Tiger Woods rips LIV Golf renegades in explosive rant at 150th Open

Tiger Woods has given an extremely long list of reasons why he is completely against the idea of ​​LIV Golf succeeding and doesn't understand why those who joined the Saudi-backed league would turn their backs on the PGA Tour. Woods was one of many top golfers to speak out on LIV Golf when it was established late last year, committing to the PGA Tour.

Many others have since gone back on their word, like Bryson DeChambeau, with huge sums of money offered for the controversial new golf series. Woods himself has reportedly been offered a tantalizing deal worth around £1billion with LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman, insisting the American golfing icon has rejected their advances. /p>

Norman has since been banned by the R&A from attending the 150th Open Championships anniversary events due to his role with LIV Golf. Players like Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm and Justin Thomas have been invited to every event they've attended in recent months for their comments on the Saudi-backed league, with all disagreeing with who to join.

And now Woods has given his most in-depth response to the controversial new format, listing a number of reasons why he doesn't understand how it will work in the long run. He said: "I don't agree with that. I think what they've done is they've turned their backs on what got them into this position.

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"Some players never even had a chance to experience it. They went straight from the amateur ranks to this organization and never really had a chance to play here and what it's like to playing a TOUR schedule or playing in big events. And who knows what will happen in the near future with world ranking points, criteria to enter big leagues. The governing body is going to have to find out.

"Some of these players may never get the chance to play in major leagues. That's a possibility. We don't know for sure yet. It's up to all major league bodies to make that decision. But that's a possibility, that some players will never, ever have the chance to play in a major championship, will never have the chance to experience that here, to walk the fairways of Augusta National.< /p>

"That, to me, I just don't understand. I understand what Jack and Arnold did because playing professional golf at TOUR level versus a pro club is different, and I understand that transition and that movement and recognition What is a tour pro compared to a club pro. But what do these players do for guaranteed money, what motivates them to train? what makes them go out and win in the mud?

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