Tiger Woods has spent his entire career swatting away questions containing even the slightest whiff of controversy.
Today at St Andrews, and now firmly in the twilight of his career, the 15-time major champion dramatically changed gear to issue an impassioned and unambiguous rejection of LIV Golf.
Woods, 47, spoke candidly and at length about the Saudi-funded enterprise. He endorsed the R&A’s decision not to invite LIV CEO Greg Norman to St Andrews. He reiterated his gratitude to the PGA Tour for providing him with a platform to perform. Most significantly, he questioned the decision-making of younger players who have been lured away from the game’s more established tours by the promise of guaranteed millions.
“I disagree with it,” said Woods. “I think that what they’ve done is they’ve turned their back on what has allowed them to get to this position.
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“Some players have never got a chance to even experience it. They’ve gone right from the amateur ranks right into that organisation and never really got a chance to play out here and what it feels like to play a Tour schedule or to play in some big events.”
A meeting to discuss LIV Golf’s application to join the Official World Golf Ranking is reportedly taking place here in St Andrews this week. It remains very much in the balance as to whether or not it will be successful. If not, that could very well spell the end of any ambitions LIV golfers have of ever again playing in the game’s four major championships.
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