Cleeks GC captain Martin Kaymer has made a new signing for the 2024 LIV Golf League season.
Martin Kaymer has signed Finland’s Kalle Samooja to his Cleeks GC for the 2024 LIV Golf League season.
The news has not yet been made official by LIV Golf – or Cleeks GC – but a golf fan by the name of Hunter Biden took a screenshot of a LIV Golf Story post that ended up getting quickly deleted on Monday January 8, 2024.
In the picture, Kaymer was positioned next to Samooja, the recent signing, and Richard Bland, who was already a member of Cleeks GC.
Samooja, 35, won the LIV Golf Promotions event last month, earning him a spot in the 2024 LIV Golf League season.
That saw him collect $200,000.
The tournament was held over three days and 72 holes, with cuts made after rounds one and two, and the top 20 players from an original field of 73 took part in a 36-hole shootout on Sunday’s final round where they competed for just three places on the Saudi-backed circuit.
Zimbabwe’s Kieran Vincent and Japan’s Jinichiro Kozuma finished second and third to earn their playing privileges for 2024.
Samooja now joins two-time major champion Martin Kaymer and Richard Bland on Cleeks GC, with the final fourth member of their team yet to be confirmed.
Bland was recently mocked by golf fans for a 40-second video post he filmed ahead of the new season.
In June 2022, Samooja won the Porsche European Open shooting a final-round course-record 64 to claim his first DP World Tour title.
Samooja is ranked 298th in the Official World Golf Rankings.
There are still a number of places to be filled on several teams ahead of the new LIV Golf season.
The most notable ones are the players set to fill Jon Rahm’s new LIV Golf team for 2024 following the Spaniard’s shock move last month.
We probably won’t have to wait too long for an update because the 2024 LIV Golf League season in Mayakoba is quickly approaching in a few weeks.
Rahm is thought to have agreed to pay about £450 million over the course of five years to join LIV Golf.
Some estimates put the amount as high as $600 million.
If the numbers are accurate, Rahm will be the highest paid athlete in the world by 2024.
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