Graeme McDowell's LIV Golf future unclear as Brooks Koepka set to decide team roster

Graeme McDowell ended the 2024 LIV Golf play successful the Open Zone, meaning the Northern Irishman finds himself loitering successful escaped bureau pursuing the opening of the league's transportation window

Graeme McDowell is yet to nail down a spot connected the LIV Golf roster for 2025, with the Northern Irishman waiting connected the determination of his Smash GC skipper Brooks Koepka.

McDowell spent the 2024 play alongside Koepka astatine Smash, having been brought into the franchise 12 months agone to articulation Talor Gooch and Jason Kokrak. Despite showing glimmers of signifier passim the campaign, McDowell ended the play successful the Open Zone, frankincense leaving him successful escaped agency.

It was wide expected wrong LIV's interior ellipse that the erstwhile US Open champion would beryllium re-called by Koepka for the upcoming year, nevertheless sources person confirmed to Mirror Sport that Smash setup are yet to formally connection McDowell a mode backmost in.

The Northern Irishman does person until the archetypal lawsuit of the LIV play connected February 6 to unafraid his future, but determination is nary uncertainty some Smash and McDowell volition privation things ironed retired good successful beforehand of that date. McDowell and Koepka appeared to person built rather the enslaved during their clip playing together.

The pair joined forces to make the Smash Racing syndicate, which has seen them instrumentality ownership of Cheltenham Festival hopeful Givemefive. McDowell is besides a person of his captain's caddie Ricky Elliott, with some descending from the Portrush country successful Northern Ireland.

Koepka has already offered a lifeline to McDowell previously, having signed his teammate past November aft his archetypal two-year LIV declaration expired. The 45-year-old has antecedently confirmed to National Club Golfer that this woody expired astatine the extremity of the 2024 season, erstwhile again leaving his playing aboriginal up successful the air.

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McDowell joined the Smash franchise aft leaving Cleeks GC, wherever helium had spent his archetypal 2 seasons connected the breakaway circuit. If helium does neglect to get an statement implicit the enactment with his existent squad for 2025, a instrumentality to the Cleeks could springiness him a way backmost onto the LIV roster.

Martin Kaymer's squad are connected the look retired for a caller subordinate pursuing the relegation of Kalle Samooja successful September. Other franchises besides connected the lookout for a caller sanction see Fireballs GC, led by McDowell's erstwhile Ryder Cup teammate Sergio Garcia, arsenic good arsenic Jon Rahm's Legion XIII.

Of course, if helium is incapable to find his mode backmost onto the Smash roster, oregon immoderate of the different 12 teams, McDowell would beryllium near without a LIV spot. Last week, it was revealed that 9 LIV members had taken DP World Tour rank for 2025, with some Garcia and Rahm included.

There was, however, nary notation of McDowell's name, who whitethorn good beryllium relying connected DP World Tour starts if nary statement with LIV is made aft having been banned by the PGA Tour. The DP World Tour has since confirmed to Mirror Sport that McDowell had not reached retired to marque a instrumentality up of the caller exertion deadline.