England’s Casey confirms he’s joining LIV Golf

LOS ANGELES: England’s Paul Casey confirmed Saturday he’s making the jump to the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Series, but the 44-year-old hopes to play the Open Championship before his debut on the breakaway circuit. Casey, 44, is ranked 26th in the world, giving the LIV circuit 22 of the world’s top 100 players. “I’m so excited,” Casey said in an interview during the live stream of Saturday’s final round of the LIV Golf Invitational in Portland, Oregon.

A lingering back injury forced Casey out of the US Open, and he noted that he hadn’t played a tournament since March. Casey said he planned to make his LIV debut later this month at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey. That will be the third of eight events in this inaugural LIV season.

First, however, Casey said he would “love to tee it off in the Open Championship in St. Andrews. “I’ve already missed three majors so far this year ...