Phil Mickelson believes LIV Golf will continue applying pressure to golf's major championships to open up qualifying pathways for players on the breakaway league by signing more elite talents
Phil Mickelson believes the major championships will have no choice but to cave under pressure from LIV Golf as the breakaway tour continues to add top players to its roster.
While the aforementioned trio are assured of their place at the PGA Championship at Valhalla later this month thanks to major wins in the past five years, the likes of Sergio Garcia, Talor Gooch, Louis Oosthuizen and Abraham Ancer will not be in the field in Kentucky despite their undeniable talent and pedigree.
"Maybe some of the LIV players won't be missed, but what if none of the LIV players played?" Mickelson said in a since-deleted post on X addressing the absence of some of the tour's star players at Valhalla. Mickelson's assumption that LIV will continue to sign top players is well-founded. The league was successful in ambitious attempts to sign European Ryder Cup stars Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton ahead of the start of its third season, and commissioner Greg Norman is confident he can snap up more of the PGA Tour's biggest names in the future.
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