Bryson DeChambeau has given his personal seal of approval to Augusta National’s decision to allow LIV Golf players for compete at the 2023 Masters tournament.

The 2020 US open champ, who joined LIV Golf in the summer, was among those waiting and wondering if LIV golfers would be permitted to play following a ban from the PGA Tour for joining the new circuit.

However, on Tuesday evening, Augusta National announced that it will not ban LIV members.

In a statement, Augusta National and Masters chairman Fred Ridley wrote: “Our focus is to honour the tradition of bringing together a pre-eminent field of golfers.”

“Therefore, as invitations are sent this week, we will invite those eligible under our current criteria to compete in the 2023 Masters Tournament. As we have said in the past, we look at every aspect of the tournament each year, and any modifications or changes to invitation criteria for future Tournaments will be announced in April.”

According to a tweet from the Golf Channel’s Todd Lewis, DeChambeau, 27, responded: “As long as you meet the criteria established by the tournament committee, you should be eligible to play. I believe they made the right decision. This Masters will be one of the most exciting Masters in many years”.

Six current LIV Golf players have lifetime exemptions into the Masters as past champions: Dustin Johnson, Patrick Reed, Sergio Garcia, Bubba Watson, Charl Schwartzel and Phil Mickelson. Cameron Smith, Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka will earn invites for winning majors in the past five years. Joaquin Niemann will be in the field for reaching the 2022 Tour Championship, while Talor Gooch, Harold Varner III, Jason Kokrak, Kevin Na, Abraham Ancer and Louis Oosthuizen get invites for being inside the Official World Golf Rankings’ top 50.