Yosuke Asaji qualified his way in. Scott Vincent qualified too, but he\u2019s also returning.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And Laurie Canter may also be returning, but his move has a surprising feel.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The trio of moves are all part of LIV Golf\u2019s offseason, and more appear to be on the way for the Saudi-backed league that finished its fourth season in August. Below, then, is a look at the news from the past week.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Yosuke Asaji qualifies into LIV Golf\u00a0<\/p>\n
Asaji<\/a> did so by finishing second in the season-long standings<\/a> of the Asian Tour-based International Series. Notably, LIV recently announced<\/a> that two LIV spots would be awarded based on the standings, up from one, and the move appears to be geared toward securing world-ranking points for the league.\u00a0<\/p>\n Who\u2019s Asaji? He\u2019s a 29-year-old pro from Japan who\u2019s played events this year on the Asian Tour, the Japan Tour and the Korea PGA. He\u2019s ranked 237th in the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI was so happy with my wife and my caddie, we were together,\u201d Asaji said Saturday at the PIF Saudi International, the final event of the International Series\u2019 season.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe can get in the LIV event. I was so happy.\u201d<\/p>\n Scott Vincent qualifies into LIV Golf\u00a0<\/p>\n Vincent<\/a> returns to LIV by finishing first in the International Series standings. The 33-year-old pro from Zimbabwe played with LIV from 2022 to \u201924 before being relegated at the end of the \u201824 season.\u00a0<\/p>\n Vincent is currently ranked 156th in the world. At the Saudi International<\/a>, he tied for 42nd.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI woke up at about 4:30, which was two hours before I was hoping to,\u201d Vincent said Saturday. \u201cThen you start playing all the different scenarios in your head, which was not what I was hoping for.<\/p>\n \u201cYeah, I kind of just \u2014 I wanted to come out here and just play freely and give it my best, but yeah, I was nervous. Obviously not knowing and not trying to look at leaderboards, you don\u2019t know how much of a cushion you have. You don\u2019t want to be the guy who\u2019s ahead and loses, all those things.<\/p>\n \u201cOnce I kind of got moving and got into my routine and putting and range work, I definitely did settle down. Yeah, I just didn\u2019t play great today, but obviously the season was enough.\u201d<\/p>\n Is Laurie Canter returning to LIV?<\/p>\n On Friday, the Sports Business Journal\u2019s Josh Carpenter reported<\/a> that Canter will be rejoining LIV \u2014 just a week after he had secured a PGA Tour<\/a> for next year via a top 10 finish in the DP World Tour\u2019s season-long standings.\u00a0<\/p>\n The 36-year-old Englishman played in LIV events from 2022 to \u201924 \u2014 though he played in just two in \u201924 \u2014 then played on the DP World Tour. In March, he also played in the PGA Tour\u2019s Players Championship via his position in the world rankings.\u00a0<\/p>\n Then, he told GOLF\u2019s Josh Schrock this<\/a>:<\/p>\n \u201cI think anyone who plays golf would [like to be a PGA Tour member],\u201d Canter said. \u201cYou look at the event this week, last week I watched and kind of where those Signature Events are going, I mean, if you could engineer, play well enough to where you\u2019ve got your world ranking where you\u2019ve got Signature Events and majors \u2014 what a year that is for a golfer to play those venues with those golfers for that amount of money. It\u2019s incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n But now he appears to be headed back to LIV.\u00a0<\/p>\n Have there been any other LIV-related moves recently?<\/p>\n Yes, there have been a few.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2013 Bunkered\u2019s Ben Parsons recently reported<\/a> that Henrik Stenson will return to the DP World Tour, after playing LIV events from 2022 through the end of this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n