Nine LIV golf stars on the brink of snubbed in 2025, including the rebel who snubbed Tiger Woods
There will be plenty of changes at LIV Golf this winter, with several players on the brink of being dropped from the breakaway tour. With just five tournaments remaining in the 2024 season, the race to avoid relegation is heating up, along with speculation about potential new players. Last year, any player not finishing within the top 44 in the LIV individual rankings was kicked out of the league. Jediyah Morgan, James Piot, Chase Koepka and Si-Hwan Kim were winless, while Martin Kaymer and Lee Westwood were relieved of their team captaincy responsibilities. That changed with the addition of Jon Rahm’s team, Legion XIII, which expanded the field from 48 to 54 players in 2024, meaning any player who finishes 49th or lower will lose out on a spot in the big-money Saudi Arabia-sponsored series. Brooks Koepka’s wife Jenna Sims mocks viral “Taka Tua” trend in video
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One of the players at risk is Pat Perez, who has targeted Tiger Woods after tasting glory in his first LIV campaign with Dustin Johnson’s team. He was disappointed that Woods questioned the LIV stars’ drive to improve knowing they were going to make big money anyway. “This is the dumbest shit I’ve ever heard in my life,” Perez raved on Butch’s Son podcast. “I think this is one of the dumbest things he’s ever said. The incentive is the fact that bottom place gets £120,000 and first place gets £4 million.
“You’re not going to win £4 million on the PGA Tour. He had many warranty. You know, and he was the hottest. He made so much money on the course, he found an incentive to go. \ “
Perez is currently two places above the fall area, which means that it will have to find a form in the remaining events to avoid relegation. His teammate Harold Varner III is also likely to be ax, Branden Grace and Kieran Vincent also walking on a thin line. Two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson was in the relegation zone but was exempt from elimination due to his position as team captain. Other players at significant risk of elimination include Danny Lee, Uezuma Ginitilo, Rory Kanter, Kalle Samuja and Scott Vincent. The only way for players who finish in the relegation zone to maintain their place in LIV is to participate in the LIV Golf Promotion Event at the end of the season. Players with expiring contracts placed 25th to 48th should either re-sign or be picked up by another team.
