Six players who lost their PGA Tour cards have been handed a reprieve following the latest round of defections to LIV Golf.
Last week half a dozen more players – including world No.2 Cam Smith – jumped ship to the Saudi-backed rebel tour.
Marc Leishman, Anirban Lahiri, Cameron Tringale, Harold Varner III and Joaquin Niemann joined Smith in ditching the established circuit, earning themselves indefinite bans in the process.
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Fortunately for six other stars, the newly-created spaces meant they moved inside the top 125 on the points list for 2021/22. They now have full status for the new season, which begins next week, and are guaranteed entry into the PLAYERS Championship.
Keep reading to find out who they are…
Matt Wallace
Now playing most of his golf in the US, Wallace had a good start to the season with a tie for fourth at the ZOZO Championship. But he found things tougher after that, eventually finishing 136th in the FedEx Cup standings.
Austin Smotherman
Smotherman will be the most grateful of the six. Needing a par on the final hole of the second round at the Wyndham Championship to make the cut and guarantee his card, he made a double-bogey to lose his status – or so he thought.
Justin Lower
It wasn’t…
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