However, LIV hasn’t been able to get its hands on the game’s top dog, Scottie Scheffler, who has remained loyal to the PGA Tour despite seeing some of his biggest rivals take the money and run. Ahead of this week’s Open Championship at Troon, where the 28-year-old will be among the favourites for victory, here’s a round-up of Scheffler’s stance on the controversial rebel tour and what he has said about the defectors…
Scheffler has made his feelings clear on the players who switched to LIV. He insists has no qualms with any of them for making the lucrative switch but doesn’t believe they should be able to return to the PGA Tour unpunished as talks over a potential merger continue.
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“Then you had some other guys that just left and they wanted to do something different. Everybody made their own decision and I have no bad blood towards the guys that left. But a path towards coming back, I think it wouldn’t be a very popular decision if they just came back like nothing ever happened.”