Crew occasions such because the Presidents Cup and Ryder Cup are solely “hurting themselves” by banning gamers who signed up for LIV Golf, the previous US Open champion Bryson DeChambeau has mentioned.
Gamers who joined the Saudi-backed LIV collection are now not eligible to take part in PGA Tour occasions, together with the Presidents Cup and all different excursions sanctioned by the circuit. DeChambeau has performed for the USA up to now in each the Ryder Cup and the Presidents Cup however he will probably be watching subsequent week’s Presidents Cup at Quail Hole Membership on tv as an alternative.
“I personally suppose that the staff occasions are solely hurting themselves by not permitting us to play, not permitting us to qualify via some capability, in some side,” DeChambeau mentioned earlier than this week’s LIV occasion in Chicago.
“I'd say, from a staff side, it's unhappy that these governing our bodies haven't allowed us to have the ability to qualify. That’s all I can say to that. I need to play in quite a few occasions on the PGA Tour. It might be superior. That’s what LIV Golf has tried to – they've allowed us to play on the PGA Tour. It’s the PGA Tour barring us from doing so.”
The profitable LIV collection, which counts 12 main winners amongst its gamers, provides $25m purses in no-cut 54-hole tournaments. However critics say LIV Golf, which is bankrolled by Saudi Arabia’s Public Funding Fund, quantities to “sportswashing” by a nation attempting to enhance its fame within the face of criticism over its human rights file.
DeChambeau is among the complainants within the antitrust lawsuit in opposition to the PGA Tour and, although he wouldn't touch upon the lawsuit, he mentioned he had “no purchaser’s regret” over making the swap to LIV Golf. “That is the most important determination apart from selecting my agent that I’ve ever made in my total life and I couldn’t be extra blissful to be over right here,” he mentioned.
“What LIV Golf has offered is one thing new and distinctive, completely different … there’s going to be some disruption and other people aren’t going to love it. And I respect each single individual that doesn’t suppose it’s good for the sport of golf.”
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