On Monday, we broke the news that Chilean Joaquin Niemann has been invited to the PGA Championship at Valhalla this year. Niemann won the Australian Open in the fall and has begun his 2024 campaign with two LIV victories in three starts.
While speaking with the media, fellow LIV golfer Jon Rahm said he was happy about Niemann’s invite, but still thinks another LIV player should be invited to the majors.
“I mean, isn’t that what we all want to see? Yeah, it’s very encouraging. I’m very happy to see Joaco get invites. To be fair, he’s shown the interest of wanting to qualify many different ways and has played the way you’re supposed to play, so I think it’s only right that he gets invites.
But if that’s the way you’re going to go, I think there’s one player that played fantastic all last season that’s been a little bit left out, and not saying that they all have to, but I think Talor Gooch should be under consideration to possibly get an invite into those majors, as well. He was the best player out here last year, and if that doesn’t show good golf and being worthy of being in majors, I don’t know what does.
While we don’t have a clear path to majors through LIV yet, I think they should be taking everybody under consideration.”
Gooch was the individual LIV champion last year and won three events. As of now, it appears he won’t be included in any of the four major championships.
