LIV Golf has been up and running for three seasons now, and still without Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) points it’s getting harder for players to qualify automatically for the Majors.
Winning or performing well in golf’s big four tournaments is the main route to continued entry into them, outside of entering qualifying events for the US Open and Open Championship.
Given all that, it’s not a huge surprise that there aren’t too many LIV Golf players who are already qualified for the four Majors to be played in 2025 – with just five of them in fact guaranteed spots in the premier golf events in the globe.
And as you’d expect all five are only in all four 2025 Majors due to previously winning one of the big ones. Let’s check them out.
Bryson DeChambeau
Bryson DeChambeau’s thrilling victory over Rory McIlroy at Pinehurst No.2 not only gave him a second US Open title but also rebooted his exemptions into all four Major tournaments.
The US Open is the stingiest Major with its exemption for winners, as DeChambeau gets just a 10-year free pass to keep on competing – but he also gets the usual five-year exemption into the other three Majors as well.
So we’ll be seeing a lot more of DeChambeau in the Majors in the next few years.
Brooks Koepka
Another recent Major champion, Brooks Koepka is still early on in his five-year Major exemption from winning the 2023 PGA Championship.
You wouldn’t bet against someone with his big-game expertise landing another one in the next few years either – but he’s got until 2027 when he’ll play the final Open of his current exemption.
The 2028 Masters is currently the final one from that 2023 PGA Championship win, while the 2028 US Open will be his last under the exemption he got for his last win in the event in 2018.
Jon Rahm
The 2023 Masters winner can obviously play at Augusta for life having won a Green Jacket – and his US Open exemption for winning that Major won’t expire until after the 2031 event.
For the Open and PGA Championship, Rahm is exempt until 2028 as part of the regular-five-year pass for winning a Major.
Again, though, with a player like Rahm you fancy him to land another Major at some point – or even at least grab a high enough finish in his final Open or…
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