Laurie Canter joins LIV Golf for the second time after snubbing PGA Tour card | Golf news

English golfer Laurie Canter has turned down a PGA Tour card and joined Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf for the second time.

Canter finished seventh in the DP World Tour's Race to Dubai and was also one of 10 players who had the chance to join the PGA Tour.

But upon joining LIV, he was suspended from the PGA Tour and his card went to Daniel Brown.

Canter initially joined LIV when the tour launched in 2022, finishing 28th in the rankings.

He was a reserve in 2023, replacing injured players, and competed 11 times. Canter began 2024 playing two more times as a reserve on LIV until he was replaced by Anthony Kim.

The 36-year-old returned to the DP World Tour and won the European Open in Germany in 2024. He became the first former LIV player to compete in the Players Championship in 2025 and also participated in the Masters.

Canter has joined Team Majesticks for the 2026 LIV season, the England-based team that started with Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter, Henrik Stenson and Sam Horsfield.

Stenson failed to finish in the top 48 this year and was relegated, opening up a spot for Canter.”

“Joining Majesticks GC is an incredible opportunity to be part of a team that has helped shape LIV Golf from day one,” Canter said in a statement.

“The growth of the league has been remarkable and my experience in the league has led me to become a more complete player and a multiple DP World Tour winner.

“Returning to the league with Majesticks GC is a huge honour, they bring a level of excellence, ambition and identity that really resonates with me.”

Last year, Tom McKibbin earned a PGA Tour card through the DP World Tour and joined LIV in January.

Rory doubts golf divide will be fixed

Rory McIlroy doubts golf's divide will be mended as “irrational” Series LIV spending has created such a chasm in the sport.

It had been hoped that the acrimonious split, which arose when the Saudi separatist league lured many of the biggest stars with huge contracts in 2021, could be resolved when a merger was proposed.

But more than two and a half years after this issue was raised, the two sides appear no closer to a resolution.

“I think for golf in general it would be better if there was a unification, but I just think with what's happened in the last few years it's going to be very difficult to be able to do that,” McIlroy said. CNBC CEO Council Forum.

“As defenders of the traditional structure of men's professional golf, we have to realize that we were trying to deal with people who were acting, in some ways, irrationally, simply in terms of the capital they were allocating and the money they were spending.

“It's been four or five years and there hasn't been a return yet, but they're going to have to keep spending this money, if only to maintain what they have now.

“A lot of these guys' contracts are up. They're going to ask for the same amount or an even higher amount. LIV has spent five or six billion US dollars and they're going to have to spend five or six more just to stay where they are.

“I’m a lot more comfortable on the PGA Tour side than on their side, but who knows what’s going to happen?”