LIV Golf's Talor Gooch OUT of U.S. Open with rule change: "It only affects me!"
LIV Golf's Talor Gooch is currently unable to compete in the U.S. Open.
LIV Golf's Talor Gooch was in the field for the forthcoming US Open, but thanks to a minor rule change he's now out of the major.
That rule change was confirmed by the USGA in February. Unfortunately for Gooch, he was the only LIV competitor affected.
Previously there were signals that LIV defectors would possibly be prohibited from competing in the major championship.
But USGA CEO Seth Waugh stated the division in men's professional golf was not good for the game as he outlined the qualifying criteria.
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Gooch was in the field given that he qualified for the season-ending Tour Championship at East Lake before he was suspended by Jay Monahan for joining the rival league.
The 31-year-old American was one of three LIV players that took legal action to try and force their way into the FedEx Cup Playoffs but a judge ruled against them.
Gooch won LIV Golf's most recent event in Adelaide and will tee it up for Bubba Watson's RangeGoats this week in Singapore.
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He told The 73rd Hole Podcast:
Gooch continued:
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Gooch's sentiments, unsurprisingly, don't differ too much from his fellow LIV players.
Just this week Bryson DeChambeau and Phil Mickelson have renewed their calls for LIV players to be awarded world ranking points.
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