Laurie Canter was unable to secure full playing rights on the LIV Golf circuit, having spent time as a reserve player, and now his target is to compete full-time on the PGA Tour
13:51 ET, 25 May 2025Updated 13:52 ET, 25 May 2025
Laurie Canter is targeting the PGA Tour(Image: Getty Images)
Laurie Canter has set his sights on becoming the first LIV Golf member since the league’s inception to earn a card on the PGA Tour.
Canter, who recently competed in the PGA Tour’s flagship event, The Players Championship, is hoping to secure a permanent spot on the sport’s leading circuit, which would prove monumental. Having failed to secure a place on the LIV roster for 2024, the Englishman returned to the DP World Tour and has not looked back since.
After securing his first victory of his career at the European Open last June, Canter’s career has gone from strength to strength. Win No. 2 was then added less than a year later, after the former Majesticks man triumphed in Bahrain in February.
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His form has seen him climb up the Official World Golf Ranking, which proved enough to earn him maiden starts at The Players and Masters, as well as a return to the PGA Championship. Keen to play in the United States full-time, though, the goal is now to bank a PGA Tour card for 2026.
“I would love to play on the PGA Tour,” he told Golf Monthly. “I am going to play a couple more majors this year, hopefully all of them. It would be great to get a run in that to give me more opportunities to play on the PGA Tour.”
Having featured in the U.S., Canter will also be hoping to continue his form back home in Europe.
Laurie Canter left LIV Golf(Image: Getty Images)
Thanks to the strategic alliance between the two circuits, the top-10 performing players on the DP World Tour already with playing privileges in the U.S. will be handed a PGA Tour card.
Eyeing up a top-10 finish in the Race to Dubai standings, Canter commented: “One of the top-10 cards would be great. The opportunity to play out there would be brilliant. With the way golf has evolved, certainly through the middle section of the year, the PGA Tour has the most strong fields.
“I think the DP World Tour has the early events, and from September onwards, they are amazing. I would love to keep playing those, but I think playing on the PGA Tour would be my No. 1 outcome and goal. I have given myself a good chance with my start to get one of those cards and do that.”
Despite earning starts at the Masters and PGA, Canter failed to make his mark, missing the cut at both in recent weeks.
However, being able to tee it up at the iconic Augusta National setup was a moment to remember. “It is everything you expect, and then loads, loads more,” he added.
“What struck me about Augusta was how it feels like its own city within it. A vast clubhouse, and then you come out the back, and stand at the top of the hill, see the golf and the holes.
“The more you play it, the more it unfolds… It feels like a religious experience. It is as close as I have ever felt to playing something like St Andrews. You have seen it all, then you are there and playing it. I everything I expected, it blew it out of the water.”
