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Which golfers have joined the LIV Golf Tour?

We keep track of which golfers have joined the LIV Golf Tour.

Brooks Koepka of The United States waits to play his second shot on the third hole during the second round of the 2022 U.S.Open Championship at The Country Club on June 17, 2022 in Brookline, Massachusetts. Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images

August 30 10:15 a.m. Updated to add the long-anticipated addition of Cameron Smith, as well as Harold Varner III, Cameron Tringale, Marc Leishman and Anirban Lahiri.

August 29 5:00 p.m. Updated to reflect Joaquin Niemann joining the tour, making him the highest ranked player in the current OWGR under contract to the startup.


As the LIV Golf Tour approaches its fourth event to open the month of September, we continue to get more news surrounding some of the big names joining up. Phil Mickelson was the first big-timer to join the ranks, though he was quickly followed by Dustin Johnson and Bryson DeChambeau, among others.

LIV Tour golfers were allowed to participate in the majors such as the U.S. Open and the Open Championship, but their status for future events is still up in the air. There’s been no official extension of invitations by The Masters for next year’s first major in April, and players on the upstart tour aren’t yet earning Official World Golf Rankings points that are used to get into those events.

While many LIV players have exemptions for several more years thanks to major wins such as Mickelson, Johnson, and DeChambeau, the ability to continue qualifying is still in question.

The PGA Tour has issued a suspension to LIV golfers, who are unable to participate in any events for the indefinite future.

Here, we’ll keep track of which golfers have joined the LIV Golf Tour along with their Official World Golf Ranking.

2022 LIV Tour golfers

Player OWGR Ranking
Player OWGR Ranking
Cameron Smith 2
Joaquin Niemann 19
Dustin Johnson 22
Abraham Ancer 24
Louis Oosthuizen 25
Brooks Koepka 26
Kevin Na 34
Bryson DeChambeau 37
Jason Kokrak 38
Talor Gooch 45
Harold Varner III 46
Patrick Reed 50
Cameron Tringale 55
Marc Leishman 62
Pablo Larrazabal 70
Sergio Garcia 74
Richard Bland 79
Scott Vincent 81
Matt Jones 82
Sadom Kaewkanjana 91
Anirban Lahiri 92
Shaun Norris 93
Sam Horsfield 95
Bubba Watson 99
Matthew Wolff 100
Lee Westwood 102
Oliver Bekker 104
Phil Mickelson 109
Bernd Wiesberger 110
Ian Poulter 111
Hudson Swafford 115
Ryosuke Kinoshita 119
Charl Schwartzel 126
Justin Harding 131
Jinichiro Kozuma 134
Laurie Canter 139
Phachara Khongwatmai 142
Branden Grace 145
Carlos Ortiz 146
Sihwan Kim 157
Adrian Otaegui 159
Hennie Du Plessis 165
Henrik Stenson 179
Charles Howell III 197
JC Ritchie 200
Hideto Tanihara 236
Jediah Morgan 296
Ratchanaon "TK" Chantananuwat* 321
Martin Kaymer 338
Peter Uihlein 361
Wade Ormsby 362
Blake Windred 366
Graeme McDowell 399
Travis Smyth 426
Ian Snyman 430
Itthipat Buranatanyarat 486
Viraj Madappa 561
Turk Pettit 650
Kevin Yuan 1,051
Oliver Fisher 1,241
Andy Ogletree 1,510
James Piot* 2,326
David Puig* 2,326
Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra 2,326