Former LIV Golfer On Verge Of PGA Tour Card

Laurie Canter's T2nd finish in Korea has put him on the brink of becoming the first former LIV Golfer to earn a PGA Tour card

Laurie Canter and his caddie shake hands
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Former LIV Golfer Laurie Canter has moved into one of the DP World Tour's ten spots to earn a PGA Tour card for 2026 with just two events remaining this season.

Canter made an incredible 100ft eagle putt on the 72nd hole to finish T2nd at the Genesis Championship and jump into the sixth position out of ten in the race for a PGA Tour membership.

"We play such a frustrating game and I feel like at the beginning of the year I felt like I had a lot of momentum and had it on a piece of string and [since] then it has been hard work," he told the DP World Tour.

"I have felt like I am paddling upstream for six to eight months. I fell out of the PGA Tour card race this week so that was on my mind.

"I wanted to go to the Play-Offs and feel like I am not playing with a gun to my head totally, I can go out and embrace the chance to go and get one of those cards."

The Englishman played 20 times in the LIV Golf League from 2022-2024, teeing it up in all seven of the inaugural season's tournaments before stepping in as a reserve for 11 events in 2023.

He appeared in the first two events in 2024 and has solely played on the DP World Tour since.

Laurie Canter holds the Bahrain Championship trophy

Canter won his second DP World Tour title in less than a year at the 2025 Bahrain Championship

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Canter has gone on to win twice on the European circuit, capturing his first title at the 2024 BMW International Open and his second earlier this year in Bahrain.

He also played in The Players Championship this March at TPC Sawgrass, where he became the first former LIV player to compete in a fully sanctioned PGA Tour tournament.

Golfers to play on LIV receive 12-month suspensions from the PGA Tour, with his ban expiring just before this year's event at Sawgrass.

He has two events to secure his card for next year, with the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship and DP World Tour Championship remaining.

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How things stand: The 10 men currently in line for 2026 PGA Tour cards

Race To Dubai

Player

Points

2nd

Marco Penge

3,691.24

4th

Kristoffer Reitan

2,553.05

5th

Adrien Saddier

2,465.83

7th

John Parry

2,319.33

8th

Alex Noren

2,302.00

9th

Laurie Canter

2240.40

10th

Haotong Li

2130.22

11th

Daniel Brown

1992.04

12th

Keita Nakajima

1,949.08

13th

Jordan Smith

1,931.52

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