Lee Westwood responded to Lori Makira and Tiger Woods to the PGA tour distance stars after the LIV move.
Lee Westwood is one of the first players who came out of the Golf League controversy in the summer of 2022, and since then hit critics.
Lee Westwood talked about the people who criticized the movement to Riva Golf (
Last summer, the 51 -year -old football player, who first participated in the contradictory area of Saudi Arabia, faced many criticisms from both friends and golf enthusiasts. On a fairway to heaven, Westwood acknowledged: \ “
Through his career, Westwood continued to be in the European round and resisted the appeal of the PGA tour before switching to LIV. He explained: “I’ve been on the European Tour for almost 30 years and won twice in the US, but I never became a member of the US. I stayed on the European Tour. I loved playing in Europe and I felt that’s where I belonged. COVID came along and a lot of people started leaving and moving to the U.S. to get world ranking points and stuff like that, but I guess I stayed in Europe and joined the European Tour to support them and focus on that area. So I obviously have a very different idea of loyalty than the people who are talking nonsense.
“I think a lot of these people are now starting to realize that they were brainwashed by certain people who only had purely financial motives in mind. They made up these stories and tried to plant this idea in people’s minds about us, the players who go to LIV, just to actually prove their point to the public and convince the public that we are bad and ‘they are good.’ »
Westwood, who is known for being outspoken and defending his choices, has had several run-ins with golfers and fans in the LIV league in recent years.
Before last year’s Ryder Cup, McIlroy commented, “Obviously, it’s a little weird that they’re not here, but you’ll notice they’re not there this week.” They will miss them more than we will miss them. We recognize this week that the decisions they made led to them not participating this week, and that is difficult. “The golf landscape is always changing and getting more dynamic and we’ll see what happens and if they’ll be part of it in the future. I always thought it would be clear by this week that they weren’t there.”
His comments were aimed at Westwood, Sergio Garcia and Ian Poulter, as well as Henrik Stenson, who was dropped from Team Europe because he joined Team LIV Golf. When McIlroy was asked if he thought Henrik Stenson should have been reinstated as captain, he didn\’t hold back, saying: \”The best thing to happen to the 2023 Euro Ryder Cup team was Henrik going to LIV! \” However, this comment didn\’t sit well with fellow golfers Westwood and Ian Poulter.
In a sarcastic retort, Poulter clapped back on social media: \”Guys, calm down . . . This is a parody of a fake account. Rory McIlroy would never say that, it’s fake, I promise you. He’s a great guy and wouldn’t say that about a teammate.
Meanwhile, Westwood cheekily chimed in with “Great to have the friendly season in full swing!” Merry Christmas!!! I remember the first beer I had!”
Westwood didn’t hesitate to respond to McIlroy and Woods’ criticism of their move to the LIV series, pointing out to Eurosport that the new “high-tech golf league” TGL PGA seems to take inspiration from LIV. He said: “I laugh at what the PGA Tour guys have come up with. It’s just a carbon copy of what LIV is doing.” “There are a lot of hypocrites out there. They all say LIV is ‘not competitive.’ These all show aspects of LIV without the abbreviations or “short fields” and interestingly, they offer 20 events that are very similar to LIV. At one point, I hope they strangle all words and kill them. And, as we were, we hope they are responsible. \ “
Response to Tiger Woods \ ‘LIV Star \ “Comments from those allowed to reach this position \” Westwood answered: \ “LIV players play a PGA tour about the tower. , Open LIV. I don’t pay much attention to people’s opinions. Tiger is entitled to his opinion.
Westwood has also been involved in verbal altercations with other players. Eddie Pepperell criticized Westwood on social media last August when he responded to his absence from the OWGR rankings with crying-laughing emojis.
Pepperell didn’t find it funny and instead criticized Westwood’s decision to pay a lot of money to play in the LIV golf league. Pepperell, 33, wrote: “I’ll tell you what’s funny, Lee. You earn three times the average British annual salary in a week’s shooting with 3 rounds +20,” to which Westwood replied: “You missed it, didn’t you?” Did you miss Monday’s simulation game? It was a blow to the PGA’s Player Impact Program, the bonus pool that will reward the tour’s top players in 2021.
“This whole thing is crazy,” Pepperell responded. You won £100,000 last week by playing like an idiot and winning the TGL/PIP. Professional golf has degenerated to the point where it’s all about the money. Maybe it has always been naive, but it doesn’t do much to improve sport and sincerely \ ‘\’ red the game \ ‘. \ “
The debates warmed up, but Westwood stood on his land, shooting later: “You know who is responsible for all this!” Me and @Ianmaspoulter asked all the questions at the meeting of VEVORT players, and you sat down right in front of me by inventing your head by nodding, while KP published my head / political master with ****. \ “
In 2022, Westwood was also in a warm exchange with former football player Sanderland Gordon Armstrong, who shocked the Westwood movement in Liv-Golf with the fixing of football. In a net replica, Westwood said: “Did you compare the game for another league to someone, who commits a criminal offense concerning football matches? What an amazing understanding of reality. Surely employers would be happy to hear this logic. »
Armstrong initially said, “You took a lot more money when you really didn’t need it. As Jon Rahm said, you can’t spend all the money. I never said criminal. I said it completely ruined your reputation as a European golf legend,” but eventually deleted the tweet.
Armstrong later apologized again for his remarks, saying, “I’m sorry, but my comments about other players were excessive,” which Westwood acknowledged and accepted.
