Dustin Johnson quits PGA membership to play in Saudi league

ST. ALBANS, England –

Two-time main winner Dustin Johnson has resigned his PGA Tour membership to take part within the new golf sequence backed by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund.

The primary LIV Golf Invitational, which gives $25 million in prize cash, is going down outdoors London from Thursday.

Johnson said on Tuesday he “needed to suppose lengthy and onerous” about leaving the PGA Tour, seemingly ending his hopes of competing within the Ryder Cup for america.

“In the end, I made a decision to come back and do that,” Johnson said at Centurion Membership. “I am enthusiastic about this. Clearly the Ryder Cup is unbelievable and one thing that has meant quite a bit to me. … Hopefully I am going to get an opportunity to try this once more, however I do not make the principles.”

Johnson, whose final victory was the Saudi Worldwide in 2021, is No. 13 on this planet, the highest-ranked participant within the discipline. He has held the No. 1 spot on this planet longer than any participant since Tiger Woods.

“I selected what’s greatest for me and my household,” Johnson said, explaining his determination to affix the Saudi enterprise fronted by Greg Norman.

Talking alongside Johnson, former U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell said he had but to surrender his PGA membership.

“I do not really feel I have to,” he said. “I do not need to get right into a authorized scenario with the PGA Tour.”