Overview

• The UK’s Electronic Travel Authority policy bars entry to anyone who served a year or more in prison, prompting Larson’s rejection after applying for the Scottish Open and The Open.
• Larson served ten years for a 1990s cocaine trafficking conviction and has since rebuilt his life, earning a degree and caddying full time on the PGA Tour.
• Letters of support from the PGA Tour, R&A, the US ambassador to the UK and charities like Operation New Hope failed to secure an exemption.
• English enlisted Joe Etter for the Genesis Scottish Open and putter coach Ramon Bescansa at The Open after Larson’s final appeal was denied.
• With Larson still stuck in the US, English adapts to last-minute caddie changes while legal efforts to overturn the refusal remain unresolved.