LIV golfers are barred from an exclusive Pro-Am featuring many top pros
Seminole, a highly exclusive country club in Juno Beach, Fla., has taken a stance on the battle between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf.
The club hosts an annual Pro-Member event that typically attracts a large contingent of the world's top players, but many of them won’t be in attendance this year. According to, Seminole’s president, Jimmy Dunne, will not welcome LIV Golf members to play. “We are doing what we have always done. PGA Tour players get the first priority. This event has always been supported by the PGA Tour. We try to make this a special and unique day for Tour players,” Dunne told Golfweek.
The high-profile event fittingly takes place the day after the PGA Tour’s Honda Classic concludes at PGA National, just a short drive away from Seminole. Last year, the field included pros like Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, Jon Rahm, Nelly Korda and Nancy Lopez, who teamed up with VIP members such as Tom Brady and NBC Sports chairman Pete Bevacqua.
Dunne’s decision is hardly surprising. The game of golf saved Dunne’s life: on 9/11, he was away from his desk, attempting to qualify for the U.S. Mid-Amateur. Dunne’s office was in the South Tower of the World Trade Center, at Sandler O’Neill . In light of the Saudi-backed league’s emergence,
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