Louis Oosthuizen has admitted that missing this year's Presidents Cup is "a punch in the gut", with his decision to join the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Series making him ineligible to feature in the tournament.
Oosthuizen was one of the first players to defect to LIV and resigned his PGA Tour membership as a result. However, the 39-year-old hoped that by remaining part of the Sunshine Tour in his native South Africa, he would still be able to earn a captain's pick for the Presidents Cup.
But PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan stated that golfers who had joined LIV were "no longer eligible to participate in PGA Tour tournament play, including the Presidents Cup." When asked about missing the tournament during LIV's fifth event in Chicago, Oosthuizen admitted: "There's a lot of pangs about missing next week.
