Playing on the PGA Tour is seen as the pinnacle for most golfers in the world but current DP World Tour player Laurie Canter has been left baffled by a letter he’s received from PGA officials.
Canter is looking to be among the ten players on the DP World Tour’s Race to Dubai who win a PGA Tour card for the 2025 season.
The Englishman is in contention to do just that with just a few events remaining and he’s hoping to be among the players to win a card.
However, while Canter is happy to aim for that PGA card and is excited to play the events if the opportunity comes along, he’s also been left furious with one stance from the TOUR.
Laurie Canter shares his response to ‘absurd’ PGA Tour ban
Due to playing in some LIV events, Canter is suspended by the PGA Tour for 12 months. That leaves him unable to feature until February after he played in LIV Vegas.
And speaking in an interview for Bunkered, Canter has revealed that should he win his PGA Tour card, he’ll be suspended for the first events of the season anyway.
“I got sent a letter in the middle of the year,” he says. “The PGA Tour clarified the position I was in, which was that I was unable to play for a year from the last LIV event I played in which was Vegas. I replied saying, ‘Thank you for clarifying that. I think your policy is absurd’.
“And I do think it’s absurd. I’ve never been a member of that tour. How can you ban someone who has never played on your tour? I would understand it if I was a member of their tour but in my context I don’t understand it.
“I am a golfer so I’m pro opportunity but it’s a bizarre way of sanctioning someone.”
Golf is such a mess and Canter letter proves it
As Canter says here, he understands the bans for players who might have been on the PGA Tour in the past but for someone to be banned despite never playing on the TOUR, seems odd.
It just goes to show that golf is in a bit of a state at the moment that needs to fixed and quickly.
Claims this weekend that a deal is close between LIV and the PGA need to play out but overall, the game needs to come together and quickly.
For Canter, playing on the PGA Tour is obviously a big deal. But to miss a number of big events without doing much wrong, definitely seems a touch harsh.
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