LIV golfers invited to play in 2023 Masters

All eyes will be on the Masters in April. It will be the first time this season that LIV Golf Series golfers will tee up alongside PGA Tour golfers. LIV golfers recently got clearance to enter the Masters.

● Tension between LIV Golf and the PGA Tour.

LIV Golf is financed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and poached several golfers in recent years. Top golfers, such as Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson and Brooks Koepka, defected from the PGA Tour to join the upstart league.

The division has impacted many PGA Tour tournaments. However, the majors have decided to welcome LIV golfers. The Masters is the latest to follow suit after LIV golfers competed in the 2022 U.S. Open and British Open last year.

● Which LIV golfers received invitation to the Masters?

The Masters invited 17 LIV golfers to the annual tournament. The group includes former Masters winners Sergio Garcia, Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson among others

. These are the other LIV golfers invited: Abraham Ancer, Bryson DeChambeau, Talor Gooch, Brooks Koepka, Jason Kokrak, Kevin Na, Joaquin Niemann, Louis Oosthuizen, Thomas Pieters, Patrick Reed, Charl Schwartzel, Cameron Smith, Harold Varner, Bubba Watson.

● LIV golfers who have won the Masters.

There are six LIV golfers that have won the Masters in their careers. Dustin Johnson is the last winner among the LIV Golf contingent. Johnson won in 2020 after setting a tournament record at 20 strokes under par. Other winners include Patrick Reed (2018), Sergio Garcia (2017) and Charl Schawartzel (2011). Meanwhile, Bubba Watson and Phil Mickelson have won the Masters multiple times. Watson is a twotime winner (2012, 2014) and Mickelson has won three times (2004, 2006, 2010) in his career.