With the controversial LIV Golf tour kicking off in June 2022, you may be wondering how many golfers are defecting from the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour (aka European Tour), and moving to LIV Golf. In this article, we've taken the world's top 40 golfers as at 5 June 2022, and we're tracking which ones are moving across to LIV Golf.
The table below shows how the world's top 40 golfers have changed tours since LIV Golf started. We've taken world rankings as of 5 June 2022.
Ranking | 5 June 2022 | July 2022 | August 2022 | Feb 2023 | Dec 2023 | Jan 2024 |
1 | Scottie Scheffler | |||||
2 | Jon Rahm | |||||
3 | Patrick Cantlay | |||||
4 | Cameron Smith | |||||
5 | Collin Morikawa | |||||
6 | Justin Thomas | |||||
7 | Viktor Hovland | |||||
8 | Rory McIlroy | |||||
9 | Sam Burns | |||||
10 | Jordan Spieth | |||||
11 | Billy Horschel | |||||
12 | Xander Schauffele | |||||
13 | Hideki Matsuyama | |||||
14 | Will Zalatoris | |||||
15 | Dustin Johnson | |||||
16 | Joaquin Niemann | |||||
17 | Matt Fitzpatrick | |||||
18 | Tony Finau | |||||
19 | Abraham Ancer | |||||
20 | Brooks Koepka | |||||
21 | Louis Oosthuizen | |||||
22 | Sungjae Im | |||||
23 | Max Homa | |||||
24 | Tyrrell Hatton | |||||
25 | Shane Lowry | |||||
26 | Daniel Berger | |||||
27 | Paul Casey | |||||
28 | Bryson DeChambeau | |||||
29 | Harris English | |||||
30 | Cameron Young | |||||
31 | Corey Conners | |||||
32 | Kevin Kisner | |||||
33 | Jason Kokrak | |||||
34 | Kevin Na | |||||
35 | Talor Gooch | |||||
36 | Patrick Reed | |||||
37 | Thomas Pieters | |||||
38 | Harold Varner III | |||||
39 | Tom Hoge | |||||
40 | Tommy Fleetwood |
Legend:
PGA Tour |
DP World Tour (European Tour) |
LIV Golf |
Author: Neil Harris