LIV Golf players will have their own exemption category for the Open Championship starting with the 2025 edition. This was announced by the R&A, the governing body that organizes the current fourth major of the season, one of the most important tournaments in the world golf calendar.

Days after the United States Golf Association (USGA) unveiled a new set of U.S. Open exemptions for LIV Golf players, The R&A released a set of their own for golf’s oldest major championship. The leading player not otherwise exempt,

Between their 2025 season-opening event in Saudi Arabia and their second start this week in Australia, members of the LIV Golf League got good news in the form of an announcement from the R&A about a direct pathway to competing in the Open Championship.