Featuring at the Horizon Irish Open, home favourite, Padraig Harrington, gave his thoughts on the players who have jumped ship to the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series, with the 50-year-old stating: “I actually don’t have any problem with the guys who have gone to LIV Golf. They have gone to do their thing.”
Harrington, who recently claimed his first Major title on the Senior circuit, also revealed that: “Everybody’s got to make their own choices. You make your bed and you sleep in it, that’s it. It was very clear that the guys who didn’t go, especially guys who could have gone, who possibly would have had offers on the table, they have taken a big decision not to take the money.
“I actually don’t have any problem with the guys who have gone to LIV Golf. But you make your bed and you sleep in it.”Padraig Harrington gives his views on the rebel players who have threatened the DP World Tour with legal action. #RTEGolf pic.twitter.com/A2zOC5DyP1July 1, 2022
“It was very, very clear that there would be severe sanctions for anybody who went,” he added. “But I honestly don’t judge the guys who went for the money. It’s a pretty good offer. Certainly, if you turn around and they offer you that sort of money and, bear in mind, people at times are looking at the moral side of it, everybody has different morals depending what country you come from, what religion.
“There are so many different things. I don’t know why we would impose. They have gone and happy to have gone, fair play to them. There’s certainly room in golf, the rest of golf has started to prove, based on that tournament. I’m particularly happy that the European Tour and the PGA Tour have come out and started focusing on themselves to get better, instead of trying to pull down the other Tour.
“I wouldn’t sanction them as far as letting them play in the Majors, if it was me. I don’t have a problem with that. I see it as a competitive Tour. I grew up seeing the PGA Tour as a competitive Tour. I don’t have a problem with another Tour being out there competitively.
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