{"id":300677,"date":"2023-12-18T22:09:16","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T22:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=300677"},"modified":"2023-12-18T22:09:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T22:09:16","slug":"viktor-hovland-slams-pga-tour-while-offering-response-to-liv-golf-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/golf\/viktor-hovland-slams-pga-tour-while-offering-response-to-liv-golf-links\/","title":{"rendered":"Viktor Hovland slams PGA Tour while offering response to LIV Golf links"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jon Rahm completes LIV Golf switch<\/h3>\n

Golf star Viktor Hovland has denied speculation that he could join LIV Golf but did not hold back as he criticised\u00a0PGA Tour chiefs for the current divisions within the game. The rival tours previously announced their intentions to merge, with a deadline for a binding deal set for the end of 2023.<\/p>\n

Whether the PGA Tour, LIV Golf and the DP World Tour will strike an agreement over their slated for-profit entity before December 31 remains to be seen. Irrespective of this, Norwegian star Hovland has been left unimpressed with how the American-based tour’s management has handled the stand-off.<\/p>\n

For now, it appears that he is happy with his decision to have not followed stars including recent rebel John Rahm in joining the Gulf State-backed tour. In fact, the current FedEx Cup victor contends that the call to stay has resulted in him improving his game over the past year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Speaking to\u00a0Discovery\u2019s golf podcast ‘Fore’ over the prospect of potentially being the next big name to join the breakaway Saudi Arabian circuit, he said: “I\u00a0doubt that.<\/p>\n

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“If I had gone to LIV, I don\u2019t think I would have become a better golfer. And then it is, in a way, the end of discussion.<\/p>\n

Hovland does appear to have sympathy with those peers who have decided to leave the PGA Tour in favour of the LIV Golf circuit in recent times. He said: “I can\u2019t blame people who make that decision and go over there. Then we have to try to find an arrangement in the end. We’ll see.”<\/p>\n

Despite the previous announcement of a merger between the warring factions within the golfing world, the staggering\u00a0$600million\u00a0(\u00a3450m) deal to lure 2023 Masters winner Rahm to LIV Golf showed that the ambitions of the tour have far from subsided. After this, the PGA Tour also announced their intentions to negotiate a deal over with\u00a0SSG over a $3 billion (\u00a32.3bn) cash injection.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And then it is, in a way, the end of discussion.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“But I can\u2019t blame people who make that decision and go over there. Then we have to try to find an arrangement in the end. We’ll see.”<\/p>\n

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