You might think cold cash is the sole siren song luring golfers to LIV. But for a few players, the PGA Tour itself has lost some of its charm. Just a month after draining this audacious 100-ft putt to punch his ticket to the Tour, Laurie Canter seems ready to throw it all away.

Canter’s top-10 finish in the Race to Dubai ranking meant his spot for the PGA Tour 2026 was secured. And given his tumultuous tryst with LIV — he played as a full-time member and as a reserve — it was expected that Canter would make the ‘wise’ choice.

But Sports Business Journal reports he is in talks to make a stunning return to LIV. That, too, after becoming the first ex-LIV golfer to play on the PGA Tour when he teed off at the 2025 PLAYERS.

Should he rejoin LIV, Canter would be the second person to say no to the Tour after Tom McKibbin did the same last year. Now, it’s easy to blame the lust for money, but there is more than one factor in play here.

Bigger Picture: Yes, several players are toiling for a Tour card at the ongoing RSM Classic. Yes, a PGA Tour spot still matters. But thanks to Ponte Vedra’s parsimoniousness with Tour cards and the collective repulsion toward Monday qualifiers, it provides less job security than before.

Meanwhile, LIV will follow a 72-hole format from next year. Majors have been more accommodating towards the league as well. So for a player like Canter, joining LIV with a guaranteed paycheck seems a more sensible decision than throwing himself into an uncertain future on this side of the Atlantic.

Now, the PGA Tour might not be losing the war against LIV. But they are certainly incurring some damage that could’ve been avoided.

Now that you are free from the eternal LIV-PGA Tour squabble, here are the top three headlines you missed yesterday.

Bury the hatchet: Paige Spiranac has been candid about her aversion toward the LPGA. Yet, at the CME Group Tour Championship, Paige was seen chatting with Charley Hull about balance — golf, social media, and everything else. It took time for the LPGA & Paige to collaborate, but it finally happened. However, her rather modest look reminded us of the time she wanted golfers (male and female alike) to ‘dress like athletes.’ Listen to it below.

Begin again: It’s been 14 years and one week since Anthony Kim was last in contention. Indeed, if his comeback made you wonder if it was worth it, you were not alone. Two years of schlocky performance dispatched him out of LIV. But now, Kim sits at T4 after the third round of the PIF Saudi International. Maybe, in the final round, he’ll summon the vintage Kim when his swing looked like a hot knife through butter. Watch the silky smooth swing here.

Bad tidings: One of the most successful NAIA golf programs in this country has decided to drop it. Oklahoma City University, with 19 national championships, is abandoning golf as part of some “difficult budgetary decisions.” University of Colorado Colorado Springs took the same call in 2023. The University of Akron dropped men’s golf in 2020. Doesn’t make it any less distressing, but. Of course, the coaches are dismayed, as you can clearly sense in their words.

If you feel like your putting has been in a dark place recently, you’re not alone. Often, it’s the sloppy distance control that sabotages both your putts and your peace. Just ask this Tour pro who missed a putt by 100 yards (yes, 100 yards). But fret not, this simple drill from LPGA professional Taylor Babcock will sharpen your putting.

This will help you maintain a stable and consistent rhythm. Once you’re familiar with it, here’s a drill that Ernie Els recommends time and again.

It was 2017. 24-year-old Brett White just turned pro with dreams of the PGA Tour in mind. He was on the right track, grinding through developmental circuits, when he was diagnosed with viral encephalitis. His brain, under fierce viral attack, was swelling fast. He couldn’t talk, his memory had all but evaporated, and he was stuck in a wheelchair. Yet, White’s sanguine spirit never dimmed.

He re-learned how to walk, talk, and, of course, swing a club again. Within nine months, White was back in tournaments. Then he Monday-qualified for the 2023 WM Phoenix Open for his PGA Tour debut.

Earlier this year, White shot 59 — watch him pull off the rare feat with a monster eagle putt in the presence of wife and daughter. And now he has punched his ticket to the Korn Ferry Tour. The PGA Tour dream suddenly seems achievable again for White. Look out for him next year.