Ian Poulter says it was a “mercenary” move to allow Brooks Koepka back from LIV Golf that shows the two factions are still fighting – but had a solution that involved PGA Tour players joining the team-based competition.
Koepka left LIV Golf to head back to the PGA Tour, which introduced a limited-time Returning Member Program with a criteria that fitted only him, Cameron Smith, Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm.
Why Koepka return was ‘hostile’ PGA Tour move
Brooks Koepka’s return was a ‘hostile’ move by the PGA Tour says Ian Poulter
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Speaking to Peter Finch on the Rough Cut Golf Podcast, Poulter was pretty clear on his opinions of Koepka’s PGA Tour return.
“What did they really open up?” said Poulter. “They gave an opportunity to four players and four players only.
“That’s not really opening up. You’ll only take back players – Brooks, five majors, Cam Smith, who’s won The Players Championship and the Open Championship. You would take back Bryson DeChambeau, and you gave the opportunity to Jon Rahm. F*** everyone else.
“We just wanted the biggest four assets that we can nick back from LIV and we don’t want any of you lot.
“How does that look? I don’t think it looks very good. It’s a mercenary way to turn around to say we’ll just scoop a load of your assets back or try to scoop a load of them back. There’s a still a fight. That’s a hostile offer in my opinion.
“There’s a share option to the [PGA Tour] members, so if they take back two or three players their share option becomes more valuable, so they’re doing it for their back pocket, so it’s still messy.”
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