Exodus to LIV Golf

Six new players, including Australian Cameron Smith (recent British Open champion), have announced they will join the breakaway circuit, the Saudi-funded LIV Golf Series. Smith, ranked second in the world, will be the highest-ranked player to participate in a competition organized by LIV. He will be in an invitational tournament in Boston (September 2-4). In the Boston test, in addition to Cameron Smith, five other men will debut in a LIV test: the also Australian Marc Leishman, the Chilean Joaquín Niemann (19th in the world), the Americans Harol Varner III (46th) and Cameron Tringale (55th) , as well as the best Indian golfer, Anirban Lahiri (92nd), according to the statement published by LIV. The LIV Golf circuit, launched at the beginning of June, has already attracted numerous professional golfers from the historic circuit, with 25 million dollars in prize money for each of its tournaments. Big names like Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka, Sergio Garcia, Henrik Stenson, Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter, Patrick Reed and Dustin Johnson made the switch.

Source: Ambito

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