American Cameron Tringale is the latest to join the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Series. -AAP Image
Cameron Tringale announced Sunday that he will not renew his PGA Tour membership for next season and will join LIV Golf instead.
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The 35-year-old has yet to win in 338 starts on the PGA Tour since turning professional in 2009, but has finished second on four occasions and earned more than $US17 million ($A25 million) in prize money.
"After much reflection, prayer, and conversations with trusted advisors I have made the decision not to renew my TOUR membership for next year and join LIV Golf," Tringale wrote on Twitter.
"As I make this transition within the game I love, I am excited to continue to chase excellence inside the ropes while creating greater harmony with my family and the people and causes I care about at home."
Multiple media outlets had reported on Saturday that Tringale, Australian Cameron Smith and Harold Varner III are among the next wave of golfers planning to defect to the upstart Saudi-backed LIV Golf Series.
The trio, along with Aussie Marc Leishman, Chile's Joaquin Niemann and India's Anirban Lahiri, are expected to play next week's LIV event outside Boston, according to the reports.
The next LIV Golf event -- the fourth of eight on its schedule in 2022 -- is The International in Boston from September 2-4.
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