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In a move reminiscent of Fyre Festival booking Blink-182 to perform at its disastrous event in the Bahamas that ultimately failed to materialize, the LIV Golf Invitational might have its first participant. Robert Garrigus has filed for a release from the PGA Tour to play in the first event of the eight-event series in London at the Centurion Club from June 9-11, the journeyman confirmed on Tuesday to Golf Channel, though he declined to comment further.
Garrigus is currently ranked No. 1,043 in the Official World Golf Rankings and has played just three PGA Tour events so far this year. His career has been solid by PGA Tour journeyman standards — he’s made $15 million and was once ranked as high as No. 35 in the world — but all of that pales in comparison to what he could earn with a few good outings this summer.
Every event of the Saudi Arabia-backed Liv Golf Invitational Series (formerly the Super Golf League) will include an individual purse of $20 million and a $5 million team prize until the finale in October, where the numbers will be $30 million and $50 million, respectively. In other words, Garrigus has an opportunity, depending on how well he plays, to match his career earnings over five months starting in June.
Filing a request for a waiver does not mean Garrigus will actually play in the events, of course, but it seems as if that’s the direction he’s headed. Whether others follow will be highly intriguing. There was a report in The Telegraph at the end of last week that associated five fairly high-profile golfers — Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood, Jason Kokrak, Bubba Watson and Kevin Na — with the league, but nothing has been confirmed and some of those players even indirectly refuted the report.
According to Golfweek, players have to file a request 45 days ahead of a tournament, which means the deadline to do so for the London event on June 9 is Monday, April…
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