“Haters are gonna hate” – Graeme McDowell targets ‘keyboard warriors’ for constant criticism over LIV Golf on Twitter


“Haters are gonna hate” – Graeme McDowell targets ‘keyboard warriors’ for constant criticism over LIV Golf on Twitter

Graeme McDowell

The ‘controversial’ LIV Golf event, backed by Saudi Arabian funds has been facing constant criticism across various media platforms, especially Twitter. Meanwhile, one of the participants from the tournament and the 2010 U.S. Open winner at Pebble Beach Graeme McDowell addressed this in a recent interview. 

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The North Irish professional golfer stated that he’s been trying to avoid the “bunch of idiots” on the microblogging platform but hasn’t been successful in the process. Notably, it’s been nine days since the 43-year-old clapped back at someone throwing shade his way on the social media platform but he just can’t help himself sometimes.

Yeah, it still bothers me because I’m not disciplined enough to stay off my social media,” McDowell said of the backlash he and his colleagues have faced for joining the Greg Norman-led and Saudi Arabia-funded series, as quoted by Golf Week. “Haters are gonna hate. Keyboard warriors are always going to be there and that is what it is. I’m not used to it. And like I said, I haven’t done a good job staying away from it.”

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“Care more about what media think than Twitter”

Graeme McDowell
Graeme McDowell

The Portrush native McDowell didn’t shy away from praising his wife, Kristin, for being his rock over the last few months. The European Tour further said that she reads every article written about the League and her husband, but she doesn’t always pass that information along, which he says is for the best.

“I care more about what (the media) think than I care about what the Twitter world thinks, because I know they’re a bunch of idiots,” McDowell explained. “But I know the people writing up on me are a bunch of smart people at times, so that stuff hurts more. But again, it’s only an opinion sometimes. It’s not facts. It’s just opinion.”

“It’s been hard. It’s been a hard couple of months, but I really believed in London I was in the right place,” McDowell said despite the shellacking he and others have taken for joining the controversial series backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.

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