English golfer Laurie Canter has turned down his PGA Tour card and joined Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf for a second time.
Canter finished seventh in the DP World Tour’s Race to Dubai and was among 10 players to earn the opportunity to join the PGA Tour.
But by joining LIV, he was suspended from the PGA Tour and his ticket went to Daniel Brown instead.
Kanter originally joined LIV when the tour began in 2022, finishing 28th in the table.
He was a backup in 2023, replacing injured players, and competed 11 times. Kanter began 2024 playing two more times as a backup at LIV until he was replaced by Anthony Kim.
Laurie Canter won the 2024 DP World Tour European Open
The 36-year-old returned to the DP World Tour and won the European Open in Germany in 2024. He became the first former LIV player to appear at The Players Championship in 2025 and also appeared at the Masters.
Kanter has joined the Majesticks squad for the LIV 2026 season, an English side that started with Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter, Henrik Stenson and Sam Horsfield.
Stenson failed to finish in the top 48 this year and was dropped, opening up a spot for Kanter.
“Joining Majesticks GC is an incredible opportunity to be part of a team that has helped shape LIV Golf since day one,” Canter said in a statement.
“The growth of the league has been remarkable and my experience in the league has led me to become a more complete player and a multiple winner on the DP World Tour.”
“Returning to the league with Majesticks GC is a huge honour, they bring a standard of excellence, ambition and identity that really resonates with me.
Last year, Tom McKibbin earned his PGA Tour card through the DP World Tour and joined LIV in January.
Rory doubts the golf rift will be mended
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Rory McIlroy doubts golf’s rift will be mended because “irrational” spending on the LIV Series has created such a gap in the sport.
There were hopes that the acrimonious divide, which occurred when the Saudi breakaway league lured many top stars with big contracts in 2021, could be healed when the merger was proposed.
But more than two and a half years after it was discussed, the two parties appear to be no closer to a solution.
“I think it would be better for golf in general if there was unification, but I just think with what’s happened the last couple of years it’s going to be very difficult to be able to do that,” McIlroy said. CNBC CEO Council Forum.
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Rory McIlroy has described LIV Golf’s decision to expand its events to 72 holes as ‘unusual’
“As someone who supports the traditional structure of men’s professional golf, we have to understand that we’re trying to deal with people who have behaved, in some ways, irrationally, just in terms of the capital that they’ve put out and the money that they’ve spent,
“It’s been four or five years and there’s still been no turning back, but they’re going to have to keep spending that money to even maintain what they have now.”
“A lot of these guys’ contracts are up. They’re going to ask for the same or even more. LIV has spent five or six billion US dollars and they’re going to have to spend another five or six just to maintain where they are.
“I’m much more comfortable being on the PGA Tour’s side than their side, but who knows what’s going to happen?”