LIV Golf rebels to be allowed to compete in British Open next month

Players who have signed up to the breakaway LIV Golf Series will still be allowed to take their place in next month's British Open, the R&A has announced

Phil Mickelson ponders a question at a press conference, Monday, June 13, 2022, at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass., ahead of the U.S. Open golf tournament. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Players who have signed up to the breakaway LIV Golf Series will still be allowed to take their place in next month's Open, the R&A has announced.

While the PGA Tour has issued bans to all those involved in the Saudi-backed venture after they played in the inaugural event earlier this month, organisers of last week's US Open did not follow suit.