Banned for 5 Years?! Hudson Swafford Exposes PGA Tour Over Harsh LIV Golf Suspension

Banned for 5 Years?! Hudson Swafford Exposes PGA Tour Over Harsh LIV Golf Suspension

Hudson Swafford is finally breaking his silence — and what he says could rock the PGA Tour. The three-time winner has revealed he’s facing a shocking five-year suspension just for playing five LIV Golf events in 2022 without a media release.

In this video, we break down Swafford’s explosive claims, compare his punishment to fellow LIV defector Laurie Canter, and explore why the PGA Tour might be holding the door shut until 2027. Is this justice or politics in play?

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Hudson Swafford was one of the earliest PGA tour defectors to li golf, joining the Saudi back league in 2022, but three years later, that decision is still costing him and potentially delaying his PGA Tour comeback until 2027. Swaffer played in Elivy Golf’s debut event at Centurion in June 2022 and featured in all nine tournaments during its inaugural season. His decision to jump ship, however, led to an indefinite suspension from the PGA Tour. Things worsened in 2023 when injuries derailed his season. He returned to LIIV in 2024 as a wildcard pick, but after struggling for form, he was relegated from the league in September. Now, the three-time PGA Tour winner wants back in, but according to Swafford, the tour has told him he must wait until 2027 before he can even attempt to re-qualify through Q school. The reason, he believes he was hit with a year-long suspension for each of the five LIIV events he played in 2022 without obtaining a media release from the PGA Tour. I don’t know how you come up with a five or 5 and a half year suspension just because I played five events during the 2022 PGA Tour season without a media release,” Swaford said on the golf.com subpar podcast. He admits he knew there would be repercussions when he teed it up at Centurion, but not a ban of this magnitude. Interestingly, Swaffford pointed out the contrasting case of 2024 LIIV wildcard Lorie Caner. Caner received just a one-year suspension from the PGA Tour despite also playing in LIIV and was even able to make his PGA Tour debut at the Players Championship in March. But Caner had never previously been a PGA Tour member, a key difference in the eyes of tour officials. Swaffford suspects there’s a broader strategy behind the delay. He believes the tour may be holding off until 2027 when the contracts of several prominent LIV players are set to expire. I know they’re basing that 2027 return on a couple people’s contracts being up after the 26 season, he said. So, they can kind of change rules in favor of everybody coming back. If true, it means Swafford, once an established PGA Tour winner, will have to sit on the sidelines and wait for golf’s political landscape to shift before getting a second chance.