🏌🏻 LIV Golfers Can Play These Majors

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The Paris Olympics is just a 100 days away and this week’s Zurich Classic is full of Olympic hopefuls teeing it up alongside fellow countrymen in the PGA Tour’s only team event.

Nelly Korda has meanwhile taken a break from the LPGA Tour - we finally have a week when neither Scottie Scheffler nor Korda get to take home the title!

Today’s Trivia: Which is the first ever PGA Tour event to feature two sets of twin brothers in the same field? Answer at the end of the email.

⛳ This day in history: On this date in 1960, Louise Suggs outdueled her great rival Mickey Wright to win the Dallas Civitan Open at Glen Lakes Country Club at four under par, winning $1,662. Wright finished in second at one over par.

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LIV Golfers Can Play These Majors

The PGA of America published its eligibility criteria for the 2024 PGA Championship, meaning the pathways into the remaining men’s majors for this season are all confirmed.

While 13 LIV Golf players, teed it up at the Masters, the number could be lesser at next month's PGA Championship - here are all the LIV Golfers who currently have exemptions to the Majors.

⛳️ PGA Championship

Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson, Cameron Smith, Bryson DeChambeau, Phil Mickelson, Martin Kaymer, Tyrrell Hatton, Joaquin Niemann, Adrian Meronk.

⛳️ US Open

Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson, Cameron Smith, Bryson DeChambeau, Phil Mickelson, Martin Kaymer, Tyrrell Hatton, Adrian Meronk.

⛳️ The Open Championship

Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson, Cameron Smith, Bryson DeChambeau, Phil Mickelson, Martin Kaymer, Tyrrell Hatton, Adrian Meronk.

⛳️ The Masters (2025 and onwards)

Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson, Cameron Smith, Bryson DeChambeau, Phil Mickelson, Sergio Garcia, Bubba Watson, Patrick Reed, Charl Schwartzel, Tyrrell Hatton, Adrian Meronk, Joaquin Niemann.

🚩Two Big Streaks On The Line @ PGA

The PGA Championship is just a few weeks away and two seasoned players are still uncertain about their future at the Majors.

🚫 Patrick Reed has played in 40 straight major championships, but is not yet formally exempt into the PGA. The last major contested without Reed in the field was the 2013 PGA.

🚫 Dustin Johnson is entering the final year of his five-year exemption into the PGA through his 2020 Masters win - this is his 15th appearance at the Major.

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Twins Set To Make History At Zurich Classic

Two pairs of twin brothers, Pierceson and Parker Coody, and Nicolai and Rasmus Højgaard, will play in the same event - the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, a first in the history of the PGA Tour.

Another pair of brothers, Alex and Matt Fitzpatrick, are also a part of the field, but they aren't twins.

🤝 The Coody Twins

📍The Coody twins have professional golf in their DNA. Their grandfather, Charles Coody, won the 1971 Masters, one of his three victories on the PGA Tour.

📍Parker, 37 minutes older than Pierceson, earned his PGA TOUR card this season after finishing in the top 30 on the Korn Ferry Tour points list last year. Pierceson also qualified for the PGA TOUR by scoring in the top 30 of the Korn Ferry Tour last season.

🤝 The Hojgaard Twins

📍The Højgaard brothers turned professional in 2019 and are the first brothers in the history of the DP World Tour to win titles in consecutive weeks. They also became the first twins to compete in The Open Championship in last year’s event.

📍Rasmus became the first player born in the 21st century to graduate from the European Tour Qualifying School. Nicolai was notably a part of the victorious 2023 European Ryder Cup team.

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What else is making news

New Sponsor: Skyscanner to make sports sponsorship debut at Solheim Cup.

PGA Tour: Players are about to find out on Wednesday the current value of award grants the Tour's equity program has earmarked for them.

YouTube Qualifier: Veteran Korn Ferry Tour pro Matt Atkins won the YouTube qualifier for Myrtle Beach Classic and will compete on Tour next month.

Olympics: International Golf Federation celebrates 100 days until Olympic golf at Paris 2024.

Rory McIlroy: McIlroy commits to the 2024 Travelers Championship despite calling the course 'obsolete' last year.

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These Golfers Are LPGA's All-Time Highest Earners

Nellly Korda, with her win the 2024 Chevron Championship, is the 23rd player in LPGA history to surpass $11 million.

She still has a long way to go when it comes to the list of LPGA Tour's highest earners of all-time - here are the players who occupy the top spots.

🏌‍♀Lydia Ko ($17.6 million): Ko had much success from an early age holding many youngest accolades on the LPGA Tour. She is also a player director on the LPGA Board.

🏌‍♀Inbee Park ($18.3 million): Park has won seven major championships in her career, including three consecutive major wins during the 2013 season. She is a former World No 1.

🏌‍♀Cristie Kerr ($20.1 million): Kerr has 20 wins on the LPGA Tour, including two major championships, which helped her accumulate over $20 million in career earnings.

🏌‍♀Karrie Webb ($20.3 million): Webb is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame and has 41 wins on the LPGA Tour, more than any other active player.

🏌‍♀Annika Sorenstam ($22.6 million): Sorenstam is considered to be the greatest female golfer in the history of the sport and this one of the many LPGA lists that she tops. She has won 72 official LPGA tournaments including ten majors.

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