"McIlroy and others not to join, He called the LIV series 'Jun Champions Tour'."

 

Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) has admitted his prediction of the LIV Golf Invitational series was wrong. At the same time, he still maintained his opposition to the LIV Golf Invitational led by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund.

The Associated Press reported on the 15th (Korea Standard Time) that McIlroy made aggressive remarks about the LIV golf series twice, but one of them (the LIV series) was wrong to say that he would drown as it is. McIlroy expected that there would be no PGA Tour player to choose the LIV series, but the LIV series was launched against McIlroy's expectations.

48 players, including Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson and Kevin Na (USA), participated in the opening game held in London from the 9th to the 11th. As a result of the tournament, Charles Schwartzel (South Africa) swept individual and team events and won $4.75 million (about 6.08 billion won) in prize money. McIlroy won $1.56 million in prize money by winning the RBC Canadian Open on the PGA Tour during the same period.토토사이트웹

McIlroy also devalued the recent LIV series, calling it a "semi-champions tour" led by older players. However, young players such as Bryson Dechambeau (29) and Patrick Reed (32) will also join the second LIV tournament in the U.S. later this month. Therefore, McIlroy's prediction of the "Jun Champions Tour" was also wrong.

In response, McIlroy said at an official press conference at the US Open golf tournament in Brooklyn, Massachusetts, on the 15th (Korea Standard Time), "It was a mistake to believe at face value what some players said to remain on the PGA Tour." Johnson and Pat Perez of the U.S. reversed their words to stay on the PGA Tour and said they could not understand young players joining the LIV series.

"I can understand players in their late 40s and in their 50s like Mickelson going to the LIV series because they're already past their prime. But it's hard to understand that players my age make such decisions," he said. "Young players taking the LIV series can only be said to have taken an easy path (to make money)," he said.

Last year's U.S. Open winner John Lam (Spain) also made clear his opposition to the LIV series. "My heart is with the PGA Tour. Money is important, but even if I make a lot of money (by going to LIV golf), there will be no change in my life, he said. "To be honest, I can live a happy life as much as I want even if I retire now." He said, "I play golf because I like it and I want to compete with the best players in the world. I always respect history and tradition, and it's what the PGA Tour has now," he explained why he chose the PGA Tour.

Brooks Koepka (USA), the winner of the 2017 and 2018 US Open, complained, "I don't know why questions about the LIV golf series keep coming up," adding, "This behavior is like casting a dark cloud over the US Open." At the same time, he said about his brother Chase's choice of the LIV series, "I support him no matter what he does. That's the family," he said.토토사이트