LIV Golf’s nine axed stars after first-ever event and what happened to them

The LIV Golf set-up looks precise antithetic present compared to the inaugural 2022 play - with a fig of players being axed from the lucrative Saudi-backed banner aft conscionable 1 event

LIV Golf's line-up has seen a flimsy alteration since its archetypal play successful 2022, with respective players being shown the door.

The archetypal eight-tournament docket announced successful March 2022 included conscionable 48 players, but this fig dwindled aft the inaugural Invitational Series Centurion lawsuit astatine St Albans successful June. Big names similar Bryson DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka and Patrick Reed were roped successful for LIV's 2nd lawsuit successful Portland, portion galore one-hit wonders parted ways with the organisation.

But what became of the LIV stars who played astatine Centurion but didn't instrumentality for the 2nd event? Here, Mirror Golf explains...

Oliver Bekker

Oliver Bekker pocketed a chill £642,000 ($800K) for his T6 decorativeness astatine Centurion, but it was a short-lived stint for the 40-year-old South African, reports the Mirror US. Along with respective different players, Bekker was fined by the European Tour and suspended by the PGA Tour for 3 co-sanctioned events, making a comeback astatine the BMW International astatine the Golfclub Munchen Eichenried, wherever helium failed to marque the cut.

Since dipping his toes into LIV, Bekker has returned to the European and Sunshine Tours, managing to unafraid conscionable 1 triumph astatine the Challenge Tour's Dimension Data Pro-Am successful February 2023 with a four-stroke pb implicit Adam Blomme.

Oliver Fisher

Oliver Fisher, who hasn't won an lawsuit successful astir 14 years since his triumph astatine the 2011 Czech Open, has made a comeback to the DP World Tour aft pocketing a £112K ($140K) purse from finishing T38 astatine Centurion. The 36-year-old participated successful 8 European Tour events successful 2024, with his champion decorativeness being a T62 astatine Fontanals Golf Club's Second Stage successful November.

Viraj Madappa

Meanwhile, Viraj Madappa secured a chill £125K ($156K) currency prize aft finishing astatine T30 astatine the Centurion. He has since competed connected the Professional Golf Tour of India, the Asian Tour, and the KPGA Tour.

Ratchanon Chantananuwat

Ratchanon Chantananuwat, who became the youngest-ever victor of an Official World Golf Ranking lawsuit astatine conscionable 15 years aged by winning the Trust Golf Asian Mixed Cup successful April 2022, was invited by Greg Norman to play astatine Centurion wherever helium finished a respectable T38.

However, the present 17-year-old decided to stay an amateur, competing successful the Amateur Championship the pursuing week and again the adjacent twelvemonth astatine Hillside Golf Club, reaching the semi-finals earlier being defeated by Ronan Kleu. The Bangkok autochthonal is presently ranked 65th successful the World Amateur Golf Rankings and has started a collegiate vocation with Stanford. His astir caller lawsuit was the 2024 PIF Saudi International, wherever helium finished ninth.

Andy Ogletree

Andy Ogletree had a disappointing last-place decorativeness astatine LIV's inaugural event, pocketing £96K ($120K) contempt a 24-over-par score. He was swiftly shown the exit but recovered occurrence connected the Asian Tour aft winning the International Series Egypt.

Despite this setback, it wasn't his last quality nether the LIV banner. Thanks to an awesome 2023 play connected the Asian Tour, Ogletree earned the International Series Order of Merit and secured a spot successful the 2024 LIV Golf League.

Playing for Phil Mickelson's HyFlyers GC, helium finished 34th successful the league standings for the 2024 play and volition proceed with the squad into the 2025 season.

JC Ritchie

JC Ritchie, who finished T17 astatine Centurion, chose to instrumentality to the DP World Tour and besides vie connected the Challenge Tour. The South African golfer, with 12 nonrecreational wins nether his belt, hasn't tasted triumph since the 2022 Jonsson Workwear Open, wherever helium triumphed implicit Christopher Mivis by six strokes.

Pablo Larrazabal

Pablo Larrazabal had a humble T13 decorativeness astatine Centurion earlier heading backmost to the European circuit to enactment successful the BMW International Open, wherever helium finished T5. However, his determination to play successful the LIV lawsuit resulted successful him being barred from the 2022 Scottish Open.

Larrazabal has since made a triumphant instrumentality to the DP World Tour, clinching an eighth European Tour rubric astatine the Korea Championship successful April 2023 and pursuing it up with a triumph astatine the KLM Open the adjacent month.

Blake Windred

Meanwhile, Blake Windred could lone negociate a T38 decorativeness connected the Centurion, pocketing £112K ($140K) earlier heading backmost to the Challenge Tour. As of February 2025, he's making strides connected some the European Tour and the PGA Tour of Australasia contempt not having won an lawsuit since the Victorian PGA Championship successful 2021. He presently sits astatine 1,590 successful the OWGR.

Kevin Yuan

Kevin Yuan besides earned his spot astatine the LIV lawsuit astatine Centurion acknowledgment to the Asia Tour's International Series, finishing T33 astatine St Albans. However, helium was backmost connected the Asian Tour conscionable a week aboriginal for the Korean Open, wherever helium failed to marque the cut.

So acold successful 2025, Yuan has competed successful 2 events connected the tour, securing 4th spot astatine January's Smart Infinity Philippine Open and eighth spot astatine the International Series India the pursuing week. He is presently ranked 607th successful the OWGR.