Tiger Woods plays in this week’s 150th Open and he’s once again had his say on the topic of LIV Golf. We already knew that he is remaining loyal to the PGA Tour and isn’t a massive fan of LIV, but this time he went in hard.
The 15-time Major winner delivered his verdict on the Saudi-backed series, criticising the format, the guaranteed money and the fact that younger players are heading there before they even experience tour life and 72-hole events. He also expressed his worry that LIV players may not be able to earn world ranking points or continue to play in Majors.
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“I disagree with it,” Woods opened up with on his thoughts on LIV Golf and the players who have joined. “I think that what they’ve done is they’ve turned their back on what has allowed them to get to this position. 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.
“And who knows what’s going to happen in the near future with world ranking points, the criteria for entering Major championships. The governing body is going to have to figure that out. Some of these players may not ever get a chance to play in Major championships. That is a possibility.
“We don’t know that for sure yet. It’s up to all the Major championship bodies to make that determination. But that is a possibility, that some players will never, ever get a chance to play in a Major championship, never get a chance to experience this right here, walk down the fairways at Augusta National.
“That, to me, I just don’t understand it. I understand what Jack and Arnold did because playing professional golf at a Tour level versus a club pro is different, and I understand that transition and that move and the recognition that a touring pro versus a club pro is.”
Woods likened the 54-hole format to the Senior Tour, and asked what the incentive to practise is when players are receiving guaranteed money….
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