ROCHESTER, New York : While golfers have distanced themselves from the PGA Tour and LIV Golf feud, PGA Championship officials were left to defend their qualifying criteria on Tuesday after extending an invitation to Paul Casey.Casey, an LIV member who is ranked outside the top 100, has never won a major a
ROCHESTER, New York : While golfers have distanced themselves from the PGA Tour and LIV Golf feud, PGA Championship officials were left to defend their qualifying criteria on Tuesday after extending an invitation to Paul Casey.
The case for Casey is built around his play at recent PGA Championships, where he finished in a tie for second in 2020 and fourth in 2021 before missing last year due to injury. The official world golf rankings , past champions and major winners make up much of the majors fields but each has some wiggle room for exceptions.
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