIV Golfers Are FURIOUS At US Masters.. Here’s Why
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Even though Augusta Nationals given the green light to livv members for the upcoming Masters tournament their place in it is still not fully confirmed in fact if the league doesn’t find a solution to its owgr problem soon many of its top golfers could actually find themselves missing out on the major
Tournament in today’s video we’re going to talk about the prospects of livv golfers for major tournaments and more so keep watching first off livv golfers might have to fight for spots in the majors it was an emphatic win for the Breakaway League when Augusta National which is the club that runs the Masters
Came out and said it wasn’t going to discriminate against any player based on their allegiance so essentially even if someone was a part of the quote unquote disgraced livv Golf League they could easily step into the Masters Tournament in April and compete for that coveted Green Jacket now that’s great news and
Everything cuz we all want to see stars like cam Smith playing in Augusta but there’s a catch you see while the Masters is now open to the Saudi League’s members this door doesn’t actually guarantee their qualification in fact it doesn’t do anything at all and to really make sure they get into
The major tournaments these golfers will have to fulfill the qualification criteria of course there are a bunch of different routes you could take to get through here like say performing well at the previous tournament or being in the top 50 according to world rankings that’s the thing though while some of
These stars like Smith are going to walk in because they’ve won stuff over the past couple of years a lot of livv golf members could find themselves missing out on major qualification because well the league doesn’t have the ow gr’s approval yet so they’ve been gradually
Dropping down the order so much so that some of them aren’t even in the to 50 anymore and that folks is where things start to get tricky for them up next Who’s good to go at major events all right before we talk about the people who’ve got to start working to earn
Their place in the top 50 let’s look at some livv golf stars who are safe from The Perils of disqualification of course this includes the majority of top players you’d expect to see at the Masters and other Majors for instance Cameron Smith joined livv golf late into
The first season and his sense only dropped one place to number three that said even if he were to somehow slip out of the top 50 which is an impossible thing right now in and of itself he’d still be in good shape why because he won the British Open last year so he’s
Essentially got a lifetime invitation to St Andrews plus he can also enter the other major championships for the next 5 years likewise even though Dustin Johnson’s dropped all the way down to number 38 in the world rankings his 2020 win at Augusta National means he’s all set for most of the major tournaments
Until 2025 what’s more his 2016 US Open win also extends his invitation there through 2026 what’s more Ron Des Shambo who’s now definitively out of the top 50 at number 58 is still safe for the next few years thanks to his victory at the 2020 US Open not to mention Patrick Reed
Who dropped from 25th down to rank 66 in 2022 is also set for at least one more year of British Open exemption thanks to his 2018 Masters win coming up which livv stars are going to cut it Loose of course the majority of livv golf players
Haven’t won any major event at all in recent history so they’ve got to make sure they’re in the top 50 by that cut C off point to qualify W Neeman for starters is sort of comfortable at number 22 and is safe for the Masters but like most other people on this list
He’s got no major wins to fall back on so it’s going to be interesting to see where he falls for the rest of the major tournaments though usually the PGA Championship tends to take the top 100 while the US Open goes for the top 60
Golfers in the world so all he needs to do is make sure he performs well at some of the other non-li competitions and not fall too far behind Abraham aner is also in a pretty similar spot as he’s current ly sitting at number 30 and is safe for
The Masters plus he’s also got automatic qualification for the PGA Championship thanks to his T9 finish in 2022 but again he’s going to have to stay on top of his game for the other Majors other than that Harold Varner III has an invitation to the Masters this year
Though nothing else is guaranteed and players like Jason kokra Kevin Na and Louis Hosten will all have to compete in other events for a shot at the major events cuz they’re way too close to the edge to be considered safe right now not to mention things could change at any
Time you would have probably noticed by now that we haven’t mentioned a few of the League’s biggest names yet like Phil Mickelson well that’s because a lot of these players have lifetime invitations to these Majors after winning them multiple times mikkelson Garcia schwarzel Johnson and Reed are all going
To be present at Augusta National even if they’re completely wiped off the world rankings the same can be said for other players like ker and kop KATU who are set for both the PGA championships and the US Open and on that same note we have Henrik Stenson and Lou Hosten
Competing for life at the Open Championship apart from some of the names we’ve already mentioned oh and obviously a lot of these players overlap these events too for instance lefties got a lifetime membership to three out of the four major tournaments the point is we’re probably going to see all the
Top players at the majors that being said you never know when these events change their criteria in fact in the August statement that confirmed livv golfer entry Augusta Nationals chairman Fred Ridley even said that they’re going to continue to evaluate their position and criteria as time goes on on and
There’s a good chance that we’ll see some sort of change after the tournament this year now whether that benefits the Saudi League members or makes it harder for them to qualify from 2024 remains to be seen for now time is definitely running out and livv needs to make sure
Its players are focused on their game rather than worrying about the owgr status now for Tiger Woods measuring stick event all right time for a bit of a change of pace cuz even though we’d love to go on all day about major qualifications in the world rankings the
Thing is that this issue isn’t going to get resolved anytime soon Tiger Wood’s Fitness on the other hand has been more of a weekly thing lately after all ever since his horror crash a couple of years ago he’s not been able to play the game properly in fact he even said recently
That he’s probably coming to the end of his career as even though he’s got no problem with hitting the shots his injured leg just doesn’t allow him to walk across the course anymore oh and yeah we know some events allowed him to use a cart but it’s still a challenging
Affair for the legend now earlier in 2022 wood said his goal these days is to play in just the major tournaments and maybe a few more PG tour events but there’s also another way to see just how much he’s going to play the hero challenge the competition’s been Woods
Measuring stick for a while now and it has sort of determined how his year will go seriously when he plays well there we know we’re in for a treat for the rest of the year and this trend goes all the way back to 2015 so what about 2023 well
Sadly he sort of withdrew from the event citing his ankle injury meaning it’s not a great start still if you need some help he did compete in the match and PNC Championship although with a cart following up the Pip’s F print now even though Woods might end up pulling out of
More events than he’d like this year at least he’s still making big bucks on the tour right of course we’re talking about the player IMPACT Program which rewards the most popular tour members for well being popular and to no one’s surprise Woods won the 2022 grand prize meaning
He’s guaranteed a $15 million bonus oh and yeah the PIP benefits another 22 players on top of that too with each of them being paid a substantial amount of money sounds great right well turns out there’s a teeny tiny catch apparently there’s a fine print line within the PIP
Regulations that essentially says that the money won’t be paid all at once instead players will only get a 25% cut of this prize in January and if they want to get the rest of the 75% then they’ve got to fulfill three extra pip obligations yeah we know Classic Lottery
Tactic that said the obligations aren’t as bad as you’d think first you’ve got to take part in one pip service event which could be a social event or an autograph session then you’ve got a pip designated tournament which means some less popular event picked by the tour
And finally you’ve got to be a part of the tour’s elevated events which already have bigger prize pools here’s the good news though not only can the players opt out of one event for personal or professional reasons but they also won’t be penalized for missing anything through injury so rest assured Woods
Will get all his money finally what does the future have in store for livv golfers now back to our big question will the owgr situation be resolved anytime soon well there’s definitely been some movement recently for instance the Authority just approved a Mexican development tour which also has a
Shorter format like livv golf for its ranking points so if Norman went knocking on the ranking body’s door again and pleaded his case we’re sure they’d be willing to make some sort of concessions though he’d probably want to hurry cuz the league is about to start
In just under a couple of months that’s a wrap for this video should livv golf members worry about major qualification and their rankings let us know in the comments below make sure to give this video a thumbs up and subscribe to our channel for more videos like this see
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