Did the LIV pros cross the 'ethical' line at the Masters? Big winner 3 times thought
Padraig Harrington hit the tee shot last month at the Texas Open.
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Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton, back in early February, at their first LIV Golf event, found relief. They were told that they would not be fined.
They were told that they could swear.
To be clear, here is the full exchange, initiated by the reporter:
“To Tyrrell, you had a great press exchange at the Ryder Cup about your inability to swear and how much you embrace it. I'm surprised, out here, I don't know they fine that. Could this mean there could be more?”
Rahm said: “Let's continue? Because we are both in trouble.”
Said the president of LIV Golf: “We don't handle that well.”
Said Hatton: “Yeah, I think Jon and I could be in trouble, but I think we'll be fine.”
Rahm said: “Definitely we would have been in trouble before.” At least I have.”
Jump forward now two months, and Padraig Harrington was surprised.
He said he was watching the Masters – and the three-time winner believed the LIV pros at Augusta crossed the line of “respect” with some of their comments.
“I will say the result of this, which surprised me,” said Harrington, “there is very little – at the Masters last week, there was a lot more criticism from LIV players, and obviously LIV players do not. ' fined for insults, and I do not say that they are encouraged , but they certainly don't give up doing it. So it was nice to have those players who might have been holding back now who are LIV players letting loose.
“I don't mind a little insult to that, but it was a little – you know, there should – there should be some kind of ban on it somehow. So that was interesting. I'm just saying it's not a big deal or anything.”
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Harrington was speaking on the most recent episode of “The Rough Cut Golf Podcast” hosted by Peter Finch, which you can listen to here. The comments came after he was asked for his opinion on professional golf, and whether it is changing for the better or for the worse – and Harrington weighed in on the battle between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf, tours that have long been competitive. and the fame of three seasons.
Notably, Harrington said he didn't mind having two tours, and said he doesn't really support all the best players playing together regularly. That's a bit boring, he said. “I like the old model, where the European Tour was very strong and we would play in the US,” Harrington said. “We can have a chip on our shoulder and we want to do well. And you know, there was a little excitement about that. “
The PGA Tour, however, lacks its heroes, he said. He said the Tour especially misses Patrick Reed.
Harrington then gave his opinion on the insult. Later he added this:
“Yeah, there's no holding back on LIV on that and maybe, you know, that's something I don't want to see go into the game. Look, I'm not against players breaking the golf club. My own – when I got out of the game, I was very strong – and I'm still strong in the moral of the game. And I wasn't going to break the club and I was certainly trying not to panic or do any of that kind of stuff. But I said to stay calm I don't care what other players do as long as they don't damage the golf course or disturb their teammates. So I don't mind If another player wants to break 14 clubs, I'll actually laugh at him. No problem. But I'm not happy if he decides to destroy the golf course, you know. So whatever you want to do to yourself, that's fine… that's fine.
“And like I said, I think a lot of players find it funny when we see another player lose his head. But there should be a balance in it. There was very little of it.”
Editor's note: To listen to the entire episode of “The Rough Cut Golf Podcast,” please click here.
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