{"id":278149,"date":"2025-11-23T01:26:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T01:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/278149\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T01:26:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T01:26:08","slug":"report-ex-liv-golf-pro-will-give-up-pga-tour-card-in-favour-of-return-to-breakaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/278149\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Ex-LIV Golf pro will give up PGA Tour card in favour of return to breakaway"},"content":{"rendered":"

Laurie Canter has reportedly decided to give up a PGA Tour<\/a> card so he can rejoin the LIV Golf League, according to a report.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old Englishman played in the very first LIV Golf<\/a> event at Centurion Club in June 2022 and amassed 18 further appearances on the breakaway tour.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After narrowly missing out on a full-time position with LIV at their qualifying school event in December 2023, Canter returned to the DP World Tour.\u00a0<\/p>\n

His career went from strength to strength and he won the European Open last June and the Bahrain Championship this February.<\/p>\n

He also broke into the top 50 of the world rankings for the first time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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That achievement saw Canter qualify for the coveted Players Championship<\/a> in March at TPC Sawgrass.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It represented a landmark moment as he became the first former LIV Golf player to qualify for and play in a non-major, non-co-sanctioned PGA Tour event.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Canter looked set to tee it up on the PGA Tour next season after securing<\/a> one of 10 cards on offer via the Race to Dubai on the DP World Tour.<\/p>\n

In the immediate aftermath of the DP World Tour Championship<\/a>, where he finished in a tie for second, Canter celebrated the achievement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“I gave it a good run and I’m proud to finish in the top 10 in the Race to Dubai,” he shared on Instagram.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But according to Sports Business Journal<\/a>, Canter has agreed to give up the card so he can rejoin LIV Golf for the 2026 campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n

England’s Daniel Brown would then get the duel playing privileges should Canter join LIV Golf before 1 January 2025. \u00a0<\/p>\n

It is not clear which team Canter would be joining, but the most likely destination is the Majesticks outfit, of which he previously filled in as a reserve.<\/p>\n

If that materialised, then Canter would be taking the space of the relegated former Open champion Henrik Stenson.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The Majesticks is currently made up of European Ryder Cup legends Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood. Sam Horsfield is also in the team.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Stenson was among the first wave of players to be recruited by LIV Golf in 2022 and was even stripped of the European Ryder Cup captaincy as a result.<\/p>\n

He was relegated this season but has reportedly settled fines<\/a> of more than \u00a31m so he can rejoin the DP World Tour next season. \u00a0<\/p>\n

But Stenson will face difficulty getting into Europe’s top events, according to Telegraph Sport.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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It appears officials Wentworth HQ are still bitter<\/a> about the Swede’s decision to join LIV when he already agreed to be the 2023 Ryder Cup captain.<\/p>\n

LIV Golf made their first official signing ahead of the 2026 season earlier in the week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Three-time DP World Tour winner Victor Perez, who was in danger of losing his PGA Tour card, has joined<\/a> Martin Kaymer’s Cleeks outfit.\u00a0<\/p>\n

LIV’s season begins next February in Riyadh.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Brown keen to avoid repeat of McKibbin situation<\/p>\n

As mentioned, should Laurie Canter decide to re-join LIV Golf then England’s Daniel Brown would be in line to take the 10th and final PGA Tour card.<\/p>\n

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Brown had an excellent season on the DP World Tour and broke into the top 100 in the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He also won his second DP World Tour title at the BMW International Open in Germany and finished inside the top 20 in the Race to Dubai standings.<\/p>\n

A proud, but crestfallen Brown summed up his disappointment at being the bubble boy after the DP World Tour Championship.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“When all is said and done I never actually thought ever in my life that I would reach this level,” he shared on Instagram.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He would like Canter to make up his mind before 1 January 2026.<\/p>\n

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Last year, Tom McKibbin secured one of the 10 PGA Tour cards on offer but ultimately decided to ignore Rory McIlroy’s advice and joined LIV.<\/p>\n

By the time he did so, it was too late for Jordan Smith to be bumped up.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Smith, thankfully, got his card this year.<\/p>\n

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