Despite not having had an excessively long career bright in it PGA Tour -only added one title in the RSM Classic of 2021-, Talor Gooch signed for the LIV Golf League and he is one of the only two players who can boast at this point in the film of having managed to win the game. individual championship of the league on the Saudi tour – the other is Dustin Johnson-. A triumph that came after having been victorious in up to three tournaments last 2023 –Adelaide, Singapore y Andalusia– and having dominated the competition from start to finish.
This is why the North American athlete pocketed a few millions of dollars in his account and for which he stated on more than one occasion that he did not mind not participating in a Major. And, unlike what happens with other athletes of the LIV that they have shown a predisposition to go to the qualifiers of the US Open and of Open British, the Stars and Stripes athlete has always shown himself reluctant to explore the way of disputing a previous tournament to be able to play a Grande.
Of course, no one is bitter about a sweet. And even less if it has the shape of invitation for a great championship. And the organization of the PGA Championship has communicated that Talor Gooch He is one of the last players to receive a exemption for the tournament that will take place starting next week at the Valhalla Golf Club of Louisville. This way, Gooch se a a Joaquin Niemann like another of the players LIV invited to the event.
Along with the Chilean athlete, they will also be part of the field the Colombian Camilo Villegasthe Argentines Alejandro Tosti y Emiliano Grillo and the spanish Jon Rahm, David Puig y Adrián Otaeguirecent winner of the Volvo China Open of the DP World Tour.
Looking forward to Valhalla next week!
Thank you for the invitation @PGA ?? See y’all there. pic.twitter.com/0Rcm652KMP— Talor Gooch (@TalorGooch) May 6, 2024
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