It’s no secret that Major championships often define a golfer’s career, with many going a lifetime without picking up a coveted title. Certainly, they bring the best golfers on the planet together and, just making an appearance in one can be a special achievement.
However, over the past few years, players from the LIV Golf League have found it harder and harder to qualify for the four men’s Majors due to the fact that the League doesn’t have Official World Golf Ranking points, the key aspect for Major qualification. Essentially, the higher your spot in the World Rankings, the more likely you are to qualify.
At the 2023 Masters, for example, 18 LIV Golf stars were eligible but, at this year’s event, just 13 are present at Augusta National. What perhaps is more concerning is that just seven LIV golfers are currently exempt into all four Majors for 2024, which is five less than in 2023 (Abraham Ancer, Adrian Meronk, Joaquin Niemann, Thomas Pieters and Patrick Reed appeared in all four Majors last year).
Below, we take a look at the seven current LIV players who are exempt for all four Major championships in 2024.
Bryson DeChambeau
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The big-hitting American is one of the stars in the LIV Golf League and holds the lowest recorded round on the circuit after firing a 58 at LIV Golf Greenbrier.
A winner of the US Open in 2020, DeChambeau qualifies for all four Major championships via this victory. By claiming his home open, the American received a 10-year exemption into the US Open, as well as a five-year exemption into the Masters, Open Championship and PGA Championship.
Tyrrell Hatton
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Hatton is a member of Jon Rahm‘s Legion XIII GC side and made the switch to LIV Golf at the tail-end of January 2024. Having claimed two team titles in five LIV events, he is yet to pick up an individual title but has finished inside the top-25 of all five tournaments.
Having not won a Major title, yet, Hatton currently qualifies for all four Majors due to his World Ranking which, as of April 2024, is 19th. What’s more, Hatton finished inside the top 30 of the 2023 FedEx Cup playoffs which guaranteed starts in all four Majors for 2024.
Dustin Johnson
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LIV’s individual winner in the League’s maiden season, Johnson is one…
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