The PGA Tour suspended 17 golfers for their participation Thursday in the first-ever LIV Golf event at the Centurion Club in St Albans, north of London.
Inaugural tee shots were first hit by Former World #1 and current highest ranked LIV participant and World #13 Dustin Johnson, followed by World Golf Hall of Fame member Phil Mickelson.
Eight of the players resigned their membership from the PGA Tour prior to the LIV tournament as a preemptive measure to disciplinary action by the PGA.
U.S. golfer Dustin Johnson (L) shakes hands with US golfer Phil Mickelson (R) on the first tee on the first day of the LIV Golf Invitational Series event at The Centurion Club in St. Albans, north of London, on June 9, 2022. (Adrian Dennis/Getty Images)
PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan has been stating for several months that he would take action in the best interest of the PGA….