Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. A recent rule revision by the United States Golf Association (USGA) has affected Talor Gooch's status for next month's U.S.
Open. Originally, Gooch was set to play at Los Angeles Country Club because he had qualified for the PGA's Tour Championship before defecting to LIV.
However, the USGA recently said golfers must qualify "and [be] eligible" to play at East Lake — upon joining LIV, Gooch was no longer considered "eligible" for the Tout Championship. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Phil Mickelson speaks at a press conference for the U.S.
Open on June 13, 2022. (David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) It was a slight change in language, but it proved to shut Gooch out of golf's third major of the year. "Any time we make changes to our criteria going forward it impacts somebody and that stinks, but we can only look forward," USGA CEO Mike Whan told GolfChannel.com on Monday.