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More golfers speak out on LIV Golf, PGA Tour

More of the top golfers in the world today spoke out on LIV Golf ahead of the U.S. Open. Among the comments today at Brookline:

  • World No. 2 Jon Rahm: "Part of the format is not really appealing to me. Shotgun (start) three days to me is not a golf tournament, no cut. It's that simple." He added, "I could retire right now with what I've made and live a very happy life. When [his wife] Kelley and I started talking about it we were like, will our lifestyle change if I got $400 million? No, it will not change one bit" (BBC.com, 6/14).
  • No. 3 Rory McIlroy: “Those crowds on Sunday in Canada, LIV is never going to have that. It’s never going to have that sense of, I don’t know what the word is…but last week meant something. What they are doing over there doesn’t really mean anything apart from just collecting a ton of money" (London GUARDIAN, 6/14).
  • No. 19 Brooks Koepka, on his reasoning for still being on the PGA Tour: "There's been no other option to this point, so where else are you going to go?" (SBJ).

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