Wyndham Clark believes members of LIV Golf should lone beryllium capable to instrumentality to the PGA Tour if they person antecedently contributed to the circuit, opening the doorway for the likes of Phil Mickelson, Brooks Koepka and Dustin Johnson.
Those who made the determination to the LIV setup person since been banned from competing connected the PGA Tour, successful what has proven to beryllium an disfigured play for men's nonrecreational golf. There are hopes these tensions volition soon travel to an end, aft the Tour announced a framework agreement with the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia past June.
Since then, negotiations person been ongoing betwixt the 2 sides, with 1 large talking constituent centred astir however LIV players volition beryllium capable to integrate backmost into PGA Tour events.
Those progressive person remained tight-lipped implicit however this could happen, but PGA Tour prima Clark has outlined 1 strict condition. "I deliberation it depends connected who it is,” helium told the No Laying Up Podcast astatine the anticipation of players from the Saudi-backed circuit making a comeback.
“I deliberation guys that person had the vocation wherever they should beryllium lifelong PGA Tour players, I deliberation they merit the close to travel play the PGA Tour.” Of people galore connected the LIV roster person done precisely that, nary much truthful than 45-time Tour victor Mickelson, who initially led the exodus t o the LIV setup.
Welcoming backmost Micklson and co, Clark went on: "If Dustin Johnson wants to travel backmost and Phil Mickelson and guys that person won, Brooks [Koepka], who person won majors and are astir apt hallway of famers, they merit to play wherever the hellhole they want, due to the fact that they’re truthful good.”
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Getty Images)When it comes to those with somewhat of a lesser pedigree though, Clark's stance proved overmuch different. "I deliberation guys that possibly near and didn’t person that pedigree and career. I deliberation those are the guys I conflict with due to the fact that they made their decision. So they chose to spell play there, instrumentality the money. I deliberation that’s what a batch of america wrestle with.”
Clark went connected to admit that helium among galore offers turned down the accidental to motion a lucrative woody with the LIV brand, alternatively remaining loyal to the PGA Tour. Looking back, the erstwhile US Open champion believes that if helium and his chap stars would person had the accidental to return, they helium excessively would person made the Saudi switch.
"If we 100 percent knew we could instrumentality the wealth and travel back, past we each would person done that," Clark commented. "Because we each would’ve been mode richer and past you travel backmost and really play astatine the highest level.”