Two-time major championDustin Johnson has resigned his membership of the PGA Tour in order to play in a golf tournament in Saudi Arabia.
The former world number one will be playing all eight events of the series.
In his career, Johnson has won 74 million dollars.
He said that he doesn't want to play for the rest of his life and that he wants to do what he wants to do.
The 2020 Masters champion is giving up his chance to play in the Ryder Cup in order to quit thePGA Tour.
He won all five of his matches in last year's record 19-9 victory against Europe in the biennial competition.
He said the Ryder Cup meant a lot to him, but he decided it was best for him and his family to not compete.
At some point it will change and I will get a chance to do that again.
If someone wants to play for the US in the Ryder Cup, they will need to be a member of thePGA of America.
The 2016 US Open champion, who said in February that he was committed to the PGA Tour, has since changed his mind.
The world number simply said that it was best for him and his family. I quit my membership on the tour.
I cannot comment on how the Tour will handle it. Hopefully, they're going to allow us to play.
I am exempt for the majors so I plan on playing there.
Two years ago, Johnson won the Masters and was given a lifetime exemption to play in the tournament. He qualified for the national championship for 10 years after winning the US Open. He gets a five-year exemption for The Open and USPGA Championship after winning the Masters.
The Open Championship and US Open would have to include a clause to disinvite any players competing in the LIV Golf events.
After a four-month break from the game, six-time major champion Phil Mickelson will return to competition.
The American hasn't played since his biographer published controversial comments about the Saudi funded events. He is going to speak to the media.
The 48 men in the field for the event on the outskirts of London this week have all resigned their memberships in the American circuit.
The golfer from Northern Ireland did not want to get in a legal situation with the tour.
Four years after holing the winning putt, he was a member of the team that played in the Ryder Cup. He was a vice-captain in both the winning and losing teams in Paris.
The European side will be captained by the US Open winner when the event is held in the Republic of Ireland in 2027.
I weighed up the pros and cons of coming out here before I made the decision. He hopes it doesn't affect that.
The players on the European Tour have done a lot for the product and it would be a shame if they weren't invited back.
Is it good for the sport. This tour is intended to be an add-on to other tours.
They are all at the same place this week.
The winner of this first event will get $4m in prize money, which is the most on British soil.
Every leg of the series will have the same $25 million prize fund, which is more than the richest tournament on the PGA Tour.
There will be a team and individual competition with captains selecting three players in a draft-style format. The teams of four will play each other at the same time on different holes in what is called a'shotgun start'.
Each event's individual winner will take home $4m - by way of comparison, the PGA Tour's flagship event, the Players Championship, earned Cameron Smith $3.6m for his victory in March.
The eighth and final event, at Trump National Doral in Miami in October, will feature a $50 million knockout tournament. Each of the four players on the winning team will get 25% of the prize money.
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