LIV Golf invites go out for London event; draft, field criteria listed
LIV Golfing previous week announced an eight-celebration invitational sequence that commences in June with a tournament in London. On Thursday, invitations have been sent to probable gamers for that opening party.
The invitation was despatched to quite a few PGA Tour gamers with a url to sign-up “for the option to be considered.” Candidates will be verified centered on qualification requirements, and formal invitations will be sent in Might.
The 54-gap party will characteristic 48 gamers on 12 four-guy teams and a $20 million unique purse. Requirements will be dependent on top players in earnings or details from the Asian Tour (a few), DP Planet Tour (three) and PGA Tour (3) adopted by the best two players from the PGA Tour Australasia, Sunshine Tour and Japan Golfing Tour (six), the top a few players from the Asian Tour’s global series and top 22 players from the earth ranking.
The invite also observed that players would not have to dedicate to foreseeable future functions in get to compete in London. A snake draft will be held June 7 as the 12 staff captain will fill out their rosters.
LIV Golfing Invitational Collection set to start in June
It stays to be observed if any Tour gamers concur to be a component of the Saudi-backed series, which in accordance to various resources is a scaled down variation of LIV Golf’s first tremendous league plans. Two months back at TPC Sawgrass, Tour commissioner Jay Monahan doubled down on the notion that gamers would not be allowed to enjoy equally the Tour and LIV Golf events.
“I’m self-assured in our rules and laws, my skill to administer them, and that is my posture on the make any difference,” Monahan reported. “We’re assured in our situation.”
The opening party for the invitational collection will be held June 9-11 at the Centurion Golfing Club followed an event in Portland (July 1-3), New Jersey (July 29-31), Boston (Sept. 2-4), Chicago (Sept. 16-18), Bangkok (Oct. 7-9) and Saudi Arabia (Oct. 14-16) with a crew championship scheduled for Oct. 28-30.
