Adidas has parted ways with two of the most prominent members of the Arab Super League (LIV Golf), Dustin Johnson and Sergio García, as the media published on Tuesday. Johnson, former world number 1 and Augusta Masters champion in 2020and of a US Openhas been associated with the clothing giant for 15 years.
ESPN reports that DJ wants to end the sponsorship deal in favor of growing the brand of his LIV Golf team, the 4Aces.
“We have mutually agreed to part ways with longtime Adidas golfer Dustin Johnson,” Adidas Golf President Jeff Lienhart said in a statement to various media outlets. “For more than 15 years, Dustin has been a great ambassador for the Adidas brand. We’ve had a front row seat to see him win several major championships, rise to the number 1 ranking and establish his himself as one of the greatest players in history. , all while wearing the three stripes. We wish Dustin all the success in the world,” the note added.
Johnson fell to No. 54 in the Official World Golf Ranking, which has yet to award ranking points for LIV Golf events but is looking at the Saudi-funded Super League’s application.
The man from Castellón, Sergio García, has been linked to Adidas since he entered professionalism in April 1999.: nearly half a century. Adidas has confirmed to the media that it has not renewed the contract with the 2017 Augusta Masters champion.
But Adidas continues to support other LIV Golf players, in the case of Chilean Joaquín Niemann, who went from the PGA Tour to the Super League in August 2022.
Johnson was an ambassador for the Royal Bank of Canada, but they ended the association in June after he ‘departed’ from LIV.
The second season of LIV starts this Friday at the Mayakoba tournament in Playa del Carmen (Mexico).
Source: La Verdad
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