IronHeads captain Kevin Na remains “pretty confident” that LIV golfers will be offered a route into all four Major championships “in the near future” and says that, if it was up to him, that pathway would involve any winner of a 54-hole tournament.
Currently, the LIV Golf League is unable to offer its players direct exemptions to any of the unifying events in men’s golf. However, several stars of the PIF-backed circuit have featured in the quartet of high-profile tournaments as a result of either past achievements or, in a handful of cases, special invitations.
Yet, the likes of Joaquin Niemann and any of the other younger talents who do not have long-running exemptions on their side are aware that annual invites are far from guaranteed.
With discussions over a merger between the PGA Tour, LIV Golf League, and DP World Tour continuing without a resolution as of yet, the future of the Majors remains unclear – especially for those in the 54-hole competition.
Heading into the 2025 campaign, the IronHeads‘ leader insists he has not heard any concrete information about when – or even if – that might change, but believes it is only a matter of time until all four Majors feature the top LIV players once more.
Niemann won the 2023 Australian Open to earn a 2024 Open Championship spot
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Speaking to Golf Monthly, Na said: “I haven’t heard exactly what’s going to happen, but I’m pretty confident that – in the near future – we will get exemptions to Majors.
“It just has to happen because there are too many good players playing out here. I know the Major champions are exempt, but – eventually – guys will run out of exemptions.
“The Majors want the best players to play. Obviously, the Majors are successful either way, but they want the best competition. And in order to do that, you have to invite the best players in the world. You saw Joaquin [Niemann] get a bunch of invites last year – that was just the beginning.
“I think, eventually, we will have a criteria from our League with a pathway straight to the Major championships, I’m not too concerned about that.”
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