The 2024 edition of The Masters will once again feature many players from LIV Golf, including defending champion Jon Rahm.
However, while there are a total of 13 LIV golfers qualified for The Masters, there are fewer players from the big-money League teeing it up at Augusta National than in 2023. Here are the eight players who were in the field for last year’s event who are absent in 2024.
Abraham Ancer
Abraham Ancer finished T39 at the 2023 tournament
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The Mexican was 20th in the world rankings when he signed for LIV Golf in June 2022, and despite being limited to just two more world ranking appearances over the ensuring six months, he qualified for the 2023 Masters thanks to holding his place in the top 50 at the end of the year.
That earned him a fourth successive appearance at Augusta National and he made up for missing the cut in 2022 with a T39.
By the end of the tournament Ancer was 35th in the rankings, and having played in only five more events offering the points since, he has dropped to World No.209 – far short of the top 50 place he needed to hold the week before the event, and with no special invite or another way to qualify available to him, he misses out.
Talor Gooch
Talor Gooch didn’t receive a special invite to The Masters
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The American has certainly caused a stir since joining LIV Golf, both on and off the course. On it, he has never had a more successful period, with three wins in 2023 enough to earn him the League’s individual championship.
Away from the action, Gooch has also made headlines, most recently with controversial comments suggesting that if Rory McIlroy wins the 2024 Masters, it would need an asterisk due to some LIV golfers missing out because of their low world rankings.
Considering his recent success, Gooch arguably had a case to be considered for a special invite to the tournament, but it wasn’t to be, with only Joaquin Niemann from the circuit appearing via that route.
Last year, Gooch booked his place after playing at the 2022 Tour Championship while his world ranking was also high enough to ensure an invite.
With no PGA Tour access, though, and a current ranking of 550th, Gooch won’t get the chance to improve on his T34 from the 2023 tournament.
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