Paige Spiranac slams LIV tour “fuelled by money and greed” that is “hurting” golf
dailystar.co.ukPaige Spiranac has slammed the LIV tour and its stars for their “greed”, and suggested that despite some positive ideas, it was likely to harm the future of golf.The LIV golf tour, a start-up backed by Saudi Arabia, has aspirations of challenging the world-leading PGA tour.
With the promise of riches, the new event has managed to attract leading names including Dustin Johnson and Kevin Na who have been forced to resign from PGA championships due to policies limiting participation in rival events.The new tour launched with its inaugural event at The Centurion in Hertfordshire last week, and now golfing influencer Paige Spiranac – who boasts over 3.3 million followers on her Instagram account – has hit out at the event’s emphasis on quick cash taking precedent over passion for the sport.Paige has already taunted the likes of Phil Mickelson who signed up to the Saudi-backed invitational event, and she reiterated her stance while speaking in the most recent episode of her Playing a Round podcast.“You look at the LIV tour, and they’re fuelled by money, by greed.
There’s no underlying storyline there that makes you want to root for these guys,” she stressed.“It’s really interesting to see the people who are staying at the PGA tour and who are outspoken and really being advocates for them compared to the guys that are on the LIV tour.“Most of the guys that are on that tour, I’ve had a really poor interaction with them.
There’s either a story that I have behind them or I’ve heard really negative things about them.”Paige has been in a public dispute with heavy-hitter Bryson DeChambeau after once describing him as annoying, and she suggested that the American doesn’t attract the same fanbase as Rory McIlroy.“Look at Bryson.
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