Ernie Els feels there is a place for LIV Golf on the schedule – but it should be condensed into a three-month end of year tournament when there’s no “real” golf being played.
Four-time Major winner Els thinks there could be a place for LIV in the golfing calendar, with the South African pointing to the three months after the FedEx Cup Playoffs as a window LIV could fill. This year’s Tour Championship takes place at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta from August 25-28.
“You could play that for three months,” said the 52-year-old. “The whole world will be watching. I mean, my gosh, everybody will watch it. Can you imagine the guys trying to buy teams who have people, principals of teams? It will be like the Formula One. You’ll have major people, billionaire people, and they will come in and have fun with the teams and the sport, and the guys can have fun and the world can have fun with this format because it’s different. But three months of that, I think that’s enough. Then come back to play real golf.”
Els has called for the PGA Tour to end its “tug of war” with LIV Golf and hopes Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan will sit down with LIV CEO Greg Norman to thrash out a compromise for the good of the game.
“It’s crazy at the moment,” said Els. “It’s just a shame how things are being split up. My view – and I discussed this with the Saudi people a long time ago – was always to do things with the major tours. Greg keeps stirring from his side and it seems that Jay has got to defend himself. Some of the players have also been speaking out, and it seems like a tug of war a little bit. It’s really very uncomfortable and surely there has to be some kind of negotiation to come.”
Without a change in format, Els doesn’t think LIV tournaments will ever be considered real golf, though that could provide a boost to the Asian Tour as players are forced to look east to play in tournaments that have ranking points.
“Fifty-four-hole events means the players are going to lose ranking points,” said Els. “They are going to have to…
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