A total of 12 LIV Golf players teed it up in 2024 US Open at Pinehurst No.2, but only eight of them made the cut.
Dustin Johnson (8-over par), Phil Mickelson (15-over par), Adrian Meronk (12-over par) and Eugenio Chacarra (8-over par) all bowed out of the third major of the season on Friday.
Mickelson just needed to win the US Open to complete the career grand slam, but he will turn 54 on Sunday and you have to feel his best days are now behind him.
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The number of LIV Golf US Open entries was one less than the 13 that participated in The Masters at famed Augusta National in April, but four short of the 16 at last month’s US PGA at Valhalla, a number that was inflated slightly due to some late PGA of America invites.
Jon Rahm was in the field as a result of his US Open victory in 2021, but LIV Golf’s $600m signing was forced to withdraw on the eve of the tournament due to a foot injury.
There was no place in the 2024 US Open for a number of other LIV Golf stars such as Joaquin Niemann, Talor Gooch and Patrick Reed, who were not eligible to compete.
But it’s not all doom and gloom for those on LIV Golf as arguably their form in US PGA runner-up Bryson DeChambeau is once again back for more at this week’s US Open.
DeChambeau, who won the 2000 US Open at Winged Foot, has opened with rounds of 67 and 69 to move to 4-under par and within a shot of the 36-hole lead currently held by PGA Tour star Ludvig Aberg, who is making his US Open debut and third major appearance.
Other LIV Golf players in contention for the US Open include Tyrrell Hatton on 1-under par and Sergio Garcia, who only made it into the tournament on Monday as the first alternate, on level par.
Five-time major champion Brooks Koepka just made it into the weekend on the number at 5-over par.
LIV Golf player | Score | Position |
Bryson DeChambeau | -4 | T2 |
Tyrrell Hatton | -1 | T9 |
Sergio Garcia | Par | T16 |
Martin Kayner | +3 | T37 |
Cameron Smith | +3 | T37 |
David Puig | +4 | T51 |
Dean Burmester | +5 | T57 |
Brooks Koepka | +5 | T57 |
Eugenio Chacarra | +8 | MC |
Dustin Johnson | +9 | MC |
Adrian Meronk | +12 | MC |
Phil Mickelson | +15 | MC |