Undoubtedly, the PGA Tour would have loved the Masters to make a bold, decisive show of support and ban any golfer who is competing in the rival, Saudi-backed LIV Golf tour from receiving an invitation to compete for a green jacket in 2023 and beyond.
Augusta National doesn’t really operate that way, though, especially under its current leadership. It’s never been one to be told what to do, or pressured into what to do, or even influenced into what to do.
"Regrettably, recent actions have divided men's professional golf by diminishing the virtues of the game and the meaningful legacies of those who built it," Ridley said."Although we are disappointed in these developments, our focus is to honor the tradition of bringing together a preeminent field of golfers this coming April.
That includes past champions who receive lifetime exemptions — Phil Mickeson, Bubba Watson, Dustin Johnson, Sergio Garcia, Patrick Reed and Charl Schwartzel. Yet while this is a victory of sorts for LIV Golf, which didn’t want its biggest names locked out of the most anticipated tournament of the year played on the most famed course in the United States, it’s not like the PGA Tour is a complete loser here.Those grandfathered in are grandfathered in, but as the years go on and if other majors either ban LIV players or the players skills and competitiveness fade due to life on the richer, but less-pressurized tour, they will no longer be invited.
Moreover, the Masters expressed dismay at the conflict and essentially threatened that it could change the 2024 invitation guidelines at an announcement this April.
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