‘A damn bad job’: Viktor Hovland lashes out at PGA Tour but stops short of jumping to LIV Golf
Viktor Hovland, the reigning FedEx Cup champion, said recently that he remains committed to the PGA Tour, at least for the foreseeable future. But his support extends only to the golf course and not to management, which he calls “arrogant” and has done “a damn bad job” in handling the fracture in the game with the launch of the rival LIV Golf League.
Victor havland the reigning FedEx Cup champion said recently that he remains committed to the PGA tour at least for the foreseeable future but his support extends only to the golf course and not to management which he calls arrogant and has done a damn bad job in handling
The fracture in the game with the launch of the Rival live golf league speaking on discoveries for podcast in his native Norway havland 26 expressed doubt that he would follow recent convert John Ram to live amid reports that havind was getting ready to jump having committed to six early season PGA Tour events
Including the season opening Century Tournament of champion in Kapalua Hawaii havland indicated that his Allegiance was strictly personal and related to his development as a player if I had gone to live I don’t think I would have become a better golfer and then it is in a way
End of discussion said havland the number four golfer in the world sighting lives 50 for whole no cut format you need the competition with 150 players and a cut if you don’t play well enough you’re out there is something about it that makes your game a little sharper
That said hland was in no way critical of RAM for his recent about face and joining the upstart circuit and added that he wasn’t really shocked by the spaniard’s decision it would be a bit silly to criticize players for leaving he said after all you only hear one
Angle in the media and there are quite a few different parts happening at the same time I totally understand why he left that’s a lot of money havin saved his sharpest remarks for the tour’s leadership just to be clear I’m not complaining about the position I’m in and I’m very grateful for everything
Havin said but the management has not done a good job they almost see the players of as labor and not as part of the members after all we are the PGA Tour without the players there is nothing when you get to see what happens behind closed doors how the management
Actually makes decisions which are not in the players’s best interest but best for themselves and what they think is best they are not professional golfers after all there is a great deal of arrogance behind it all havins candid comments come on the heels of an unusual about of reticence earlier this month at
The Hero World Challenge the two-time defending champion who is known for his accommodating personality declined requests from the tour to appear for a formal pre-tournament press conference in the Bahamas havland won three times on the PGA tour in 2023 including the final to playoff events the BMW Championship and the Tour Championship
To claim the $18 million bonus that goes to the FedEx winner the Norwegian also was one of the stars for Europe in its decisive Ridder Cup victory over the U in Italy but during the podcast he said that he will compete in fewer DP World Tour events in
2024 havind has six PGA Tour titles and two on the DP World Tour
