Tiger Woods Blasts Players Who Left PGA Tour for LIV Golf, Says: “They Turn Their Backs on What Allowed Them to Get to That Position”
American golf legend, Tiger Woods has come down pretty hard on golf players who go to the new Golf LIV Series funded by the Saudi Arabian government and no longer participate in the PGA Tour, as reported by Marca.
According to Woods, young players who do this jeopardise their participation in major tournaments and maintained that he is a staunch supporter of the PGA Tour.
Tiger Woods is Not Holding Back
“I don’t agree with that,” Woods said. “I think what they’ve done is turned their back on what has allowed them to get to this position.”
“Some players are never going to have the experience of playing in major championships. That’s a possibility. We don’t know that yet. It’s up to those who organize the majors championships to determine that. But it is a possibility. We don’t know that yet, but some players are never going to get that opportunity to play in a major championship, walk the fairways at Augusta National (home of the Masters), here (at St. Andrews),” he said.
Woods added that the R&A obviously has its opinions, its rulings and its decisions. “Greg has done some things that I don’t think are in the best interest of our game, and we’re going back to probably the most historic and traditional venue in our sport. I think it’s the right thing to do.”
Meanwhile, for golfers in the new LIV Golf Series like Abraham Ancer and Carlos Ortiz, a lot of what happens it will depend on whether these league tournaments will be distributing world ranking points or whether the majors will change regulations to include them.
According to reports in June, Woods turned down a $1 billion offer to join LIV Golf.
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