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Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas and Xander Schauffele were tight-lipped about discussions among their PGA Tour peers at Tuesday's meeting about the ongoing threat of the LIV Golf Series.
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I told the three of them a lot about Tiger Woods' attendance at the conference. Woods could have easily attended via conference call, but Woods, his 15-time major champion, chose to fly directly from Florida to Wilmington, Delaware to attend the conference.
“He is a hero we all look up to. It's about getting us where we want to go."
Thomas said Woods' involvement was "huge."
"I don't think it's offensive to all of us if someone like him is passionate about it, but that's really all that matters," Thomas said. "If he's not behind something, one is probably not a good idea in terms of improving the game, but two is it's not going to work. He has to be behind something.
"I think he was a great protagonist in many aspects of the game for many of us." Mostly kept secret.
``Oh, I think I would be pretty unhappy if I saw one of those guys chatting about what we talked about last night.
Schauffele also said the world of golf was "collapsed." “There are.”
When asked for details, Schauffele said he missed every player from a competition standpoint, notably Dustin Johnson and his brother and caddy Austin Johnson from personal notes.
"These two are beautiful," said Schauffele. “AJ is full of one-liners and makes me laugh. The LIV circuit has lured many star players off the PGA Tour with a nine-figure dollar guarantee. The LIV roster includes Johnson, Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau, Patrick Reed, Bubba Watson, Phil Mickelson, Spain's Sergio Garcia and South Africa's Charles Schwartzel and Louis Oosthuizen.
Australia's Cameron Smith, currently ranked No. 2 in the world, is also reportedly leaving the PGA Tour as he seeks to join the LIV Tour.
The PGA Tour has suspended players for competing in LIV events, and last week a California court ruled that LIV players should be banned from the playoffs of FedEx's Cup. In the decision he favored the PGA Tour.
Woods publicly backed his PGA Tour amid a wave of defectors earlier this summer, saying ahead of the Open Championship: I think what they did was turn their backs on what allowed them to reach this status. You may not get the chance to play.It's a possibility.It's not yet known for sure.It's up to all the major championship bodies to make that decision.But in a major championship Never got a chance to play, never walked the fairways at Augusta National, which, to me, I don't understand it.
Woods spent $700 million to attend LIV. He turned down offers of more than a dollar, Norman said in an interview with Fox News earlier this month.
– Field Level Media
