LIV signs amateur Caleb Surratt and adds Tyrrell Hatton
One of the top amateurs in the world is joining LIV Golf.
Caleb Surratt, a sophomore at Tennessee, is turning professional and will join Jon Rahm’s team ahead of LIV Golf’s season opener at Mayakoba in Mexico, which begins Friday. LIV announced the news Tuesday when it announced Rahm’s team Legion XIII.
Joining Rahm’s Legion XIII with Surratt will be Tyrrell Hatton, ranked 16th in the world, and Kieran Vincent, who was one of three players to qualify for the league via the LIV Golf Promotions event.
Surratt, ranked 10th in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, was a member of the 2023 Walker Cup team and won the individual SEC Championship as a freshman last spring. He was named a Golfweek firstteam All-America selection, the first in Tennessee history, and was tabbed SEC Freshman of the Year.
In four events with the Volunteers in the fall, Surratt had a 69.00 stroke average in 10 rounds and a second-place finish at the Fighting Irish Classic.
Hatton tied for 14th at The Sentry and tied for 13th at The American Express on the PGA Tour this month.
Surratt is the second member of the 2023 Walker Cup team to turn pro, joining Nick Dunlap, who will also make his debut this week at the PGA Tour’s 2024 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Dunlap became the first amateur to win on the PGA Tour since Phil Mickelson in 1991 at The American Express in La Quinta, California.
Surratt is not the first highranking amateur to join LIV Golf. During the league’s inaugural season, former Arizona State golfer David Puig joined the league when he was ranked ninth in WAGR. Puig is now on Sergio Garcia’s team.
Then, Eugenio Chacarra left Oklahoma State and won in his fifth start at 2022 LIV Golf Thailand.