There are 13 LIV Golfers in The Masters field this year, which is five fewer than 2023.
The number has reduced due to the Saudi PIF-backed league not having access to world ranking points, meaning the field is mostly made up of Major champions, PGA Tour winners and those inside the world’s top 50.
The likes of Sergio Garcia, Phil Mickelson and defending champion Jon Rahm are amongst the LIV Golfers to have won The Masters, while Major champions like Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau and Cameron Smith are also qualified.
This year’s two-time LIV winner, and arguably one of golf’s most in-form players, Joaquin Niemann received a special invite into the field but plenty of big name LIV golfers will be watching at home due to missing the entry qualification criteria.
We take a look at the big LIV Golf names missing this week’s Masters…
Big Name LIV Golfers Not In The 2024 Masters
Louis Oosthuizen
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The South African famously made an albatross on the par 5 2nd in 2012, where he eventually lost to Bubba Watson in ‘that’ playoff where the left-hander hit a sensational hooked wedge shot from the trees.
Oosthuizen won back-to-back DP World Tour titles towards the end of last year – the Alfred Dunhill Championship and Mauritius Open – but it wasn’t enough to move him inside the world’s top 50 or receive an invite like Niemann did.
It means the 2010 Open champion, who has runner-up finishes in all four Majors, is missing his first Masters in 16 years.
Talor Gooch
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The 2023 LIV Golf League individual champion picked up the $18m title and won three times but hasn’t been able to qualify for Augusta due to LIV’s lack of world ranking points.
Gooch recently made headlines after suggesting that a McIlroy grand slam win could require an ‘asterisk’ due to the number of LIV players missing.
The Oklahoman has played in the last two Masters, finishing T14 on his debut in 2022 and T34 last year.
Abraham Ancer
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The Mexican star recently captured his first LIV Golf League title in Hong Kong, where he made birdie in a playoff to defeat Cameron Smith and Paul Casey.
Ancer, who is also a WGC winner as well as a past Australian Open and Saudi International champion, is missing his first Masters since 2019 and faces a…
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