Zach Johnson: USA Ryder Cup captain says LIV Golf gamers not dominated out of workforce choice | Golf Information

USA Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson says LIV Golf gamers haven’t been dominated out of choice: “No choices have been made. These people which have left the PGA Tour, to my information, are nonetheless members of PGA of America. There is a grace interval concerned. I do not know specifics”

Zach Johnson, USA captain for the 2023 Ryder Cup in Italy, says LIV Golf gamers haven’t been dominated out

USA Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson says LIV Golf gamers haven’t been dominated out of workforce choice forward of the 2023 Ryder Cup in Italy in September, stay on Sky Sports activities. 

“No choices have been made,” stated Johnson, talking on Wednesday at TPC Louisiana in suburban New Orleans, the place he’s competing within the Zurich Traditional.

“There’s nonetheless numerous time left in that regard, and so many fluid elements concerned.

“So far as personally making choices, no.”

Numerous the world’s notable gamers left the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour final yr to hitch Saudi-backed LIV Golf. There was no formal announcement of whether or not LIV gamers will likely be allowed to take part for the European workforce.

Among the many US gamers competing in LIV Golf are Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau, Patrick Reed, Bubba Watson and Phil Mickelson.

The likes of Dustin Johnson (pictured), Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau and Patrick Reed have made the transfer to LIV

This yr’s Ryder Cup will likely be held from September 29 to October 1, stay on Sky Sports activities Golf, at Marco Simone Golf & Nation Membership in Rome.

The US workforce will likely be made up of six gamers who qualify by way of a factors system and 6 gamers who’re chosen by the workforce captain.

The US gamers presently occupying the highest six spots within the level standings are, so as: Scottie Scheffler, Max Homa, Cameron Younger, Jordan Spieth, Sam Burns and Patrick Cantlay.

Relating to the choice of the rest of the US workforce, Johnson stated: “I will rely closely on the fellows that truly make the workforce as a result of it is their workforce.

Johnson will captain the USA on the Marco Simone Golf & Nation Membership in Rome in September, stay on Sky Sports activities

“So I do not know who these six are going to be, clearly, however their possession and their opinions will weigh closely into what I, what we, determine to do.”

Johnson left open the likelihood that LIV gamers could also be a part of the US squad in Rome.

“These people which have left the PGA Tour, to my information, are nonetheless members of PGA of America,” he stated. “There is a grace interval concerned there. I do not know the specifics.”