“We owe them more than this” – Analyst Curtis Strange concerned about lawsuit filed by LIV Golf players
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Tiger Woods came up during a discussion between Curtis Strange and LIV Golf about LIV Golf’s lawsuit against the PGA Tour. And one of Strange’s opinions on the 15-time major champion neatly encapsulated most of his ideas on the current hot topic.
Woods was observed earlier this year at the Masters by Strange, a two-time major champion who is currently an analyst. Additionally, he heard what was being said. Strange reported hearing Woods discusses his legacy. He claimed to have overheard Woods saying how grateful he was to have participated in his first activity since the accident.
But what about LIV Players? “They’ve turned their back on a Tiger Woods when you think about it,” Strange stated Friday during an appearance on the SiriusXM radio program Starter with Taylor Zarzour. “It’s just annoying that the game that not only do I respect and love so much, but it’s also the players that came before me and who paved the way. I just think we owe them more than this.”
Strange’s remarks came days after 11 LIV golfers filed a lawsuit against the Tour in an antitrust case last week, claiming that the suspensions the Tour has imposed on its members who have left to play in the new league are illegal. A smaller group of three players, Talor Gooch, Hudson Swafford, and Matt Jones, have asked the court for a temporary restraining order allowing them to compete in the FedEx Cup Playoffs, which get underway next week. The group of 11 is seeking to have their suspensions overturned and their playing privileges reinstated.
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Curtis Strange is concerned about the future of golf, if LIV Golf wins the lawsuit
Additionally noteworthy, and thanks to Zarzour for asking – were Strange’s opinions on the “end game” for LIV and its CEO, Greg Norman, as well as whether the rival tours may advance the game. Both responses related to his statement regarding Woods, who, in Norman’s opinion, turned down between $700 million and $800 million to join LIV. Strange responded to the end-game question by stating that he was unsure of what it might entail, which actually says a lot.
“I guess the end game would be to create an atmosphere to where they’re good people,” Strange said on the show. “Let’s not forget the bottom line on who the Saudis really are and what they do and how they run their country. But be that as it may, Norman comes from an emotional, vindictive attitude and history with the Tour. We know that. That’s all I really want to say about him”.
But could that continue further with the world’s best players split between the two tours? Zarzour asked this question: “You have some of the best players playing in one league, and a few of the best players playing on the LIV Golf series. Are you concerned about the game growing forward with all of this going on?”
In the near future, the hearing for the temporary restraining order will take place next Tuesday, the Tour playoffs will start on the following Thursday, and LIV won’t play again until Labor Day weekend. But what comes next is mostly uncertain.
“I’m concerned about all of it, Taylor,” Curtis Strange said on the show. “If it becomes the Wild West if it goes to court, and they win, then there’ll be no rules and regulations on where and when you can play. And then the Tour will become the Wild West. It will all be run by money, all appearance fees, and you know who suffers — the fans. The fans will suffer and the charities will suffer. And if that’s what Greg Norman and his entourage want, I hope they’re happy. I can’t envision what would happen then.”
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