Abraham Ancer Discusses LIV Golf Major Status & Presidents Cup Future

LIV Golf star Abraham Ancer isn’t second-guessing his decision to leave the PGA Tour, even though it’s cost him chances to play in golf’s biggest events.

The 33-year-old Mexican golfer only managed to play in one Major championship during 2024, but he’s staying optimistic about LIV players getting more opportunities next year.

“Do we want to play the Majors? Of course we do,” Ancer told Golf Monthly in a recent interview. “I feel like there’s a bunch of LIV players who have a chance to win a Major, but we’ll see what happens.”

There were some promising signs last season. The Masters gave LIV’s Joaquin Niemann a special invitation to play at Augusta National, and several other LIV players got spots in the PGA Championship.

But here’s the problem: LIV Golf still doesn’t have any guaranteed paths into the Major championships. That’s a big deal, considering some of golf’s biggest names now play on the circuit.

Just ask Sergio Garcia. The former Masters champion had to try qualifying for both the U.S. Open and The Open Championship the hard way. He missed out both times – losing a seven-man playoff for one and coming up just one shot short in the other.

Ancer himself had to battle through qualifying just to play in The Open Championship, which he managed to do in a playoff.

“I’m happy with my decision to join LIV,” Ancer said. “I knew not playing Majors might be a possibility, even though I thought there may have been some type of path created some time ago. But it is what it is.”

The Major championships aren’t the only events LIV players are missing. They’re also banned from the Presidents Cup, where Ancer has some special memories.

“The Presidents Cup was a tournament that I will always remember,” said Ancer, who scored 3.5 points out of 5 in his only appearance in 2019. “You feel things that you just don’t feel anywhere else.”

That year, he even got to face his childhood hero Tiger Woods in singles play – a moment he calls “pretty surreal.”

The International team could’ve used him this year. They lost to the U.S. team 18.5-11.5, their tenth straight defeat in the competition.

“It’s easy for me to say, but there’s definitely a lot of Internationals here at LIV that would contribute heavily to the team,” Ancer noted. “We have so many really good players that are peaking right now and love playing matchplay.”

For now, though, Ancer and his LIV colleagues will have to wait and see if golf’s governing bodies open more doors for them in 2025.