“In the end for me, I want the players, the fans, and the game of golf to win, and it does stink a little bit from my perspective that the PGA Tour players are not necessarily winning. On our side we were told one thing and it’s come to fruition. “I do feel bad for the PGA Tour players because they were told one thing and something else happened. “The players that did go over, we did take a risk, and there was a reason for taking that risk relative to the capital that had to be paid out for that to occur,” DeChambeau said on CNN’s Primetime show Tuesday. Speaking to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, DeChambeau said “decent information” offered to him and other players persuaded him to make the switch. The latter purportedly turned down a $700 - $800 million offer to join the breakaway series, according to LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman. Chief among them were Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods. Yet many of the game’s biggest stars stayed put, with several becoming outspoken critics of LIV Golf. Bankrolled by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), the series pledged to award $250 million in total prize money, with $20 million guaranteed to be split between individual players across each of the first seven events. LIV Golf and PGA Tour merger: here's everything you need to knowĪn eight-time winner on the PGA Tour and the 2020 US Open champion, DeChambeau’s move was a huge coup for LIV Golf. (Photo by Mike Stobe/LIV Golf/via Getty Images) Mike Stobe/LIV Golf/Getty Images BEDMINSTER, NEW JERSEY - JULY 26: A general view of Trump National Golf Club during a practice round prior to the LIV Golf Invitational - Bedminster at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster on Jin Bedminster, New Jersey.
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