The world's third-ranked golfer made another dig at the LIV Golf series in a press conference Tuesday ahead of this week's U.S. Open.
There is a press conference ahead of the US Open.
The blowback against those joining the new league and their subsequent suspensions from the PGA Tour have been referred to by the golfer.
The talent pool on the longstanding PGA Tour has been fractured by the addition of about a fifth of the top 100 ranked golfers from the PGA Tour.
The younger golfers joining LIV Golf are taking the easy way out, and he was disappointed in Phil Mickelson for how he handled his jump.
Last week's inaugural LIV Golf tournament "meant nothing" compared to the importance of the tour's tournaments.
He doesn't work for the tour but rather it works for him and he won't recruit for the tour if he leaves.
In February, he called the league dead in the water and last week said those joining the new Saudi league were in it "for money".
The U.S. Open is one of the four major tournaments. Lefty, Johnson and DeChambeau are among the defectors in the tournament. LIV Golf players can compete in the U.S. Open, even though they are not allowed on the PGA Tour.
The first ever tournament hosted by LIV Golf went off without a hitch. Thanks to $2 billion in funding from the Saudi Arabia sovereign wealth fund, the series lured several star golfers. 17 golf players were suspended by the PGA Tour last week for committing to the new LIV Golf series and will not be allowed to play in the new series in the future. Most sponsors of the golfer joining the Saudi-backed league have remained silent, though a few have dropped their sponsorship of the players. Donald Trump's country clubs will host two tournaments in the year 2022.
They joined forces to stick it to the golf course.
The golf sponsors have not dropped the Saudi-backed players.
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