DP World Tour pro Mike Lorenzo-Vera would like to see anyone playing in a LIV Golf event banned from playing in Majors or Ryder Cups, accusing them of prioritising pay cheques over golfing glory.
And he warned any players that do defect to the Saudi-backed Series won’t be welcomed back to the DP World Tour if they change their minds. In an in-depth Twitter Q&A, the 37-year-old Frenchman, who joined the then European Tour in 2005, expressed his disappointment in the players that have jumped ship so far, something he would never do even if asked.
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When asked his opinion on LIV Golf, Lorenzo-Vera said: “They are trying to take us down. And I try to protect an organisation that helped me have a fantastic living for the last 15 years. I’ve never been in contact. Honestly money is one thing, but my dream is the Tour. So I’ll never go!!!”
Ok , if you guys have any question about what I and some players think about the LIV and the guys playing it. I’m in !July 3, 2022
Lorenzo-Vera, who hit the headlines recently calling another recent LIV Golf recruit, Patrick Reed, a ‘cheat‘, said he can understand players near the end of their careers looking for one last payday, but warned them not to think it will be easy to come back to the DP World Tour. He was asked by one Twitter user if he agreed that players in their 40’s taking a big pay off was understandable, to which Lorenzo-Vera replied, “Oh yes , me too. But in that case , just stay there. Just don’t come back. They play for someone that try to take the DP World Tour down. I believe they’re not welcome back.”
Asked if LIV players, including six-time winner Phil Mickelson and four-time champ Brooks Koepka, should be excluded from Majors, the Frenchman replied: “Yes I do…I believe that they chose money over competition. Then why Majors ?” A follow-up asked him if LIV Golf players should be excluded from the Ryder Cup: “Without a doubt…”
Lorenzo-Vera added that the general feeling on the DP World Tour towards the Saudi rebels is…
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