Louis Oosthuizen declined a special invitation to the 106th PGA Championship due to an undisclosed personal commitment, leaving the number of LIV Golf players in next week’s field at 16.
The contingent will be lead by defending champion Brooks Koepka, a three-time winner of the event who is coming off a victory in LIV’s Singapore event last week.
The eight other LIV players who qualified for the event are Bryson DeChambeau, Tyrrell Hatton, Dustin Johnson, Martin Kaymer, Phil Mickelson, Andy Ogletree, Jon Rahm and Cam Smith.
Talor Gooch revealed that he had received an invitation. He will be joined by six other LIV players to receive special invites: Former Masters champion Patrick Reed along with Joaquin Niemann, Dean Burmester, Adrian Meronk, Lucas Herbert and David Puig.
