{"id":1551167,"date":"2023-02-22T14:58:33","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T19:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1551167"},"modified":"2023-02-22T14:58:35","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T19:58:35","slug":"2-liv-golf-players-2-pga-tour-players-lose-expected-spots-the-open-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/2-liv-golf-players-2-pga-tour-players-lose-expected-spots-the-open-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"2 LIV Golf Players and 2 PGA Tour Players Lose Their Expected Spots at The Open Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
A few months after saying that there were no plans to ban anyone from golf's oldest major championship, the R&A announced this week that all eligible LIV Golf<\/a> players will be allowed to participate in the 2023 edition of The Open Championship<\/a>, which will be contested at historic Royal Liverpool in July. <\/p>\n\n\n\n That list, of course, includes defending champion Cameron Smith, who shot a final-round 64 last year at St. Andrews to capture the Claret Jug, claiming his first major championship. Also eligible from the Saudi-backed circuit through various categories are Richard Bland, Bryson DeChambeau, Talor Gooch, Dustin Johnson<\/a>, Brooks Koepka, Phil Mickelson<\/a>, Joaquin Niemann, Louis Oosthuizen, Thomas Pieters, Patrick Reed, and Henrik Stenson. <\/p>\n\n\n\n However, a pair of LIV Golf players expecting exemptions to The Open Championship this year will now have to find another way to Royal Liverpool as the R&A has changed specific criteria. The same can also be said for a pair of PGA Tour players. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In years past, those who played on either a Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup team were given automatic exemptions into The Open Championship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n However, in the same announcement in which the R&A declared that eligible LIV Golf players would be permitted to play at Royal Liverpool, it was also announced that the Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup exemptions are no longer part of the qualifying criteria. <\/p>\n\n\n\n And that removal immediately affected four players, two from LIV Golf and two from the PGA Tour<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\nTwo LIV Golf players and two PGA Tour players have lost their expected exemptions to The Open Championship<\/h2>\n\n\n\n