5 PGA Tour stars LIV Golf makes a vibrant suggestion to sign as Ryder …..war….
5 PGA Tour stars LIV Golf makes a vibrant suggestion to sign as Ryder …..war….
LIV Golf have been able to lure in some of the PGA Tour’s biggest names since forming in June 2022, and there is no doubt they have plans to poach more moving forward
From Phil Mickelson to Jon Rahm and Brooks Koepka to Dustin Johnson, LIV Golf have managed to bring in some of the sport’s biggest names from their PGA Tour rivals.
Rahm became the latest mega-money signing to make the Saudi switch, after the Spaniard signed a reported record-breaking deal worth £450 million. He was later joined by his Ryder Cup teammate Tyrrell Hatton, and with the addition of DP World Tour Player of The Year Adrian Meronk, it proved to be a succesful offseason for the breakaway league.
Moving forward though, there is no doubt the Saudi-backed series have plans to only improve their roster, having gone from strength to strength since its debut event at Centurion in June 2022. A whole host of big names have been linked with signing on the dotted line with Greg Norman and co, and here is a look at five who the Saudi bosses would no doubt be keen to add to their membership.
One man who appears to be at the top of the LIV Golf wish list is one of the PGA Tour’s most prized assets in Viktor Hovland. The Norwegian has announced himself as one of the world’s leading players in recent seasons, topping things off by being crowned FedEx Cup champion in 2023.
Hovland himself sounded off on making the Saudi switch at the end of the last campaign, but did vent his frustration at the PGA Tour’s commissioner Jay Monahan over the handling of the LIV saga. Whilst his loyalties remain with the Tour, a report from the Guardian this week revealed Hovland is still a key target for Norman and his team.
Hovland’s Ryder Cup partner in Ludvig Aberg has only been on the LIV Golf radar amid his rapid rise over the past year. Aberg is golf’s hottest star, having gone from amateur to the seventh-best player in the world rankings in the space of 10 months.
He only strengthened his position among the world’s best last week, after marking his Masters and major debut at with a runner-up finish at Augusta National. And even prior to his recent run, LIV appeared to have already spotted the talents of the Swede, with Aberg revealing he had turn down the breakaway league on two occasions in 2023.