are clearly two of the very best players from the United States and would be locks to be on the Ryder Cup team, but their suspensions from the PGA Tour may be a problem. When the Koepka, Johnson, Phil Mickelson and the other PGA Tour players decided to leave the tour for the greener pastures of the LIV, PGA Tour Commissioner, Jay Monahan immediately suspended all of the players that bolted for the LIV. The PGA of America, along with the DP World Tour owns the Ryder Cup and the PGA Tour does not really have a say in who is eligible to be on the teams, however, the PGA Tour does own a substantial piece of the DP World Tour and Monahan sits on the European Tour’s Board of Directors. Could Monahan use his position to block LIV players from being on either the American, or European Teams? Be assured the battle for supremacy in professional golf right now is fierce. Commissioner Monahan and the CEO of the LIV Tour, Greg Norman are not willing to play nice and both sides are at odds with each other. American Team Ryder Cup Captain, Zach Johnson has been put squarely in the middle of this debate and is keeping his options open. He surely would love to have players the caliber of Koepka and Dustin Johnson on his Ryder Cup Team, but that decision will ultimately be made by someone with a higher pay grade. Stay tuned golf fans with legal maneuverings working their way through the courts and players taking to social media to make comments, the LIV versus PGA Tour battle is just warming up.
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