Phil Mickelson says improved LIV roster 'going to happen' - ESPN

Phil Mickelson on Wednesday said a revised agreement «kind of opens the door» for other PGA Tour players to join the LIV Golf League, with the six-time major champion hinting that the breakaway league's roster is «going to improve next year.»

«Do I think that? No. I know that's going to happen,» Mickelson said at a news conference at Trump National Doral Golf Club outside Miami, the site of this weekend's LIV Golf League team championship. «When players look at LIV, they are wanting to be a part of it. Everybody here is happy and enjoying what we are doing and enjoying the team aspect of it and enjoying each other and the camaraderie and enjoying playing golf globally and all the benefits that come with playing this tour.

»There's a lot of players that see that and want to be a part of it. The question is how many spots are available? There's a lot more players that want to come than there are spots."

The framework agreement that the PGA Tour reached with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and the DP World Tour on June 6 included a provision that the LIV Golf League would stop recruiting players from the other tours. That language, however, was later removed from the agreement because of pressure from the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division.

There are expected to be at least three open spots — and perhaps a few more — for players to join the LIV Golf League in 2024.

In a letter sent to LIV Golf commissioner Greg Norman and COO Gary Davidson on Oct. 10, Official World Golf Ranking chairman Peter Dawson said that the OWGR's governing board had unanimously rejected LIV Golf's application for world-ranking points in part because the circuit was too much of a closed shop.

In the letter, Dawson said LIV Golf