Report: Cameron Smith, Leishman, Niemann, others to join LIV next week
Cameron Smith apparently isn't the only player leaving for LIV Golf following the PGA TOUR Championship this week.
Mito Pereira, Joaquin Niemann, Marc Leishman, Harold Varner III, and Cameron Tringale will also be joining LIV next week, sources told Golf Channel's Rex Hoggard.
Anirban Lahiri is also among those joining LIV for next week's Boston event, Sports Illustrated's Bob Harig reports. Sources told Harig that Pereira is not one of the players playing in the event.
On Saturday, Pereira posted to Instagram that he is "happy and honored" to be a part of the International Presidents Cup team - an event he would not be able to participate in if he plays in next week's LIV event.
Smith, Niemann, and Pereira qualified for the Presidents Cup International Team following last week's BMW Championship. The Presidents Cup is set for next month, but players are suspended from both the TOUR and Presidents Cup participation once they tee off at a LIV Golf event.
Smith, this year's Open Champion, was initially reported to be leaving the TOUR for Greg Norman's Saudi-backed series earlier this month but has not publicly committed to the series.
On Friday, Niemann said he was undecided about whether or not he'd be joining LIV when asked about the rumors swirling around his decision.
The next LIV tournament will take place Sept. 2-4 outside of Boston.