Bubba Watson is angry with PGA Tour officials. He recently criticized them because they indicated many times that the main motive for going to LIV Golf is actually money. “So, the critics say you can’t play golf with guaranteed money?” Watson said in an emotive interview with The Times .
“Good question. Well, when I was on the PGA Tour, I was getting paid money behind the scenes to show up at events from sponsors.” ‘It makes me laugh because on the PGA Tour, I got paid behind closed doors to show up at tournaments, many tournaments,’ Watson told ESPN.
‘I’d laugh at because we all had some guaranteed money to show up at places,’ Watson told ESPN. ‘Win, lose, quit, whatever it is, you still got the money. We’ve all been doing that. We’ve all been playing for guaranteed money.
The critics, it just makes me laugh because that’s what we’re doing. We don’t want to talk about it on tour, but we are getting it. ‘
Bubba Watson’s statement
However, the PGA Tour did not stay silent and reacted to Watson’s statements.
It is obvious that they are furious because of the way he speaks. “We prohibit the payment of appearance money to players as an inducement to play in a particular tournament.” And Tour player advisory council member Kevin Kisner also reacted to Watson’s statements.
Kevin gave an explanation of his statements. “If Travelers wants to pay Bubba Watson to go do a tent visit, that has nothing to do with the PGA Tour. “You don’t think Zurich in New Orleans is pressuring guys to play because they’re sponsoring them on their sleeves? That’s not an appearance fee.
That’s an off-course endorsement that’s under contract.” Watson’s statements caused a large number of reactions, but it seems that the American could no longer remain silent.
