Much-loved by fans across the Channel Andrew “Beef” Johnston has admitted he would be hard-pressed not to accept an offer from LIV Golf if it came his way. Guest of the Stirkers and Radar podcast, Englishman Andrew Johnston gave an update on his thumb injury which still keeps him away from competition.
“Beef” has not played on the DP World Tour since the Portugal Masters last November and therefore finds himself ranked 370th in the world rankings. The winner of the Spanish Open in Valderrama in 2016 admitted that his physical condition was starting to weigh on him and that it would be difficult for him not to accept an offer from the controversial circuit backed by the Saudi Public Investment Fund Arabia if submitted to him even if his dream remains to play the Ryder Cup.
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“I’ve been away for a year. If you are offered 10 million pounds, how do you refuse?” explains Andrew Johnston. “I would take the time to seriously think about it because it could change my life and my future.
It depends on your values and why you play golf. I would seriously think about it but I’m not saying I would go.” Besides the financial aspect, Johnston recognizes that he will have to ask himself the right questions.
Those to which most players who have agreed to join the controversial circuit or not have had to respond and which concern their sporting ambitions. I will be playing Majors and Ryder Cups, because nothing replaces those experiences.
It can’t be bought.
“Financially it’s great, but that’s the only reason you take the plunge. Afterwards if you think about why you play golf, that’s when it becomes very difficult for someone like me, because you realize that you will never play another major again.
8th in The Open in 2016 at Troon in the year of Henrik Stenson’s victory, “Beef” finds it hard to give up this type of thrill. “The experiences I have had in some Grand Slam tournaments have been amazing.
When you go to play The Open or in the United States, it’s crazy and these are memories that remain engraved forever. “If I am fit and injury free for the next 10 years I will hopefully play Majors and Ryder Cups because there is no substitute for those experiences. It can’t be bought.”
