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News of many top golfers leaving the established PGA Tour for the saback live tour is creating waves in the golf Community many speculate that these decisions were solely taken on the basis of the payouts offered by the Saudis but the players seem to have legitimate reasons in today’s video we’re going to
Look at the list of nine players that left the PGA for the live tour and the reasons they gave for doing so coming in at number eight we have Cameron Smith Cameron Smith number two in the world was the biggest name announced by Liv golf ahead of the Liv Golf Invitational
Event Smith’s loss was the biggest blow to the PGA Tour as the 29-year-old is playing the best golf of his life his three wins this year also include the PLAYERS Championship the PGA tour’s Top Flight and the Sentry championship tournament Smith was unafraid to admit that Liv’s guaranteed money was one of
The reasons he chose to leave the PGA Tour where he’s won six times he did not disclose the value of his live deal when asked although reports pegged it as more than $100 million money was definitely a factor in that decision I wouldn’t dismiss it or say it wasn’t the reason
Smith said it was clearly a business decision for one person and an offer I couldn’t pass up Smith who has made $27 million in 8 years touring insists that the money is not the biggest attraction but the ability to spend up to 3 months a year in Australia live golf season is
Supposed to run from late October when the final 2022 event in Miami is scheduled until mid-February 2023 that said Smith’s decision to join live means he will have to give up playing for the international team in the upcoming President’s Cup Smith made the 2022 team as the first automatic qualifier thanks
To a stellar play in the season but when he tees off at the international he will be suspended from the PGA Tour and will not be able to compete at Quail Hollow at the end of September the same goes for Neeman who also automatically qualified and Lehman and Lahiri both
Potential captains at number seven is Bryson dambo Bryson dambo was another of the very famous names who defected to the Saudi back live golf Federation the professional golfer calls the move from the PGA Tour to the live golf league a personal business decision dambo received a whopping $100 million
Guaranteed in his contract for live golf it seems that Des Shambo has been adjusting to his new journey in golf very well about the reason for his departure from the PGA Tour he said that it was a business decision first and foremost T chambo maintained the argument that he was doing this for
Business and to gain more opportunities outside of the game one of his main reasons was also that he would get to spend more time with his family his move to live golf is definitely big news for the golf world the professional golfer is world-renowned and when he makes an
Important decision like this fans obviously want to know what’s happening according to Des shambo’s social media he’s happy about the choice now at number six we have Brooks cepa Brooks cepa was very vocal in his opinion about the Liv golf series defectors but something led to him to switch from
Labeling them as sellouts and saying he wouldn’t be looking for money to do exactly that just my opinion my opinion has changed cepa said in his first press conference since leaving the PGA Tour last week and accepting at least $100 million to bring his talent to live golf in a seemingly controversial press
Conference that included regurgitated discussion points along the lines of innovation the appeal of Team competition and the ability to spend more time at home cepa the former four-time pro- champion from Jupiter was joined by Pat Perez and Patrick Reed qua 32 is a great addition to Greg Norman
And the series funded by Saudi Arabia’s PF investment fund he’s added another layer of star power to the series along with Bryson to chambo Abraham aner and Patrick Reed with all of that being said it still put live far behind the tour they all left when it comes to prestige
And value quea and his colleagues including dambo answerer and Matthew wolf were very much in tune when questioned about the origin of the money coming from a country with a serious human rights violation problem they respect people’s feelings and opinions another repeated talking point but hey this is all about golf they’re allowed
To have their opinions cepa said cepa’s main talking points revolved around his decision being taken just for golf and the the expansion of the game Kua also admitted that having to go to weekly events has taken a toll on his body and the results show a steady decline in his
Opinion he’s been going through tough times with knee hip and wrist injuries over the past 5 years he’s also said that he needs more time off for rehabilitation and to spend time at home kaepa is adamant that his main reason to leave the PGA is to have more time off
And return to the game when he’s at his 100% that’s and the fact that money talks live events come with a $25 million prize pull along with a $4 million check for the winner of this amount $5 million is earmarked for the team competition next up at number five
Is Phil mikkelson mikkelson’s decision to leave the PGA Tour and join Liv golf is not surprising the 51-year-old is one of the League’s most vocal supporters of the new startup in February it was reported that he was considering joining Liv golf because he believed it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to
Reshape how the PGA Tour worked mikkelson will become one of the saback startups League’s most prominent players alongside Dustin Johnson the 13th ranked player in the world given the ultimatum the PGA commissioner issued mikkelson will not be able to participate in any future PGA Tour events Mickelson
Announced his decision to leave the PGA Tour on Twitter he said he was thrilled to have a chance at a fresh start that will help transform the way Golf Works on a global scale He also mentioned that he likes the format of of the tour and
That this will give him a chance to reintroduce balance into his life and to give back to the sport following that at number four we have Abraham aner Abraham aner who won the 2021 WGC St Jude Invitational for his lone tour title is the 20th ranked player in the world and
Has become the seventh top 50 player to sign with live golf his reason for doing so was communicated via a tweet in which he said as a passionate entrepreneur I am excited about my endeavors outside of the game of golf so in short he too received a hefty amount in the live
Contract and went further to say that he would like to invest his opportunities in golf to help the Game grow in Mexico the 31-year-old kept it short with his statement and asked fans to support him in his future endeavors securing number three is aeno chakara the number two
Ranked amateur in the world has also reportedly joined Liv over the PGA on the basis of just one thing he said that he had not earned any money while playing golf as an amateur and that the contracts give him a peace of mind over the future of his family he also said
That this would be a great opportunity for him to get more experience as a professional player it is one of those trains that pass once in a lifetime chakara also hopes that the live golf tour will attract most of golf’s biggest stars and says that both circuits will
Have to sit down and come to an agreement that will be beneficial for the game instead of disallowing players to participate in certain tournaments like the Ryder Cup now let’s take a look at number two walking Neiman the 23-year-old Chilean also joins many who defected from the PGA Tour to join the
Saudi live tour although his reasons are unknown as he has not issued a proper statement the move is not a surprise most of Neiman’s closest friends and golf were already on their way to live golf including his mentor Sergio Garcia and his best friend Carlos otiz Neiman
Put on a show at his debut for live golf he finished with a 15 under alongside his fellow debutants a nearby liri and Dustin Johnson both leiri and Neiman baged the 1.5 million at the Shared second place after his debut Neiman seemed to take a jab at the PGA tour in
Conversation with Mike McAllister saying that this was the best experience I’ve ever had on a golf course by far and that it was great being in contention with the crowd just seeing the crowd so young you can feel the energy it’s way different not to forget at number one
Anirban Lahiri liri is ranked among the world’s top 100 players and has had 18 professional wins two of which came from the European tour although he has never tasted victory on the PGA tour he too will be part of the many few to defect from the tour and go to the saback Liv
Tour the amount on his contract with Liv is still unknown but he has made it clear as to why he wants to make the switch it’s a very lonely life out here as a top athlete much like everyone else leiri also wants the change to be able
To develop a balance between Golf and his life he also accepted that this will affect his chances to play in other big tournaments but then circled back to the point that everything has its benefits and shortcomings right now his priority is his family which he mentioned has
Been his second or third priority for the past few years we heard players like Dustin Johnson also give the same reason for leaving the PGA Tour these recurring answers do beg the question that maybe the sport does need to change to accommodate players and let them play
More freely that’s all wrap for this video what do you think about live golf will it be able to give the PGA competition let us know in the comments below make sure to give this video a thumbs up and subscribe to our channel for more videos like this see you in the
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