Lee Westwood branded PGA Tour players “hypocrites” over changes made to the circuit in response to LIV Golf.
The former world No.1, one of the first high-profile stars to defect to the Saudi-funded rebel tour, claimed the tour “have always been bullies”.
Radical alterations were made to the PGA Tour, including more “elevated events” and tweaks to the Player Impact Program, in response to LIV.
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But in an interview with Golf Digest, Westwood slammed the tour and its players.
“I laugh at what the PGA Tour players have come up with,” he said.
“It’s just a copy of what LIV is doing. There are a lot of hypocrites out there. They all say LIV is ‘not competitive.’ They all point at the no-cut aspect of LIV and the ‘short fields.’
“Now, funnily enough, they are proposing 20 events that look a lot like LIV. Hopefully, at some point they will all choke on their words. And hopefully, they will be held to account as we were in the early days.”
Westwood also slated the tour over its strategic alliance with the DP World Tour, accusing it of “hogging” world ranking points by poaching the best players from other tours.
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