Woods ‘paying consideration’ to LIV as civil battle with PGA Tour continues
LIV Golf star Talor Gooch has opened up on a dialogue with {golfing} nice Tiger Woods at this month’s Masters, with the PGA Tour legend paying a eager curiosity within the Saudi-funded collection. Woods has been one among LIV’s largest critics for the reason that breakaway shaped final summer season.
The Saudi-funded collection lured in a complete host of huge names from their PGA Tour rivals, together with the likes of Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau. Woods nevertheless remained loyal to the Tour by which he has received 82 profession titles.
And in doing so acted nearly as an unofficial mouthpiece for the PGA, criticising LIV and CEO Greg Norman throughout the previous 12 months. As a consequence, Woods known as on Norman to step down as LIV boss to ensure that the 2 excursions to lastly come to a decision the place they will each peacefully exist.
“Greg has to go,” the 15-time main champion claimed final November. “As Rory [McIlroy] said, I think Greg’s got to leave and then we can eventually, hopefully, have a stay between the two lawsuits and figure something out. But why would you change anything if you’ve got a lawsuit against you? They sued us first.
“I see that there’s an opportunity out there if both organisations put a stay on their litigation but that’s the problem, they’ve got to put a stay on it. I think it has to start with leadership on their side. Understanding that what is happening right now is not the best fit or future for the whole game of golf. Now, what is the best way for our game to grow?
“It’s not this way. You need to have the two bodies come together. If one side has so much animosity, someone trying to destroy our tour, then how do you work with that?” Despite his opposition Woods has been maintaining a tally of the insurgent circuit, as famous by LIV star Gooch.
Detailing a dialog he had with {the golfing} nice at this month’s Masters at Augusta National, he instructed the Fore the People podcast. “So at Augusta, one of the mornings I was warming up, Tiger was right next to me warming up. And he was like, man, you’re with Bubba [Watson]’s team now, right? And I was like, yeah.
“He’s like, you all are going to Adelaide, right? I’m like, yeah. He goes, man, they got some great golf there. And then he’s, have you ever been to Singapore? I was like, man, first time. And he’s like, man, you need to go to the casino at Marina Bay Sands. It’s the famous hotel casino here; you’ve all seen it, for sure. It looks like there’s a boat on top of three towers. It’s this massive casino hotel.”
In response fellow professional John Peterson mentioned: “I assure you, if you happen to had been to ask 95 % of golf followers the week of the Masters the place the LIV Tour was going the following two weeks in a row, there is not any method they’d have been capable of inform you Australia and Singapore. So Tiger’s paying consideration. Tiger’s paying consideration a bit bit.”