Speaking to Australian media Tuesday, the 2006 U.S. Open champ said when he accepted the offer to become captain of the International squad he asked PGA Tour leadership if eventually players from LIV could join. "'Well, it’s not going to be no chance but we have to see it how it unfolds.' I guess it just hasn’t unfolded to the point where they’re ready to, sort of, let that happen,” Ogilvy said. To be fair it wasn’t an unfounded question; the tour had agreeded to a secret framework agreement in 2023 with LIV’s financial backer, and PIF and the tour were on the precipice of formalizing the deal at the White House last spring. But the sides never came close and the tour now has no interest in letting LIV players back now that PIF has pulled the plug on its soft-power golf exercise. Ogilvy could use the help from the likes of Joaquin Niemann and Lucas Herbet; the Internationals have won just once in the 30-plus year history of the Presidents Cup. For those wondering, LIV players could compete at the Ryder Cup because it’s run by different governing bodies in the PGA of America and DP World Tour, while the Presidents Cup is administered by the PGA Tour.