The PGA Tour and LIV Golf continue their conflict. The players who decided to become part of LIV Golf are heavily criticized. However, many of them did not want to react to it. Bubba Watson couldn’t stand the comments about LIV Golf and their spending of money.
Bubba finds such things funny considering that the PGA Tour has had similar moves. ‘It makes me laugh because on the PGA Tour, I got paid behind closed doors to show up at tournaments, many tournaments,’ Watson told ESPN.
This great golfer thinks that the ‘better’ players took even more money than him. ‘And if Bubba Watson’s not the best, that means the best were getting paid better than me and more than me. And so it’s guaranteed money.
I miss the cut, I still make money. I make the cut, I make extra money.’
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It is obvious that the leaders of the PGA Tour were working ‘behind the curtain’ They had certain things that were not discussed.
This is not surprising, considering that in the world of sports, such a thing is normal. ‘I’d laugh at because we all had some guaranteed money to show up at places,’ Watson told ESPN. ‘Win, lose, quit, whatever it is, you still got the money.
We’ve all been doing that. We’ve all been playing for guaranteed money. The critics, it just makes me laugh because that’s what we’re doing. We don’t want to talk about it on tour, but we are getting it.’
PGA Tour player advisory council member Kevin Kisner denied Watson’s statements. ‘If Travelers wants to pay Bubba Watson to go do a tent visit, that has nothing to do with the PGA Tour,’ Kisner told ESPN. ‘You don’t think Zurich in New Orleans is pressuring guys to play because they’re sponsoring them on their sleeves? That’s not an appearance fee. That’s an off-course endorsement that’s under contract.’
