sponsored LIV Golf, and the PGA Tour fast suspends 17 gamers

Even earlier than it started, the Saudi-sponsored LIV Golf collection reshaped

the careers of numerous high-profile gamers, costing golfers including Phil Mickelson and Dustin

Johnson their relationships with the PGA Tour and a number of their sponsors. A reprisal have been

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predicted from the PGA Tour — and without delay after the inaugural LIV event teed off on Thursday

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, the PGA issued sanctions in opposition to 17 gamers who defected to the brand new collection

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The gamers "are suspended or in any other case now not eligible to take part in PGA TOUR event play

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along with the Presidents Cup," PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan stated in a letter to excursion members

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The golfers consist of Mickelson and Johnson, in conjunction with different especially

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ranked gamers including Louis Oosthuizen (21), Kevin Na (34), Talor Gooch (35) and Sergio Garcia (57). Of the 17 golfers

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