Does LIV Golf have its new next big name signed for the breakaway series? According to reports in The Guardian and Sky Sports, it does as the Saudi-backed league will announce that four-time Major winner Brooks Koepka is joining ahead of the second LIV Golf Invitational event next week at Pumpkin Ridge outside of Portland.
PGA Tour players must ask for a waiver to play in outside events, and with an application deadline of 45 days prior to a tournament, the last day a golfer could make a request is April 25.
After insulting the Saudi Government and openly admitting he was using the now named LIV Golf Invitational Series as leverage against the PGA Tour’s “obnoxious greed”, you might have thought Phil Mickelson would be persona non grata to the breakaway league.
Callaway and Workday have joined the list of sponsors who are distancing themselves from Phil Mickelson after his controversial statements and involvement with a prospective Saudi-backed golf league.
LIV Golf investments CEO Greg Norman chastised PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and warned “This is just the beginning” in a strongly worded letter distributed Friday.
Australian Golf Digest
