Golfers who play on the Saudi-backed breakaway LIV Golf tour shall be allowed in america Ryder Cup group, the PGA of America has introduced.
LIV gamers may even have the ability to compete on the PGA Championship.
Golfers should be members of the PGA of America to be thought-about for the Ryder Cup and the physique has now added LIV to its record of “permitted excursions”, giving these gamers membership.
“Going ahead, all LIV Golf gamers are eligible for the PGA Championship and any American participant who qualifies for the Ryder Cup on factors or is added to the US group as a captain’s decide is eligible to compete,” the physique stated.
LIV’s Brooks Koepka was included within the US group for the biennial match in opposition to Europe as a wildcard decide final yr, however solely due to a grace interval that was in place following golf’s break up.
The PGA and Europe’s DP World Tour introduced a “framework settlement” for a merger with Saudi Arabia’s Public Funding Fund – which backs LIV – final yr. Nonetheless talks are nonetheless ongoing to restore the fracture in males’s golf.
LIV gamers can qualify for the European group however they should have retained their membership of the DP World Tour and performed in 4 of the organisation’s occasions.
They could incur penalties for enjoying on the LIV tour with no waiver from the European tour, however stay eligible in the event that they settle these sanctions.
The Ryder Cup between Europe and america shall be performed at Bethpage Black in New York subsequent September.