LIV Golf London: Scott Vincent happy to make most of ‘incredible journey’ as future hangs in the balance
- Scott Vincent focused on staying in the present as LIV enters second half of 2023 season
- The Asian Tour player is battling to make his way into the top 24 and earning his place on the circuit next year
Scott Vincent has no idea what the future might hold for him in LIV Golf, and he’s OK with that.
With more than half the season gone, the Zimbabwean was on the edge of the protected places heading into this week’s event in England, with the top 24 players at the end of the year guaranteed to come back in 2024.
Most of the rest of the field will face a battle in November or December to retain their spots, despite the uncertainty surrounding the game’s immediate future.
That uncertainty has reached all corners and all tours, not least the Asian one, which took significant financial backing from LIV Golf to start its International Series, the route through which Vincent earned his spot among the elite of the game.
With myriad questions over the framework agreement between the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund remaining unanswered, the most Vincent said he could do was “stay in the present”, although he might have wished to be somewhere else after an opening round seven-over-par 78 on Friday, which left him bottom of the individual scoreboard, some 15 shots adrift of early leader Cameron Smith.
Acknowledging that it was “easy to get caught up in that stuff”, the 31-year-old said if this turned out to be the “last season I ever play on LIV” his approach would be to figure out how to make the most of it.
