The signing of Jon Rahm for LIV Golfthe Saudi circuit that rushed through a checkbook in recent years, This caused a great stir.
The one from Barrika is one of the great stars of current golf, and His departure from the PGA Tour was a severe blow where it will be difficult to recover.
“I won’t lie and say that money wasn’t one of the reasons I joined LIV. When I found out the amount, I thought. Let’s talk. But I like how LIV has been taking golf forward in the last couple of years,” he explained, making it clear that the incredible cash offer wasn’t the only reason he changed his mind.
Rahm acknowledged that there were people who did not understand his decision after showing in the past his rejection of LIV Golf and his loyalty to the PGA Tour. This is not the case of Viktor Hovland, who defended the Spaniard in his most delicate moment in terms of image.
“I wasn’t surprised when Rahm went to LIV Golf. It’s so stupid to criticize the players for leaving. You only hear one position in the media, but there’s a lot going on here at once. I understand why Jon Rahm left. It’s a lot of money. And also the management of the PGA Tour did a disastrous job,” he said in an interview with Eurosport Norway.
“On the PGA Tour they see players as workers and not as members. We are the PGA Tour, without the players there is nothing. When you see what happens behind closed doors and how decisions are not best for the players, but for them… They are not professional golfers, they are businessmen who say ‘it shouldn’t be like this’. There is a lot of arrogance behind it and then what happens” added the Norwegian.
The architect of Europe’s success in the Ryder Cup He criticized the Saudi circuit, where he said “I don’t like its format. I am not in favor of playing without cuts. You have to measure 150 players with a cut. If you can’t play well, get out. If I had gone to LIV I would not have been a better golfer, and that ends the debate. But I can’t blame the people who decided to go there. We have to try to come to an agreement between all of us. For my part, no, I doubt you will see me on the LIV Tour”, but He reiterated his criticism of the PGA Tour.
“Saying Jon Rahm is a bad guy and LIV is scary… That’s because you worry too much about the little things. and you don’t see everything that’s going on. I hope everything happens so that everything goes back to normal. Obviously there is a division in golf. The PGA Tour is not as strong as before, it is a fact” he concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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