
(Smith, Pereira and Johnson would also get in from being top 50 in 2022 OWGR.)Īnd finally, any golfer who made it to the Tour Championship field in the previous year receives an invite, which is Talor Gooch’s ticket through the gates.

Seven LIV golfers qualify based on being inside the top 50 in the final Official World Golf Rankings from the previous calendar year. The top-four finishers and ties from the previous year’s PGA Championship qualify, which gets Pereira in despite his disastrous 18th hole at Southern Hills. The same criteria is also true of the Open Championship, which means that the current Champion Golfer of the Year, Cameron Smith (2022), got his invitation to Georgia in the mail.

Koepka would also gain an exemption from his previous PGA Championship victory in 2019. Both Koepka (2018) and DeChambeau (2020) are still within that window. Open in the previous four years also receives an invitation. News Want drama? The 2023 Masters guarantees it with LIV golfers sharing the stage By:Īnyone who has won the U.S.
