{"id":225001,"date":"2025-10-19T17:05:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T17:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/225001\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T17:05:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T17:05:14","slug":"report-manager-of-pga-tour-winner-insists-no-validity-in-liv-golf-rumour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/225001\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Manager of PGA Tour winner insists “no validity” in LIV Golf rumour"},"content":{"rendered":"

Min Woo Lee’s manager has denied there is any suggestion the Australian PGA Tour<\/a> golfer is close to agreeing a deal with LIV Golf, according to a report.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The PIF-backed breakaway is on the hunt for new additions ahead of their fourth full campaign which kicks off under the lights next February in Saudi Arabia.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Six full-time LIV players were relegated last season. Among those LIV<\/a> need to replace are former Open champion Henrik Stenson and multiple PGA Tour winner Anthony Kim.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kim made a sensational return to the sport in 2023 after more than a decade away from professional golf and despite attempts to arrest his slump finished the 2025 campaign in the dreaded drop zone.\u00a0<\/p>\n

LIV changed their rules this year, stating that relegated golfers were no longer allowed to make a “business case” to remain. It’s widely assumed the change was made so LIV could finally secure world ranking points.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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In recent weeks, there has been speculation about a number of PGA and DP World Tour golfers that LIV are said to be targeting.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tony Finau, Tom Kim, Jason Day, Marco Penge and the Danish Hojgaard brothers have been linked.<\/p>\n

Day previously revealed his manager was told directly by LIV officials that he was too injury-prone to join.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Finau is said to have agreed a deal last season, only for it to collapse at the eleventh hour. Penge is understood to be very happy about the chance to compete on the PGA Tour.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Penge has already confirmed<\/a> that he will be moving to the United States to chase his dream after securing his first PGA Tour card via the Race to Dubai.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The aforementioned Lee, who won his first PGA Tour title in March at the Texas Children’s Houston Open, has also been mentioned.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lee’s manager Brent Hamilton told MailSport<\/a> there is no truth in the claim, telling the publication: “There is no validity in the rumours \u2013 he is happy on the PGA Tour.”<\/p>\n

The report also suggested that two-time major champion Dustin Johnson<\/a> is currently in negotiations to extend his contract.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Johnson was among the first wave of high-profile players to join LIV in 2022 and his contract runs out “this winter”, according to the publication.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The American, now 41, has struggled for form in the major championships since joining LIV.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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But according to MS, Johnson is close to agreeing a contract extension.\u00a0<\/p>\n

LIV also need to sort out contract extensions for Bryson DeChambeau<\/a> and Brooks Koepka.\u00a0<\/p>\n

DeChambeau said before the Ryder Cup<\/a> he was confident that he would extend his stay.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Koepka’s contract also expires at the end of 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Former PGA Tour member Johnson Wagner said this week that he doesn’t expect Koepka to return to the established circuit until 2027 at the earliest<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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