Dustin Johnson claims his LIV Golf defection cost him a spot on the USA Ryder Cup team… despite fellow rebel Brooks Koepka heading to Rome as a captain’s pick.

Miami (AFP) – Two-time major champ Dustin Johnson says hopping from the PGA Visit to Saudi-backed LIV Golf taken a toll him a spot on this year’s US Ryder Container group.

Johnson, who went 5-0 for the Americans in a Ryder Glass defeat of Europe two a long time prior at Shrieking Straits, told the Palm Shoreline Post he felt he played well sufficient this year to gain a captain’s choose from Zach Johnson.

“On the off chance that I would have been playing on (the PGA Visit), better believe it, I would have made the group,” Johnson told the daily paper. “Do I think I can offer assistance the US group? Completely.”

Johnson, the 2016 US Open and 2020 Aces winner, won final year’s LIV Golf season crown. He won this year’s LIV Tulsa title in May but battled in three of the four majors whereas putting 10th at the US Open.

“I would adore to be a portion of the group, but to be fair, I haven’t truly played that well this year,” Johnson said.

“But have I played well sufficient to be on the group? Definitely. I didn’t have the most excellent year. Was it great sufficient to create the group? I think so.”

US captain Zach Johnson did select LIV’s Brooks Koepka for his American squad after his fifth major title in May at the PGA Championship and Experts runner-up exertion, but who fell out of a ensured spot on the final day of qualifying.

“In case I would have played a little better at the majors, I think I certainly would have had a very good chance to be on the group,” Johnson told the Post. “But fair battled a small bit within the majors this year, which happens.”

Johnson, 39, joined LIV for its opening occasion in June 2022 and won $35 million within the upstart circuit’s to begin with campaign, but has overseen as it were five top-10s in LIV occasions this year.

LIV players were prohibited from US PGA Visit occasions so the as it were time Johnson has confronted beat PGA rivals this year has been at majors.

Johnson has played on five US Ryder Container groups, too making a difference a US triumph in 2016.

“Once you have been a portion of groups for the final 12-14 a long time, you need to be a portion of it since they are incredible occasions,” Johnson said.

Johnson said he talked to Zach Johnson at majors this year and told him of his crave to play on Zach’s group.

“I told him I’d adore to be on the group,” Johnson said. “Butlike I said, I didn’t play very well sufficient, particularly not being on the visit, I required to truly play well.”

Inquired in the event that he had considered LIV players, Zach Johnson has said they had a chance and there was “a fellow on the group” in Koepka who “had that opportunity and seized it.”

Dustin Johnson said he remains companions with around half of the group that lives close him in South Florida and would certainly be observing when they attempt to hold the trophy in Italy in two weeks.