Verbal War raged between rival league Golfers, Billy Horschel and Ian Poulter, exchanged fire-full words on the field

At the BMW PGA Championships back in September, LIV golfers were allowed to compete alongside the PGA Tour regulars and it was probably the first time there could be a possibility of rival groups going against each other on the greens!

While at first, everything seemed to be going smoothly enough, the fun (or acrimony?) just started to unravel when defending champion Billy Horschel started arguing with LIV defector Ian Poulter. Then, what started as a small dissonance got spiraled into a huge argument as the two golfers kept going on-and-on, rumbling with each other. Watch below.

Although it’s unclear as to what really was discussed, the animated body language suggests some really odd circumstances led to the fight and some really tough words had been exchanged.

Billy Horschel blamed ridiculous amounts of money for luring golfers to join LIV Golf

Horschel recently opined that LIV golfers didn’t deserve to get world ranking points because they joined the Saudi Arabia-backed cash-rich league only in the hope of getting money whilst not really being bothered about their performances.

“Right now, LIV does not meet the criteria to get world ranking points and it’s a year or year and a half process minimum, the way it’s always been,” Horschel said.

“I think they all got some bad information from the LIV people and their agents didn’t do a good job of leading them down the right path or at least give them the full information,” he added.

The 35-year-old Horschel also insisted that money was the motive behind all the golfers who switched sides. According to reports, golfers Cameron Smith, Dustin Johnson, and Phil Mickelson were paid a staggering $100 million to join the contentious league.

“I think some of them thought that things were going to happen quicker and (were) reassured that things were going to happen down the road, but you know what, they signed for a lot of money so their bank accounts are pretty fat right now.“

“That’s why the majority went because of the money, they didn’t go because of world ranking points or anything else. They went for the money for the most part. Maybe some of them have some regrets, especially the guys that aren’t qualified for the majors in the future,” he added.

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