Yosuke Asaji qualified his way in. Scott Vincent qualified too, but he’s also returning.<\/p>\n
And Laurie Canter may also be returning, but his move has a surprising feel.<\/p>\n
The trio of moves are all part of LIV Golf’s 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.<\/p>\n
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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.<\/p>\n Who’s Asaji? He’s a 29-year-old pro from Japan who’s played events this year on the Asian Tour, the Japan Tour and the Korea PGA. He’s ranked 237th in the world.<\/p>\n “I was so happy with my wife and my caddie, we were together,” Asaji said Saturday at the PIF Saudi International, the final event of the International Series’ season.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n “We can get in the LIV event. I was so happy.”<\/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 ’24 before being relegated at the end of the \u201824 season.<\/p>\n Vincent is currently ranked 156th in the world. At the Saudi International<\/a>, he tied for 42nd.<\/p>\n “I woke up at about 4:30, which was two hours before I was hoping to,” Vincent said Saturday. “Then you start playing all the different scenarios in your head, which was not what I was hoping for.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n “Yeah, I kind of just – 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 “Once 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.”<\/p>\n Is Laurie Canter returning to LIV?<\/p>\n On Friday, the Sports Business Journal’s Josh Carpenter reported<\/a> that Canter will be rejoining LIV – just a week after he had secured a PGA Tour<\/a> for next year via a top 10 finish in the DP World Tour’s season-long standings.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n The 36-year-old Englishman played in LIV events from 2022 to ’24 – though he played in just two in ’24 – then played on the DP World Tour. In March, he also played in the PGA Tour’s Players Championship via his position in the world rankings.<\/p>\n Then, he told GOLF’s Sean Zak this<\/a>:<\/p>\n “I think anyone who plays golf would [like to be a PGA Tour member],” Canter said. “You 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’ve got your world ranking where you’ve got Signature Events and majors – what a year that is for a golfer to play those venues with those golfers for that amount of money. It’s incredible.”<\/p>\n But now he appears to be headed back to LIV.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Have there been any other LIV-related moves recently?<\/p>\n Yes, there have been a few.<\/p>\n \u2013 Bunkered’s 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.<\/p>\n \u2013 On Tuesday, Victor Perez withdrew from the PGA Tour’s RSM Classic, and he joined LIV<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2013 Two other players will join LIV following play at its Promotions event, set for Jan. 8 to 11 in Florida.<\/p>\n The post LIV Golf picks up two pros. And another may be surprisingly returning<\/a> appeared first on Golf<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yosuke Asaji qualified his way in. Scott Vincent qualified too, but he’s also returning. 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