LIV Golf Pro Returns After Five Months Out Following Hip Surgery

Majesticks GC player Sam Horsfield will play in Chicago after withdrawing from LIV Golf's Adelaide event in April

Sam Horsfield takes a shot at the 2022 DP World Tour Championship in Dubai
Sam Horsfield returns to action at LIV Golf Chicago
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LIV Golf player Sam Horsfield will return to action in the circuit’s Chicago tournament after undergoing hip surgery.

Horsfield had contributed finishes of 45th in the season opener at Mayakoba in Mexico, 19th in Tucson and 10th in Orlando before being forced to withdraw from the second round of April’s LIV Golf Adelaide tournament.

That left his Majesticks GC team short of a player, which opened the door for super-sub Laurie Canter to be drafted in alongside Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood and Henrik Stenson on the team.

Canter has represented Majestics GC in the seven tournaments since LIV Golf’s debut in Australia after initially standing in for Cleeks GC captain Martin Kaymer after he missed the first three tournaments of the season with a wrist injury.

During his time with Majesticks GC, Canter was largely solid if unspectacular, with 18th at LIV Golf Greenbrier his best finish.

Laurie Canter at the LIV Golf London tournament

Laurie Canter has stood in for Sam Horsfield on Majesticks GC in his absence

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The return of Horsfield was announced on the official Majesticks GC Instagram account, with a message that read: “Sam is back in the saddle. After 5 months out following hip surgery, he makes his comeback this week at #LIVChicago. Excited to have you back @samhorsfield96.”

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With just three tournaments to go in the season, the 26-year-old, who won three times on the DP World Tour before moving to LIV Golf, returns to action with the team just two places off the bottom of the standings, with two fifth-placed finishes its best efforts so far.

Last time out, in the LIV Golf Bedminster tournament, Majesticks GC finished rock bottom of the team standings for the second time this season, and the three co-captains will be hoping the return of their regular team member will be enough to inspire a change of fortunes, starting in the event at Rich Harvest Farms.

Horsfield isn't the only player associated with LIV Golf player who has suffered a hip injury in recent months. Before the season began, Hudson Swafford announced he would undergo hip surgery that would force him out for six months. Then, earlier this week, former LIV Golf pro Justin Harding announced he is hoping to return to action in 2024 as he continues his recovery from a fractured hip.

Mike Hall
Mike Hall
News Writer

Mike has over 25 years of experience in journalism, including writing on a range of sports throughout that time, such as golf, football and cricket. Now a freelance staff writer for Golf Monthly, he is dedicated to covering the game's most newsworthy stories. 

He has written hundreds of articles on the game, from features offering insights into how members of the public can play some of the world's most revered courses, to breaking news stories affecting everything from the PGA Tour and LIV Golf to developmental Tours and the amateur game. 

Mike grew up in East Yorkshire and began his career in journalism in 1997. He then moved to London in 2003 as his career flourished, and nowadays resides in New Brunswick, Canada, where he and his wife raise their young family less than a mile from his local course. 

Kevin Cook’s acclaimed 2007 biography, Tommy’s Honour, about golf’s founding father and son, remains one of his all-time favourite sports books.

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