Longtime PGA Tour gamers Jason Kokrak and Charles Howell III have joined LIV Golf, the brand new circuit introduced Wednesday.
Kokrak, ranked thirty sixth within the Official World Golf Rating, has three victories on the PGA Tour, together with the Houston Open in November. His departure had been anticipated for months; he has been a global ambassador for Golf Saudi since 2021 and had its emblem on his golf bag.
Howell, 43, can also be a three-time winner on the PGA Tour, final successful on the RSM Basic in November 2018. He’s at the moment ranked 173rd on the earth. A former NCAA Division I particular person champion at Oklahoma State, Howell earned greater than $42 million throughout his PGA Tour profession.
Cozen O’Connor, a global regulation agency which sponsors Kokrak, introduced in a press release on Thursday it was severing ties with the golfer.
“For the previous two years, Cozen O’Connor sponsored skilled golfer Jason Kokrak. In gentle of Mr. Kokrak’s affiliation with the brand new LIV Tour, now we have mutually agreed he’ll not be an envoy for Cozen O’Connor. We want him nicely in his future endeavors.”
Kokrak and Howell will make their LIV Golf Invitational Collection occasion debuts at Trump Nationwide Golf Membership Bedminster in New Jersey from July 29 to July 31.
Sweden’s Henrik Stenson additionally announced earlier Wednesday that he was becoming a member of LIV Golf.
