The LIV GOLF International series could make a big boom in the golf world, and Paul McGinley commented on it:
“If this Saudi League does gather ahead of speed and does challenge the current established two tours in the world, considering the background and who is involved and the whole idea of team events and everything.
It could turn golf upside down and on its head, so this in time could be a historic moment but we will have to see how it plays out.” – he said, as quoted by mirror “At this stage he [Johnson] is only one player, all the other remaining top players in the world remain completely loyal to the PGA Tour in particular and they feel they have got it good over there and they do have it good.
Playing for 10, 12 million dollars every single week with the prize funds. First prize of over $2 million, their endorsements are massive and they are flying around in their private jets every week and going home to their families”.
PGA and LIV
The PGA did not allow its players to compete in the LIV Golf. He said: “At this stage we could be heading for a court case. I don’t know the legality of all that, I don’t really want to go into a world I’ve got no idea about, but yeah that is what it is looking like at the moment.
That is what has been rumoured for the last year or two, that this would end up in a legal case, and this may well ignite it”. Sacha Deshmukh, Amnesty International UK’s chief executive, said a reaction was needed with regard to Saudi Arabia and her view that life rights had been violated there.
“We’re urging all golfers playing in this tournament to speak out about human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia,”- she said. “Saudi Arabia’s persecuted human rights community will feel bitterly disappointed if well-paid golfing superstars take the LIV Golf cash but stay silent about what’s happening in Saudi Arabia.”
