PGA Tour player Justin Thomas thinks there was less success than people have claimed in LIV Golf’s off-season recruitment drive.
Justin Thomas doesn’t think LIV Golf’s off-season hiring campaign was as effective as it has been described.
After concluding their second season in October of last year, LIV has continued to publish new books featuring characters like Tyrrell Hatton and Jon Rahm.
According to reports, Lucas Herbert of Australia and Adrian Meronk, the DP World Tour player of the year, will complete LIV’s 2024 roster.
Though you probably have your own thoughts on the matter, Rahm’s signing was unquestionably a huge coup for the breakaway tour.
It sparked fear in the halls of power and emphasized how crucial it was that the circuits support their business objectives.
However, it was said that several names would pass muster. Four months ago, LIV’s posterboy, Phil Mickelson, made that assertion.
Greg Norman, the CEO of LIV, concurred with Mickelson’s prediction that several stars would arrive.
“What he’s kind of said hasn’t been matched by anything,” Thomas told reporters prior to the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
“They didn’t sign the ten or fifteen people that they said they were going to sign this however many months ago.”
According to Thomas, the main plot point these days isn’t so much “who’s next” as it is whether LIV players can still compete at the major league level.
The guys who are still, if you want to call it, kind of in their prime or who can play their best golf, he said, “I think at the end of the day, their priorities are still set on the majors versus their season out there.”
If those guys perform well in major championships and win major championships, I believe the storylines will go on.
“It seems like a more compelling plot than they could come up with for that tour.”
“I’m not over it”
Thomas, 30, also offered his take on the aforementioned Hatton’s decision to join LIV.
The Englishman and World No. 16 is rumored to have signed a £50 million contract.
Reporters were informed by Rory McIlroy that he has now completely changed his mind regarding LIV players joining the PGA Tour again.
Nor did he question Hatton’s decision to take the money that would change his life.
“I’m not over it; it’s just kind of what it is,” Thomas remarked.
“People will undoubtedly think about it differently than others, but there are also people who will simply make decisions based on what they believe to be best. At the end of the day, I’ve definitely discovered that throughout this entire process.
“I’m not — Even though I may not agree with all of them, Tyrrell should act accordingly if he believes it is what is best for him in the end.
“It’s not like I’m going to call him and tell him how he shouldn’t, even though I’m obviously upset and wish he wasn’t.
“I hope he’s done his research and homework and feels like this is the right decision, but I guess it is what it is.”
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