The PGA of America confirmed that golfers who play in the LIV Golf League will be eligible for the Ryder Cup and PGA Championship going forward.

In a statement on Thursday, the PGA of America said the decision to add LIV to its list of approved tours had been made to ensure that the “US Ryder Cup team continue to have access to the best American players.”

LIV players will be offered membership into the PGA of America, the same membership granted to PGA Tour players, those on the European tour and nine other circuits around the world.

The announcement is consistent with what the PGA of America has done over the past two years, including in 2023 when LIV Golf’s Brooks Koepka won the PGA Championship for the third time and was then picked for the U.S. Ryder Cup team in Rome.

LIV American golfers, including Koepka and reigning U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau, will be permitted to feature in next year’s Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black in New York, assuming they qualify or are picked by captain Keegan Bradley.

Bradley had previously indicated a willingness to welcome LIV players onto the team.

The European Ryder Cup team has a pathway in place for those with LIV Golf to be eligible for the biennial match-play event, with the main criteria being they must play at least four events on the Europe-based DP World Tour per year.

In addition, those players must also pay fines for competing in tournaments on the Saudi-funded circuit that conflicted with DP World Tour events without requesting permission from the European-based circuit.

Span’s Jon Rahm, who was a key player for Europe in the 2023 Ryder Cup before joining LIV Golf two months later, intends to play the required European events and has appealed the fines that the DP World Tour assessed him.

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