Where 8 LIV Golf stars no longer with league are now and how much they earned
The LIV Golf setup has come along way since their very first event at Centurion Golf Club in June 2022, with the breakaway league donning a stronger roster than ever before.
Greg Norman and co have lured in a whole host of PGA Tour stars over the past two years, with the latest marque signing being defending Masters champion Jon Rahm. The Spaniard penned a record-breaking deal worth a reported £450million, forming his own four-man team named Legion XIII.
Rahm was joined by Ryder Cup teammate Tyrrell Hatton in the offseason, as well as DP World Tour Player of The Year Adrian Meronk and college star Caleb Surratt.
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The addition of some of golf's biggest names of course came with some casualties, including four former members who were relegated following the end of the 2023 campaign. From the relegated quartet to a European Ryder Cup star, here are eight ex-players who are no longer with the LIV setup.
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Laurie Canter - £4.3m
Laurie Canter is the only man in the list who has played across all three of LIV's seasons, before moving on elsewhere. Canter was one of the league's original members, playing in all eight of the circuit's events of 2022. Despite not being offered a contract for 2023, he was handed a reprieve after coming in for Sam Horsfield as an injury replacement with the Majesticks.
Having missed out on a full-time spot in 2024, Canter was invited back as a two-event wildcard in Mexico and Las Vegas having finished as the next-best qualifier at LIV Golf Promotions last December. With his time on the breakaway league now over, Canter has turned his attentions back to the DP World Tour.
Laurie Canter has played in all three LIV Golf seasonsWade Ormsby - £4.3m
Another one of the LIV originals no longer involved is Australian, Wade Ormsby. Like Canter, he also teed it up at event one in June 2022 at Centurion, finishing in a tie for 22nd. After competing in seven events in the opening campaign, he was granted a one-event invitation the following season.
The Aussie star acted as an injury replacement at LIV Washington DC last May, coming in for the injured Thomas Pieters in round three of the event. Since leaving the breakaway league, Ormsby has played his golf on the PGA Tour of Australasia and Asian Tour, winning the International Series event in Thailand in March of last year.
Hennie Du Plessis - £3.5m
One man who came within a shot of becoming LIV's first ever champion in St Albans in the summer of 2022 was Hennie Du Plessis. The South African star finished second in the league's inaugural event, just a stroke behind fellow countryman, and eventual champion Charl Schwartzel.
Du Plessis impressed on the LIV setup, winning £3.5m in just three events before being dropped by Norman. Since then the 27-year-old, has played his golf on home soil on the Sunshine Tour, as well as the DP World Tour.
Bernd Wiesberger - £3.4m
Bernd Wiesberger has also turned his attention to the DP World Tour since leaving LIV Golf. After being apart of the original defectors in 2022, the former European Ryder Cup player was offered a one-year deal with Martin Kaymer's Cleeks GC for LIV's first full season in 2023.
Bernd Wiesberger has returned to the DP World TourThe Austrian failed to find his best form though, entering free agency after ending last year in 41st in the season-long standings. Instead of searching for a LIV extension for the following year, Wiesberger regained membership on the DP World Tour, after his fines from the Wentworth-based circuit were paid by LIV bosses.
Chase Koepka - £5m
The Koepka name has become synonymous on the LIV setup thanks to the success of five-time major champion Brooks, but the same can not be said for his younger brother, Chase. Having been given the chance to join the Saudi-backed league alongside his mega-star brother for season one and two, he failed to hold onto his playing rights this year.
The younger Koepka was one of four LIV members who were relegated following the end of the 2023 campaign, after finishing in drop zone. In the aftermath the American is yet to return to action elsewhere, despite being handed playing rights on the Asian Tour.
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Jediah Morgan - £3.6m
Another LIV star who fell into the relegation trap was Jediah Morgan. The Australian was a member of Ripper GC, captained by former Open champion Cameron Smith during his time with the breakaway league. Unlike Koepka, he has opted to make the most of his Asian Tour membership, while also competing on the PGA Tour of Australasia.
Sihwan Kim - £3.6m
Like Koepka and Morgan, Sihwan Kim was also relegated from the Saudi-backed series following end of the 2023 regular season. Kim endured a difficult campaign last term, finishing rock-bottom in the year-long table, having failed to finish better than 33rd across 13 events. He too now plays his golf on the Asian Tour.
James Piot - £3m
The fourth and final man who found himself in the 2023 drop zone was former U.S. Amateur champion James Piot. He turned professional to join the LIV setup in 2022, and it was a move that came with reward, as the American spent the whole of last campaign alongside Phil Mickelson as part of the HyFlyers.
He too is now playing on the Asian Tour, and is gunning to make a return to LIV Golf via the International Series' Order of Merit. "[Earning a LIV sport] is everything," he told Mirror Sport last week. "All these guys want it too, everybody knows the LIV spot is on the line and it is time to go. For me I want my spot on LIV back really bad and that is the plan."
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