PGA Tour players shall be allowed to play in the LIV Golf Promotions tournament with out concern of being suspended. The tournament will happen Dec. 8-10 throughout 72 holes at Abu Dhabi Golf Club in the United Arab Emirates. The most sensible 3 finishers on the finish of the contest will earn standing on LIV Golf and be eligible to be drafted through a group for the 2024 season.
“Based on the information publicly available regarding the LIV Golf Promotion event; it is determined to be a qualifying event only and not a part of an unauthorized series,” a PGA Tour spokesman informed Sports Illustrated. “Therefore, the LIV Golf Promotion event is not categorized as an ‘unauthorized tournament.’ This classification is subject to change should the details of the event change.”
While players shall be allowed to play in the qualifying tournament, it does no longer essentially imply they’re going to be allowed to play on LIV Golf in 2024 with out punishment. Since the beginning of LIV Golf in 2022, participants of the PGA Tour had been suspended (or proactively resigned their club) if opting for to take part in a LIV Golf match.
LIV Golf introduced the main points of its pseudo Q-school following the verdict through the Official World Golf Rankings board to no longer award the circuit global rating issues. In addition to the group layout, participant motion in and out of the league was once a few of the problems raised through the OWGR.
LIV Golf Promotions objectives to squash any of the ones considerations. The most sensible 20 players after 18 holes shall be joined through exempt golfers in the second one spherical. Scores will reset and the similar cadence will practice. These 20 players, as smartly as the ones exempt from the primary two days, will get started from scratch and compete in a 36-hole ultimate day with the highest 3 incomes standing on LIV Golf.
This all comes as the PGA Tour and LIV Golf continue to negotiate a deal bringing each underneath the similar umbrella with financing from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. The framework settlement has a closing date of 2 months with some analysts believing that mitigating components will result in the parties missing that deadline.