Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley says the Masters is unlikely to make any changes to its eligibility criteria for next year’s tournament. That means fewer players from LIV Golf will be competing in the year’s first major. Only past Masters champions and recent major champions are eligible among current LIV players.
MELBOURNE, Australia — The Masters is unlikely to make any changes to its eligibility criteria for next year’s tournament, Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley said Thursday, which means fewer players from LIV Golf will be competing in the year’s first major.
“As you recall last year, there was some speculation as to whether or not we would invite LIV golfers, and we stayed true to our qualification criteria and we invited everyone who was eligible,” Ridley said at Royal Melbourne Golf Club, host of this week’s Asia-Pacific Amateur.
No one else on the Saudi-funded tour is inside the top 50 in the world, including Talor Gooch, its season champion.
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