Paige Spiranac, a prominent golf influencer, responded bluntly to golf legend Chris DiMarco’s request for increased compensation on the already lucrative PGA Champions Tour.
In response to Chris DiMarco’s remarks regarding LIV Golf’s financial support of the PGA Champions Tour, Paige Spiranac criticized him.
The 55-year-old now competes on the Legends circuit after not playing a full schedule on the PGA Tour since 2012. He made the request to buy the Champions Tour from the profitable LIV Golf circuit during an appearance on the Subpar Podcast.
According to DiMarco, “we kind of hope that LIV buys the Champions Tour,” as he stated to the Subpar Podcast. Come on, let’s play for some real money. Honestly, considering we’re getting $2 million, this is kind of a joke. Last week at the $25 million PLAYERS Championship held at TPC Sawgrass, there were about seven guys who made more money than our purses.
If LIV were to take over, DiMarco would be happy to increase his financial gain, and Spiranac is not happy about those remarks. She responded to comments she thought were ungrateful made by The Masters and Open runner-up on social media platform X.
The golf influencer said, “Chris DiMarco has made over $22 million over his career on the course.” “The amount does not include sponsorship funds. Raise your hand if you’re sick of hearing professional golfers gripe about their lack of income. The combined prize money for the 28 events on the Champion’s Tour in 2024 is $67 million.
The most recent event on the circuit, the £1.5 million Hoag Classic, was won by Pádraig Harrington, who was one shot ahead of Thongchai Jaidee of Thailand. Despite the fact that the 38-event PGA Tour offers over £316.4 million in official prize money, DiMarco says he does not hold the players responsible for their decision to switch to LIV Golf. “They are deserving of the large sum of money they sought to play for. He emphasized, “They’ve had some amazing careers; why not go make some money?”
“He said, ‘Listen, I went up to Jay Monahan and said I love the tour but I am struggling to keep my card and these guys are offering me all this money and less golf.'” I saw Graeme McDowell at the Old Memorial Pro Member. Sorry, but I must go. And I said I would have too, so I don’t feel the least bit guilty for him.
The former World No. 6 continued by criticizing PGA Commissioner Jay Monahan’s leadership. When he decided to sign a contract with the Saudis in June, he caused some controversy because the PGA opposed their financing of rival team LIV. DiMarco was frank in his criticism of Monohan’s handling of the matter.
He went on, “Not to put Jay Monahan down, but I think he handled it terribly.” The initial “cut and dry” stance he adopted, in my opinion, was a bit excessive. He just reached a point where everything became black and white, and that’s it. In my opinion, he ought to have given some of this time to settle in and see what would happen. The guys had stuck by, but I think he could have done a slightly better job with that.
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