Tiger Woods Press Conference: Concerns about LIV
From ESPN, by Mark Schlabach:
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- Tiger Woods blasted LIV Golf during a news conference at the 150th Open Championship at St. Andrews on Tuesday, offering his sharpest criticism to date of PGA Tour players who were lured to the Saudi Arabian-financed circuit by lucrative signing bonuses...
"I disagree with it," Woods said. "I think that what they've done is they've turned their back on what has allowed them to get to this position." Read more
From CBS Sports, by Kyle Porter:
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- The one voice that has been somewhat absent from the week-to-week PGA Tour-LIV Golf conversation has been perhaps the most important voice in golf. Tiger Woods on Tuesday, ahead of the 150th Open Championship, gave his longest and strongest rejection of the Greg Norman-run, Saudi Arabia-backed league. Read more
From Yahoo!Sports, USA Today, by Steve DiMeglio:
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland – Tiger Woods wouldn’t have invited Greg Norman to the 150th playing of the Open Championship at St. Andrews...
“Greg has done some things that I don’t think (are) in the best interest of our game, and we’re coming back to probably the most historic and traditional place in our sport,” Woods said Tuesday after a practice round. “I believe [not inviting him -] it’s the right thing.
“I know what the PGA Tour stands for and what we have done and what the Tour has given us." Read more
From Calgary Herald, Washington Post, by Chuck Culpepper:
SAINT ANDREWS, Scotland – Tiger Woods has arrived at the crazy-historic 150th British Open and has brought along his voice, all earned and found and seasoned. He sounded statesmanlike on Tuesday morning as he spoke without reluctance about the blaring, glaring issue disrupting his sport: the breakaway, Saudi-funded LIV Tour. He even recoiled at the idea of loud music. Read more
From BBC Sport at St Andrews, by Alex Bysouth:
"I just don't understand it," added Woods. "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.
"But what these players are doing for guaranteed money, what is the incentive to practise? What is the incentive to go out there and earn it in the dirt? You're just getting paid a lot of money up front and playing a few events and playing 54 holes. They're playing blaring music and have all these atmospheres that are different.
"I just don't see how that move is positive in the long term for a lot of these players." Read more
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