Australians miss out on LIV Golf opportunity
L-R Jinichiro Kozuma, Kalle Samooja and Kieran Vincent – now LIV Golf participants
Australians Jed Morgan and Kevin Yuan have missed out on a return to the LIV Golf Series following the completion of the LIV Golf Promotions event in Abu Dhabi this morning.
Having made it to the final 20 players to play over 36 holes for three LIV Golf spots in 2024, Yuan finished in 11th place and Morgan 19th, neither able to secure places inside the top ten who would secure places in the Asian Tour’s International Series events.
Yuan has missed seven of his last eight cuts in Asian Tour events this season, although his performances in International Series events this past year will see him with sufficient status to play there next season but for Morgan his future playing opportunities are uncertain.
Morgan’s win at the 2022 (January) Australian PGA Championship earned him DP World Tour status for the 2023 season, but by joining LIV Golf in mid-2022 he forfeited that opportunity and would appear to have status on only the PGA Tour of Australasia at present.
The three players earning the license to print money by finishing inside the top three and earning their playing rights on LIV in 2024 are Kalle Samooja of Finland who played the DP World Tour in 2023, Japan’s Jinichiro Kozuma who played the Japan and Asian Tour’s this year and Zimbabwe’s Kieran Vincent who won an International Series event this year and played mainly the Asian Tour in 2023 where he finished 10th on their Order of Merit.
