There’s an elephant in the room that grows larger by the day as the Ryder Cup nears, and that’s whether the LIV Golf players will be a part of the biennial competition.
Because some of the top U.S. players — such as Brooks Koepka and Dustin Johnson — are not members of the PGA Tour and playing on the LIV Tour, they’re not eligible to accumulate Ryder Cup points, so they would have to be captain’s picks.
“I was talking about that just the other day with some of my vice captains [and] we’re at a point right now where it’s not even a discussion item,’’ Johnson said. “When it comes to picks, it’s not even on my radar.’’ For their part, both Dustin Johnson and Keopka said Wednesday they want to be a part of the Ryder Cup, which takes place at the end of September outside of Rome.
Among the players who resigned are Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter, three of the winningest players in Ryder Cup history.He, too, resigned his European Tour membership.
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