Jack Nicklaus LASHES OUT At LIV Golf.. Here’s Why

Oh Yeah from Rory mroy to Tiger Woods there are many golfers strictly against the Liv tour but this time it was Jack Nicholas who spoke up against it he said that the tour was buying the game it's been some time since the Liv tour first came into existence and I know it seems like things have calmed down since then but I feel like it's mostly because everyone had had their say they've already given their opinion time and time again that uh what they've done is they they've turned their back on what has allowed them to get to this position um and now there isn't much left to do but it looks like Jack is a bit behind everyone else because just recently he resurfaced to criticize the Saudi back tour Jack is an incredible golfer who managed to win 18 majors and you know what makes him even more legendary he's probably the only golfer who has won more Majors than Tiger Woods so I guess whatever this guy has to say is pretty valid the former golfer wasn't happy about the large amount of money Liv was paying its golfers not because he didn't think they didn't deserve it but because it was so obvious they were just trying to buy the game a hor it's a great four it's been over a year since Liv's emergence and let me tell you this isn't the first time people have complained about the high salaries of golfers but unlike the rest of them Jack doesn't fault the golfers that deflected well to say that they deflected is a bit of an exaggeration that's just the thought of the Loyalists golfers who are obsessed with the PGA according to them joining the live was a huge insult to golf itself betrayal is a very strong word uh I think it it it's disappointing I think the the the players that have decided to and they started calling these people Rebels soon enough there was talk about how they couldn't stand these people or stomach the thought of playing next to them and all this drama caused a rift in golf which will apparently take years to recover from and will bring with it a new age of golf and this is what led to the Gulf War while the worst of it has calmed down things are far from going back to normal and people from both sides are still going up against each other I'm just looking at live golf and where we are today to where we were six seven months ago and people are saying this is dead in the water and we're we're past that and here we are today uh a force in the game that's not going away that uh the Liv are against the extreme loyalty some golers have towards PGA and how they're intent on the fact that just because it came first it's the face and future of the gulf in turn the people from the PGA Tour are always on about how they're supporting the violation of human rights in my opinion both sides are just trying to do their job play golf earn money and live a successful and satisfactory life the people who went to the live just took the easy way out and for some reason the PGA loyalists are extremely salty at that because let me tell you they aren't happy about the live golfers excessive paydays I mean they're being paid a bit too much they probably get paid more in one year than PGA golfers do in a decade or more he only needs one Brooks cap four time major winner but really to say that these people and their careers don't matter just because they chose a luxurious life for themselves is a bit too much and not only for themselves these people have families too wives and Children Of course going for large amounts of money without a second thought isn't a good thing but we can't say all of these people are greedy Jack is of the same opinion he doesn't fault the ones who chose to play for the live the 83-year-old said that they were given a choice it was between playing golf for sometime earn a lot of money collect it keep it for their family or staying in PGA staying loyal to right regular golf then go straight to the senior tour and then finally retirement not as easy or luxurious as the live golfers but definitely satisfactory they took the first option it's easier for them and they made their call but Jack did admit that while this was perfect for the players in the long- term it wouldn't end well for the game he said that he wasn't a big fan of the way the PGA Tour was forced to react it's not an issue for me because I don't work for the Saudi Arabian government but it probably is an issue for players that chose to go and take that money and I think you have to ask yourself the question Jim why the Liv tour is kind of like a secondary tour within the main one a second layer but in the end Jack stated that he was more than willing to go with the flow there's a loyalty that's built up with a lot of our guys here and they didn't have that and and I I can see that they have an opportunity to uh do something for their families that uh they're probably not going to be able to do on on a regular tour okay maybe that's an exaggeration but he did say that times change and he'll have to deal with it in the end all of this depends on how the legal cases are handled a lot of live golfers have brought the fact that they aren't earning world ranking points to court and the end result of these court cases will be the future of Liv right now though as far as people are concerned they're still trying to get a seat at the table obviously it's not sitting with with people and why wouldn't it the PGA Tour has been around for years nobody likes Outsiders shaking up their Camp Nicholas thinks live is getting ahead of themselves he thinks they're using money to buy the game and just want to buy respect and loyalty it's not how things work you can't buy what you have to earn and Nicholas agrees he mentioned he didn't think that's what it's all about and someone gave a pretty good analogy and it'll hurt basically people think the live Camp just wants to sit on a veranda at Augusta National and sip mint julips with the membership and then they expect people to accept them he thinks they're trying to gain entrance into the main frame of golf Nicholas has enjoyed a pretty remarkable career with a whopping 118 titles and get this 73 of them came from the PGA Tour it explains why he's so fond of them he even holds the record for the most Majors one on the tour but one thing's for sure he repaid the favor with impressive loyalty the star was offered an eye popping amount of cash over £80 million in two separate offers he rejected both of them he thinks he needs to play for the game Nicholas insisted that money wasn't the reason he was a player it was a bit out of the ordinary after all prize money has been on the rise in the Golf Scene he mentioned that back when he was in his prime he just did what I did he said that he just won a few tournaments and didn't get much money even if they thought it was a lot then he went on to say that his lifetime time earnings would add up to around $8 million and 10 guys make that figure these days he obviously didn't think that things would change to such an extreme extent one day Nicholas said that there was a lot to be said about today's age in golf but he wouldn't trade what he did he loved what he did and we admire the love he has for his sport he thinks times have changed and golf isn't what it once was Nicholas and his fellow players played for the sport not the money he said that money was just something they got as a side benefit something they won on the course it's not that it wasn't necessary since they needed to make a living so they could continue to play what they loved but it wasn't the end all be all for them Nicholas doesn't like what golf has become today in his opinion the guys on the course today play for the money not the game we can see why he feels that way when we look at a legendary veteran who gave his life to golf and compare it to people changing sides for money it's obvious it wouldn't sit well with him so here's what Jack Nicholas had to say about live buying golf

Channel: Sporting Focus

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Keywords: Sporting Focus, Golf, LIV Golf, Jack Nicklaus, golf

Id: ZQwFsV3vk54

Length: 8min 5sec (485 seconds)

Published: Mon Dec 18 2023