LIV welcomes three more veteran golfers from PGA Tour

The three new members of the Invitational Series are all in middle age, will present at LIV Golf Invitational Bedminster on the pitch owned by former US President Donald Trump in New Jersey from July 29 to 31. If playing, Stenson, Kokrak and Howell III will be banned by PGA Tour indefinitely like 23 colleagues before.

On the same day, named at the Invitational Series, Stenson lost the European captain's position at the Ryder Cup 2023 related to Liv Golf and the tournament group operated by this business.

Invitational Series is famous for being a threat to PGA Tour's international professional golf control and allies DP World Tour (the new name of European Tour), as well as helping Saudi Arabia to fill human rights and equality. gender.

Immediately after being deprived of the position, Stenson announced that he changed the arena via Twitter, before the new managing unit.

Stenson's decision surprised greatly to experts. In mid -March, the Swedish player rejected his rumors about the Invitational Series during the Ryder Cup captain. When becoming a promise, Stenson has many factors in which small parts for the benefits of trade and most of the schedule, formula and professional quality are more appropriate. And despite changing the arena, he said he still planned to help golf the peak to develop, including the Liv Golf arranged so that he could fulfill the responsibility of the captain at the next Ryder Cup.

Along about Invitational Series like Stenson but Kokrak expressed his intention more clearly, through the Saudi Golf Ambassador - the national golf development organization and attended the Saudi Award organized by them in it, the budget of operation, costs, costs Organizing the tournament and bonus funds from the public investment fund. At the beginning of the year, Kokrak was 37 years old and said directly on Golf Digest that he was discussing his contract with Liv Golf.

Moreover, he has also determined the main goal in his golf career is to earn a lot of money to retire at the age of 44. Kokrak has his own reason to change the arena, when the personal champion of the individual stick in the Invitational Series four million USD.

Meanwhile, colleague Howell III is more tight -lipped, until the beginning of this week, the information to join the Invitational Series via "No Laying Up" - an online group specializing in exploiting closed information in the PGA Tour world.

46 -year -old Stenson, in addition to the 10 Cups of DP World Tour, has six times the championship, including Major The Open and gives approximately USD 32 million through 239 PGA tours. He is more than nine -year -old Kokrak, beats less but more titles and bonuses than juniors in the US first -class golf arena. Kokrak after 276 new prizes three times with a total bonus of 20.43 million USD.

However, both could not compare "labor productivity" with Howell III. This golfer is three years younger than Stenson but has passed 609 prizes, also won three titles like Kokrak but the bonus up to 42 million USD.