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Six more golfers announced that they would be joining the Saudi-financed LIV Golf Tour this morning. The most notable names among the newest PGA TOUR defectors include Australian World No. 2 golfer Cameron Smith, who won the 2022 Open Championship, and Chilean World No. 19 Joaquin Niemann.
They will join household names such as Phil Mickelson, Brooks Koepka, and Dustin Johnson at the Boston LIV Golf Invitational this week, the fourth 54-hole tournament in the league’s inaugural year.
By announcing this transition, these golfers are effectively resigning their PGA TOUR membership for the time being, as PGA commissioner Jay Monahan has suspended all LIV golfers from competing in PGA TOUR events.
This defection comes just days after the end of the 2021-22 season, capped off by a Rory McIlroy victory at the TOUR Championship, as well as an announcement from the PGA TOUR that they would be expanding a lineup of elevated tournaments for top players this coming season, complete with purses valued around $20 million.
Here is the complete field for the Boston LIV Golf Invitational teeing off Friday, September 2.
2022 LIV Golf Invitational Boston field
2022 LIV Golf Boston Field
Player |
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Player |
Abraham Ancer |
Eugenio Chacarra |
Branden Grace |
Matt Jones |
Sihwan Kim |
Anirban Lahiri |
Jediah Morgan |
Louis Oosthuizen |
Pat Perez |
Patrick Reed |
Hudson Swafford |
Scott Vincent |
Conarmed Players |
Richard Bland |
Laurie Canter |
Bryson Dechambeau |
Sergio Garcia |
Sam Horsfield |
Charles Howell Iii |
Sadom Kaewkanjana |
Brooks Koepka |
Martin Kaymer |
Chase Koepka |
Marc Leishman |
Graeme Mcdowell |
Kevin Na |
Joaquin Niemann |
Wade Ormsby |
Carlos Ortiz |
Turk Pettit |
James Piot |
Char Schwartzel |
Cameron Smith |
Cameron Tringale |
Peter Uihlein |
Lee Westwood |
Bernd Wiesberger |
Paul Casey |
Talor Gooch |
Dustin Johnson |
Phachara Khongwatmai |
Jason Kokrak |
Phil Mickelson |
Shaun Norris |
Adrian Otaegui |
Ian Poulter |
Henrik Stenson |
Harold Varner Ill |
Matthew Wolff |