Six LIV Golfers have qualified to compete at the Paris Olympics 2024. Jon Rahm and David Puig will be representing Spain, Joaquin Niemann Chile, Adrian Meronk from Poland, and Carlos Ortiz, and Abraham Ancer from Mexico. While the other four had already participated in the Tokyo Olympics, this is Rahm and Puig’s debut, and, well, it is needless to say, they are super excited to be representing their countries.

PGA Tour pros, like Scottie Scheffler and many more, dropped out of the 3M Open to prepare for the Olympics. However, it looks like the LIV Golfers will be robbed of the time for preparation, here’s why.

LIV Golf UK is scheduled right before the 2024 Olympics

LIV Golf will be hosted at the JCB Golf and Country Club, near Uttoxeter in England from July 26 to July 28. The six selected LIV Golfers won’t be able to skip it either since LIV players, as per their contract, are obligated to play all the events during the year (unless injured). And therein lies the problem.

The first round of the Men’s Individual stroke play of golf at the Paris Olympics is scheduled for August 1. This means the players have to reach the venue before July 31, so that they can have a practice round and see the condition of the course to plan their strategy. However, flying from the UK to Europe right after finishing off an important event will indeed be physically draining for them.

Nonetheless, the LIV Golf fans are eagerly waiting to see how they will tee off representing their respective countries. Not to forget, if a LIV Golfer outshines himself, it will be a step forward for the breakaway league. Amid the Olympics hype, however, one saddening moment persists: Bryson DeChambeau’s absence from the list.

Why will Bryson DeChambeau not play at the Paris Olympics?

The selection criteria for the Paris Olympics are based on world rankings. This turned out to be a major setback for Bryson DeChambeau’s chances of representing the USA. After joining LIV Golf, he knew that he would be robbed of the OWGR points. However, he still managed to win at the US Open defeating Rory McIlroy and skyrocketed to the 9th position on the list.

But this still was not enough to make him a part of the group. Other players, who were above him, Scottie Scheffler (No. 1), Xander Schauffele (No. 2), Wyndham Clark (No. 5), and Collin Morikawa (No. 6) qualified for the marquee event because of their ranking. This left the highest-ranking LIV Golfer extremely disappointed. He came close to playing in the Olympics back in 2021 but pulled out due to COVID, and this year too luck did not favour him.

Knowing the consequences he would have to face for joining the breakaway league, he said, “That’s kind of what I thought. It hasn’t worked out that way, and again, I respect the decision that I made, and it is what it is. It hurts, but you know what–there’s another one four years later.” Whether DeChambeau will get to play 4 years later or not too remains to be seen. But fingers crossed!