Who are the LIV Golf competitors present at the Augusta Masters

At Augusta National Golf Course, 13 of the 86 invited to participate in major play are LIV Golf and the rest are from the PGA Tour. I know who they are.

Augusta Masters (Andrew Redington/Getty Images)

He August Mastersthat It will take place between April 11 and 14will have as a main course the players’ union with a fierce rivalry: PGA Tour and LIV Golf. A sum of 13 players from the Saudi billionaire circuit will attend in the first major of the season to be held on American soil.

In Georgia, United States, the first rivalry of 2024 between the stars of the PGA Tour and the LIV Tour is the battle to win the first Major of the season, which Jon Rahm took it last year and will be looking to defend the title. Furthermore, the Spanish He compared the rivalry between the two circuits to football.

Among the players who make up the league sponsored by the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia and present in Augusta are six Americans, two Spaniards, one Englishman, one Polish, one Chilean, one South African and one Australian.

The first standout is Rahm, who in addition to fighting to get his second green jacket will have the honor of joining the famous Masters champions dinner. The man from Castellón will also be present at the special dinner. Sergio García, winner of the 2017 contest, the greatest major on his record. And the other golfers who complete the list are Tyrrell Hatton (England), Adrian Meronk (Poland), Joaquin Niemann (Chili), Charles Schwartzel (South Africa), and Cameron Smith (Australia).

Jon Rahm, the last winner of the Augusta Masters
Jon Rahm, the last winner of the Augusta Masters

Ángel Cabrera will not play the Augusta Masters: the reasons

El Pato, a golfer who returned to compete in recent months, will not be able to play the Augusta Masters because of complaints by his two former partners for gender violence due to “coercion, minor injuries, intimidation and disobedience to authority.” After serving his sentence, he left Bouwer prison on parole in August 2023 after spending there three years and 10 months after being arrested in Brazil for rape the imposition of not leaving the country.

After leaving prison, the golfer from Córdoba returned to compete in December 2023 in Rosario and, in recent months, even He traveled to Morocco to compete in the Hassan II Trophy. Now, he intends to participate in the Augusta Masters, which will be held from April 11 to 14 (he can participate because he won in 2009). however, The United States has denied him a visa and he cannot travel.

Angel Cabrera
Ángel Cabrera just competed in the Hassan II Trophy in Morocco. (Phil English/Getty Images)

Source: Tycsports

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