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Mark Lehman has been a Mainstay in golfing Majors for over a decade now but after competing in 30 of them in a row he’s about to miss out on one due to livv golf’s dispute with the official world golf rankings Authority he’s not bothered by it though why well in
Today’s video we’re going to discuss Lehman’s admission and a big month for Australian golf so keep watching first off Lehman doesn’t care about losing major qualification despite livv golf’s strong inaugural season and popularity it’s still L lacking a lot of departments the official world rankings for instance is just one of those things
That Greg Norman just can’t seem to figure out and while that didn’t really bother anyone initially it’s actually started to hurt some of the League’s members now Mark leechman for one is an liiv member who’s been at the top of his game for over a decade now the man is
Basically always in the top 50 or is just really good during big events so he gets automatic invitations to golfing Majors now that he’s joined the Saudi League though the six-time PGA Tour winner has been slowly drifting down the order so much so that he’s actually out
Of the top 50 and that’s where things get tricky cuz that also means no automatic invitation to next year’s Masters at Augusta National here’s the interesting bit most golfers would be distraught at losing the opportunity to compete in one of the biggest tournaments of the year after all this
Is the Holy Grail of golf well apparently leechman isn’t one of them according to him it doesn’t matter if he isn’t able to compete at the event in 2020 3 in fact the 39-year-old went as far to say that he’s played in enough majors at this point in his career to
Not care about losing his qualification and honestly it kind of makes sense since he has had plenty of chances to win over the past few years up next the Aussie opens up about his livv golf move now while lean’s reasoning for not caring much about his major qualification makes sense it’s also a
Bit weird because as an elite athlete you’d want to take part in every big competition Plus even his compatriot cam Smith has been very vocal about the issue with owgr not accepting Li’s request to Grant ranking points that’s it it looks like he’s always had the
Possibility in the back of his mind even when he was signing the contract to join the upstart circuit speaking to the Sydney Morning hural the Australian star went into detail about his livv golf move and according to him losing access to major events was one of the things
That he had to weigh up while contemplating his career choice he then went on to explain that he’s played at pretty much all the major events over the last 12 or 13 years so obviously had his chances of course he clarified that he doesn’t have anything against the
Majors in fact he actually does want to compete in them it’s just that missing out isn’t as big of a big deal as it would be to some other golfers guess playing golf for over a decade makes you a bit jaded huh still the 39-year-old hasn’t fully lost hope yet as he’s still
Got some chance of getting into the Masters by winning other tournaments so he’s going to try to qualify for the British Open and the US Open regardless of his Augustus status if he can’t get in though he’s going to be more than happy supporting livv teammate cam Smith what’s more Lehman’s excited about
Building his livv franchise staying at home and watching your compatriot take part in the Masters doesn’t sound too bad but the Aussie star is actually way more excited for something else entirely his livv golf franchise if you didn’t already know leechman is a part of the
Cam Smith Le contingent in the S league and they’ve had some pretty decent success during the first season two that said the six-time PGA Tour winner who’s arrived in Australia for his first tournament on home soil in 3 years can’t wait to get going for the 2023 season
According to him it wasn’t even the playing side of things that lured him over to Greg Norman’s League instead it was the business opportunity that came when running your own NFL styled franchise which was an instant draw for him after all it’s not like he’s getting
Any younger as a matter of fact the 39-year-old even mentioned that he wants to stay within the game after retiring to manage his franchise in the circuit what’s more he also confirmed that he doesn’t really have any intentions to keep playing for too long besides it can
Be hard for anyone over 40 to maintain the level of sharpness that’s required to stay on top so he’s not going to overstay his welcome on the golf course and would rather spend his time making the big bucks instead and to be fair we don’t blame him like the guy clearly
Came to the Breakaway league with a plan and he fully committed to executing it not to mention leean won some major tournament in Australia despite the PGA tour’s latest expansion it hasn’t been able to bring any big events down under which honestly is a bummer since the country produces so much top golfing
Talent so livv golf has stepped up to fill that void by announcing an event in Australia at the start of the next campaign still well that’s great and everything it’s not quite the same as having a major is it yeah and that’s what leechman thinks as well CU
According to him not having a major in his home country is a missed opportunity sadly though the time for him to have any influence over that decision may have passed cuz well he can’t even qualify for the Masters anymore don’t get us wrong we’re not saying he’s lost
His Mojo or anything in fact he’s not the one at fought at all seriously the dude has finished outside the top 50 just once since 2014 and has been lingering in the 20s for the past few years so it’s a bummer to see him drift out of the rankings like this not to
Mention he’s had three top 10 finishes at austa making him a serious Contender for the title then again he’s already made peace with the fact that he may never play in a major again unless the owgr finds some way to award ranking points to livv athletes we just want to
See the best golfers enter the best tournaments so we’ve got our fingers crossed now for southernland discusses a big month for Australian golf speaking of best players Australian golf is gearing up for its biggest month in quite some time no seriously the country is hosting a couple of tournaments like
The Australian PGA Championship and the Australian Open with fields that are the strongest we’ve ever seen in years you’ve got fan favorites like the reigning British Open Champion Cameron Smith with his homecoming and of course the former world number one Adam Scott and of course Lehman’s there to compete
As well what’s more women will also compete at the Australian Open alongside the men for the first time at a national open making it a pretty big deal that said while the country is finally getting its flowers for producing some of the best golfing talents in the world golf Australia’s chief executive James
Sutherland isn’t ready to dish out any compliments just yet now many would say we can attribute the open’s field strength to livv golf after all Greg Norman has been the biggest proponent of significant events in the country over the past year or so southernland however seems to disagree as according to him
The Saudi League doesn’t have any relevance here and instead it’s more of just a timing thing finally southernland wants Majors to stand above the politics all right you can lower your pitchforks cause the golf Australia Chief didn’t actually mean it as an insult to the Saudi League we’re sure that he has his
Fair share of issues with them but this isn’t one of them in fact he just thinks that the pandemic and the scheduling issues have prevented events from happening in the country over the past couple of years so it’s nice to see some big golf Stars return once again oh and
He’s also against Banning players just because they were part of another League like livv golf as according to him the majors have to stand above all the politics and put the interests of the game first he went on to explain that if you really want to have the best product
And the best players going against each other then you’ve got to let them compete without any restrictions after all if that weren’t the case then you’d lose access to some really important golfers like Cameron Smith and Dustin Johnson what’s more Southerland also mentioned that he hopes to see a
Resurgence in the country after these events as over the past few years the President’s Cup has been the most significant event in the country but of course that’s not really ideal since the tournament is on an 8 to 12E rotation cycle so a yearly thing is definitely
Needed well that’s a wrap for this video do you think that Australia needs a major tournament let us know in the comments below make sure to give this video a thumbs up and subscribe to our channel for more videos like this and we’ll see you in the next one
