EIn this edition of the US Open there are 12 participants who perform in the LIV Golf -13 if we count Rahm, who retired -, the 54-hole league. Of this group, four earned their spot through qualifying tournaments for the United States Open, three of them being Spanish: Sergio García, Eugenio L�pez-Chacarra and David Puig. The fact is that LIV players have only been able to access the third ‘major’ of the course through exemptions due to victories in other tournaments or by playing in the qualifying, but no global v�ar�nking.
With Saudi Arabia’s capital-driven league having fewer major qualifying routes, The USGA, which organizes the US Open and at the same time is one of the two governing institutions of golf, is already thinking about offering the LIV other options. This is, therefore, the first approach to this circuit by an organization with weight in the decisions of its sport.
USGA CEO Mike Whan acknowledged that the situation with the LIV could change: “When the season ends we will talk about whether or not a path is necessary so that some players who are performing very well in LIV can have the opportunity to play.” [el US Open]”. Let us remember that the USGA currently offers waivers to three DP World Tour players and who earned the most points the previous season on the Korn Ferry Tour. “We already do it in the DPWT and the Korn Ferry. We are not a closed door”admiti� Whan.
This measure has to do with the “progress” in negotiations that representatives of the PGA Tour and the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (PIF) had in New York a week ago, who met for three hours in their first face-to-face negotiations in almost three months. According to Mike Whan, he believes that in a matter of three months we will know where world golf is heading and his idea would be to open the US Open to LIV.
