Six LIV members who have won green jackets will be in attendance at the Masters, inspiring a lot of conversation about the potential food fight to come.
AUGUSTA, Ga. — This was not exactly a peace-in-the-Middle-East bulletin, but after a press center video board reported that Tiger Woods — lead defense attorney for the PGA Tour — was practicing on the 15th hole with LIV Golf defector Bryson DeChambeau, I ran in the direction of the 16th tee.
Woods laughed at them, shook his head, and pointed toward his mulligan. “That’s OK, Tiger,” one fan shouted. “That’s the way I play, too.” Approached later by a reporter asking if he agreed with the club’s decision to LIV and let live with the Phil Mickelsons, Bubba Watsons, Dustin Johnsons, Sergio Garcias, and Patrick Reeds, Tom Watson told The Post: “Of course. Because they earned it. They earned their exemptions. The club didn’t change their exemptions, did they? That’s the way it should be.”Amen Corner to that.
Even if the correct answer to both questions is a resounding “Yes,” it would have been a travesty had the Masters eliminated LIV players from the field long before Friday’s 36-hole cut. The PGA Tour doesn’t govern any of the four majors, so its disputes shouldn’t dictate who does and doesn’t get to play in the biggest events of the year.
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