With many golf fans starving to see the best players from both the PGA Tour and LIV Golf compete against each other once again, people are brainstorming solutions that may help make that happen.

This week, Golf Channel’s Brandel Chamblee outlined his solution for LIV players to compete in PGA Tour events once again.

They should have to sit out for a period of time, pay fines and when they come back, support/play in only non signature events for as long as they played for LIV. https://t.co/GLf9WNrJwn

— Brandel Chamblee (@chambleebrandel) February 8, 2024

“They should have to sit out for a period of time, pay fines and when they come back, support/play in only non signature events for as long as they played for LIV.”

For what it’s worth, very few LIV players have expressed an interest to return to the PGA Tour, but Jon Rahm mentioned last week that he hopes to play on the PGA Tour’s West Coast swing in the “near future”.

“I’m hoping that in the near future I can be back playing some of those events,” Rahm said. “I would certainly love to go back and play some of them.

“If there’s ever a way back and a way where we can play, even if it’s as an invite, I will take it. Like I said, there’s certain events that are special to me that I would still love to support.”

On the other hand, Australian Cam Smith said he “doesn’t want to play in any more tournaments” while speaking to the Daily Mail.

“I definitely don’t want to play anymore tournaments. I didn’t really have much of a reaction, to be honest… I haven’t really kept an eye on that side. All of us here, we’re just trying to make this tour the best that we can.”

There are also LIV players who are struggling to qualify for all of the majors due to their tanking OWGR standing such as Joaquin Niemann and Talor Gooch who, in theory, may be interested in playing in PGA Tour events in the future.

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Picking the twelve Europeans for the 2023 Ryder Cup team proved to be a difficult task for Luke Donald. The results were ideal, as the Europeans beat the United States team quite easily, but there were undoubtedly some hurt feelings in the process.

One player who felt spurned by Donald’s decision to leave him at home was 31-year-old Adrian Meronk. The Pole had a fantastic 2023 season, winning the Italian Open (at Marco Simone no less) as well as the ISPS Handa Australian Open.

After watching the Ryder Cup from home, Meronk went on to join LIV Golf early in 2024.

While speaking with Telegraph Sport, Meronk said he probably wouldn’t have made that decision if he was included in the Ryder Cup in Italy.

“Ï don’t know, but I would probably not have come to LIV if I had played in the Ryder Cup.

“What happened definitely made my choice easier. You know, what I went through just made it easier to care more about myself and not care what other people think of me, or what other people want me to do.

“What happened with the Ryder Cup just opened my eyes as to how everything works.”

“Yeah, and that in life, especially when you are a professional athlete, it is not your whole life. You just have to make sure that your family is good and that you are good and feeling good.”

Along with the reported signing bonus of around $10 million, Meronk said he likes the schedule of LIV.

“The last two years I had really great years, but to be honest, I wasn’t enjoying it as much. I was just constantly on the road.

“We didn’t have a proper home, just packing from hotel to hotel, airport to airport.

“I was sitting with my parents and my girlfriend during Christmas, and I was just saying, ‘yeah, I had a great year, but I didn’t really enjoy it’.

“I remember when I won in Italy last May, waking up on the Monday, and saying, ‘ok, great, I won the tournament.’

“But now I have to start all over again, go to a new course, get my routine going again. Where is the joy?

“So one of the best things is having more time to enjoy life with my family and friends.”

Meronk finished 47th out of 54 players at LIV Golf Mayakoba last week.

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At the end of last season, veteran Lucas Glover became one of the feel-good stories in professional golf as he caught fire before and during the FedEx Cup playoffs, winning the Wyndham Championship and then the FedEx St. Jude.

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This season, Glover hasn’t gotten off to a great start. He’s gone T29, MC, T58 in his three starts, and had an unfortunate mishap this week at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. The 44-year-old missed his tee time in round one, forcing him to withdraw from the event.

While speaking to Golf Channel, he explained what happened. “I just mis-read my text messages [that listed my tee time],” Glover said. “I’m kicking myself but laughing at myself at the same time.”

Ryo Hisatsune was the man who got in the field due to Glover’s withdrawal, taking the 8:26 tee time.

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