5 big-name LIV Golfers missing from the 2024 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship field ft. Cameron Smith

The DP World Tour now moves to St. Andrews for the 2024 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, which will feature some of the top names in action. Notably, 14 LIV Golf professionals are also competing in the 168-player field event.

Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka and Tyrrell Hatton are among the LIV golfers competing at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. Other notable names include Talor Gooch, David Puig, Eugenio Chacarra, Caleb Surratt, Patrick Reed, Matt Jones, Hudson Swafford, Louis Oosthuizen, Branden Grace, Dean Burmester, and Peter Uihlein.

However, despite the large presence of LIV players at St. Andrews, several top names are missing this week. Here’s a look at five top players from the Saudi-backed circuit not competing at the 2024 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.

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5 big-LIV Golf professionals absent from the 2024 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship

1) Cameron Smith

Cameron Smith at the LIV Golf Dallas Team Championship (Image Source: Imagn)

Among the LIV Golf professionals, Cameron Smith is the most notable absence from the 2024 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. A couple of weeks ago, he led his team to the LIV Golf Team Championship title.

Smith will return to action later this year at the Australian PGA Championship and Queensland PGA Championship.

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2) Joaquin Niemann

Joaquin Niemann during the LIV Golf Greenbrier (Image Source: Imagn)

Joaquin Niemann is another top golfer in the Saudi-backed circuit who is not competing at St. Andrews this week. He finished the LIV season as the runner-up in the Individual Championship.

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3) Sergio Garcia

Sergio Garcia at the LIV Golf Dallas Team Championship (Image Source: Imagn)

Sergio Garcia is the only LIV Golf-bound Spanish professional not playing this week. He resigned from his DP World Tour membership a couple of years ago and hasn't competed in any of the tour's events since then.

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4) Lee Westwood

Lee Westwood during LIV Golf Greenbrier (Image Source: Imagn)

Similar to Garcia, Lee Westwood also resigned from his DP World Tour membership.

Westwood won the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in 2003, defeating Ernie Els by a one-shot margin.

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5) Martin Kaymer

Martin Kaymer (Image Source: Getty)

Martin Kaymer is another top player who is not competing at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.

Kaymer has an impressive record at St. Andrews, having won here once and also finishing as the runner-up. He secured victory in 2010, beating Danny Willett by a three-stroke margin. In 2008, he lost to Robert Karlsson in a three-man playoff.