Dustin Johnson is the most recent player to quit the PGA Tour to challenge in the LIV Golf Invitational Series. Johnson stated at his first press conference on Tuesday at the Centurion Club outside of London that he intends to focus on the eight-event LIV series and big championships.

For the time being, I've surrendered my Tour membership and will be playing [LIV] instead, he informed reporters. That is the strategy.

Johnson has won 24 times on the Tour since joining in 2008 and has accumulated approximately $75 million in on-course earnings. With at least 20 Tour victories and 15 active seasons, he was on the verge of becoming a lifetime member.

Sergio Garcia, Kevin Na, Charl Schwartzel, and Branden Grace have all resigned from the Tour, and Johnson is the latest to do so. On Monday, Phil Mickelson told Sports Illustrated that he has no plans to withdraw from his lifetime membership in the PGA Tour.

Johnson's decision could have significant ramifications.

Johnson will almost certainly be ineligible to compete in any future Ryder Cups. Players on the PGA Tour are automatically members of the PGA of America, and only PGA members are eligible to compete for the U.S. team. Johnson is coming off a 5-0 performance at Whistling Straits last year when the Ryder Cup was won by the United States by the most significant margin in the event's history.

Everything is open to change, according to Johnson. This, hopefully, will change at some point in the future, and I will be able to join. If it doesn't, that was another issue I had to consider carefully. Finally, I decided to come here and play.

Johnson will also be unable to compete in the Presidents Cup if he does not have a Tour membership. He hasn't won on the PGA Tour since November 2020, and before this announcement, he was ranked 20th in the points standings. At the end of August, the American team will be finalised.

Johnson, now ranked No. 15 in the world, stated that he plans to compete in all major championships, including next week's U.S. Open at The Country Club. In 2016, he won the U.S. Open. I can't speculate on what the implications will be or how the Tour will handle it, he said. I can't speak for the majors, but I hope they'll allow us to play. I'm exempt from the majors, so unless I hear otherwise, I'll be playing there.