Laurie Canter Re-Joining LIV Golf Instead of Accepting PGA Tour Membership

Laurie Canter, the first former LIV Golf member to earn a spot on the PGA Tour, has chosen to rejoin LIV in 2026 rather than play on the PGA Tour.

Last month, Canter, 36, earned a 2026 PGA Tour card after finishing seventh in the DP World Tour’s season-ending standings. For the past three seasons, the circuit formerly known as the European Tour awarded dual PGA Tour membership to the top 10 players not otherwise exempt at the end of the year.

However, on Monday, Canter announced he is signing with LIV and the league’s Majesticks Golf Club, taking the place of Henrik Stenson, who was relegated and is now rejoining the DP World Tour. Stenson was infamously stripped of his 2023 European Ryder Cup team captaincy after joining LIV in 2022, received a signing bonus from LIV reportedly worth between $40 million and $50 million. All four members of the Majesticks are now English, co-captained by Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood, with Sam Horsfield rounding out the roster.

Daniel Brown, a 31-year-old from England, is next in line in the final 2025 DP World Tour standings, and can choose to accept the 2026 PGA Tour card Canter declined.

Canter made $4.41 million in individual prize money with LIV from 2022 to 2024. In 2022, he was a member of the Cleeks Golf Club. In 2023 and 2024, he wasn’t a full-time member of any team, and competed in various reserve roles. 

It’s unknown whether Canter received a signing bonus from LIV in 2022, but it is likely he is getting one now. 

Canter was never a member of the PGA Tour, but he still faced a one-year ban from events sanctioned solely by the PGA Tour following each of his most recent LIV tournaments he played in—which was mostly at LIV’s Las Vegas event in February 2024. 

After that, he focused on the DP World Tour, and this past March became the first former LIV golfer to compete in the Players Championship, which is the PGA Tour’s flagship event. He missed the cut and did not earn any prize money.

Although it appears that Canter, No. 60 in the Official World Golf Rankings, has no intentions of trying to compete in any upcoming PGA Tour events, once he tees it up in LIV’s 2026 season opener in February, he will once again be banned for at least one year from the PGA Tour. Canter, who competed in all four major championships this year (he missed the cut at three and finished T55 at the U.S. Open), will still be eligible to compete in the majors next year, if he can qualify for them.