Kevin Na tells Colin Cowherd how LIV Golf has changed golf forever | LIV Golf

Colin Cowherd interviews LIV Golfer Kevin Na. They start off discussing Kevin’s decision to join LIV and what the backlash was at the time and how it’s changed. Kevin names his favorite golf course and talks about the biggest change for him.

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Sorry to interrupt this great video, but please remember to like and subscribe. Thank you. Now, back to the video. Well, the Liv Tour makes its stop in Chicago. Just part of the journey of Liv and its unique style and its popularity. And anybody that listens to me knows that I have supported the Liv tour from the beginning. I never loved the way the PGA Tour, which was officially a charity, treated some of its golfers. And I had said for years that Greg Norman’s and Phil Mickelson’s had verbally come out and said they were disappointed. And so when they left, I supported them and still do. Kevin Naw also made that decision. And you know, when I defended live golfers, one of the things I said was, you know, these guys grew up wanting to be on the PTA tour. They dreamt of the US Open in Pebble Beach and the Masters. So, this was a hard decision. A lot of people looked at the dollars and said, “Well, it’s easy.” No. When you have a dream and you land it, it’s hard to separate you from that dream. Do you remember, Kevin, the day, the week, the car ride when you and your family decided, I’m going to leave the PGA tour and do you remember the emotional moment of that, the epiphany? Yes, I do. Uh, it wasn’t an easy decision. Um, I thought about it for for weeks. Uh, I discussed it with my team, uh, my family. Um, and even, you know, I even had a talk with Jay Monahan before I left. I I literally called him, you know, with with the paper with when I had the offer and I had the contract and uh I weighed a bunch of options. Um but at the time there were some of the things that some of the players would have would wanted to see change in the PGA tour, the direction the PGA Tour wanted to go and none of those things were happening. And when this li uh the league was forming and the offers were going out and it was a great opportunity for me because I played the PG tour for 19 years and right I loved it. I loved every minute of it and I was grateful to be there. Um I enjoyed it. It was a great platform for me to um to play and I’m I’m grateful and thankful. But when this opportunity came along to play uh this team style with individual team uh play around the world um and at the same time you know have some security not that I didn’t with the PJ tour you know I was pretty successful out there as well but it it it felt like it was a new challenge and I was it was exciting and um and a lot of the great names of the game of the golf were joining and I I I wanted to be a part of it. I wanted to be a part of this new adventure. Um and uh that’s the reason why I made the job. Yeah. And I and I think you know it’s it’s something to remember the word globalization. Um uh you uh grew up uh in California of Korean descent. You grew up in California. You’re a global citizen to some degree. My mom’s from England. We all are or descendants of it. But um we see this with all businesses. And I know as I’ve aged and experienced travel, I love the idea of every I love the idea of traveling. I love the idea. I’ve I’ve moved to six different companies. Wow. When you go to the live tour, was there anxiety? Were there nerves? Take me to your first six months. This is a whole It’s like a new job for you. Yeah, it was different. Um the biggest change I felt was I the music was so easy for me. I really enjoy the music on the golf course. That part I have no issues with. Um the what what was a bit of a transition and it took me a little bit to get adjusted to was the shotgun start standing starting on a random hole. You know, there’s a flow of that golf course, right? You start on one or 10, you know, and you know where you’re at. You know, like some of the holes that the the stretch you got to take advantage of. Some of the holes you kind of have to be, you know, you know, you want pars are good. uh that kind of disappeared and so that part was a bit bit awkward in the beginning. I got used to it now. Um but besides that it was cool to travel around the world and to see like look I played the open. I played in Korea, Asia, but to go around the world and all these golf fans come out and say, you know, to come root for you, come watch you and tell me ask you people in the crowd say, “Hey, Kevin, I want to see you walk in a pot.” You know, like things like that. It was it was pretty cool to go different corners of the world and to play in front of the crowd and for them to see, you know, the big names of golf like Brooks, DJ, Phil, all these guys, Bryson, you know, for them to to see those guys in different parts of the world where before when everybody played the PG tour, it was very rare that we all got together and played in different parts of the world. So I think that was very cool experience and and and we we can see that the fans are welcoming us in different parts of the world and enjoying us watching and that’s it’s it’s a rewarding feeling you know I think there initially and like any change in life there’s animosity people don’t like change in America 40% of Americans never live outside of the area code they were born in isn’t that crazy that is crazy so when there was change, I remember going on the air and saying, “Yeah, there’s going to be some animosity. There’s going to be some emotion with it.” Did you do you think that’s dissipated over the last year? That that initial shock is now, well, I I can watch the shambo at this tournament. I can watch Kevin Naw here. Is that there’s a realization that this is what’s happening in all business. Yeah. I think in the beginning, you know, like you said, people people are not comfortable with change. And when we were making this jump, you know, the PG tour, a lot of the media, you know, they said it’s not going to happen. They’re going to fold in six months, four months, you know, it’s never going to last. But we’ve the league has proven that we’re sticking around. and you know and when the our players you know Brooks won a major Bryson won a major when you know playing live and we’re and these guys are still playing well in major championships and showing good performance and watching us grow they’re starting to realize that we’re we’re not building we’re sticking around and as the same time when the PG tour is asking for investment from PIF then you know all those you know attacks of towards the players that made the first jump has kind of it’s been silenced a little bit. Yeah. So, um I have to ask you I I I I told my wife, you have three kids, you’re married, three kids. So, family and golf, I I felt live gave you an opportunity perhaps to golf a little less, more time with family. And my take is if people are happier at home, they’re more productive people. It’s just a better way to live. Yes. that um and by the way before you left the Live Tour, PGA Golfers today had it easier than PJ Golfers 40 years ago. So I mean everything changes. Um tell me a course that maybe isn’t talked about a lot globally that you love. If I said Kevin, give me your favorite course that I would never guess and why. Hong Kong Golf Club. Amazing. Hong Kong Golf Club. It’s the it’s been around forever. It’s a old style golf course. I think it’s an amazing golf course. Uh I every time I go there, I think the city is amazing. I think the golf course is amazing. I think the fans are amazing. Obviously, Korea, first time playing here this year. The Jack Golf Club is a pretty good golf course, but I’m a little biased because of my Korean descent. Um and I love going to these Asian countries and playing. Um, you know, me obviously being Asian, you know, the Asians fans are going to, you know, feel like a bit more of a home crowd. Um, and speaking of families, you know, in in the past few years, we’ve taken, it’s hard to travel with three kids internationally, but we’ve taken one or two and at times at three to these different countries and I was able to show my kids different parts of the world at a young age. And I think that’s very very cool and for them to, you know, to learn different cultures to experience and I think it really opens their eyes um to to the world, right? And I and we really enjoy that experience. Um and honestly, like I’ll be honest, like I’ve never been happier at home on and my golf game honestly hasn’t been that great. I feel like in the last few rounds something has clicked and I I think I’m gonna I’m about to go on a good run of golf. But look, at home, I’m I’m I’m home more often for my kids. Um, I get to travel the world with my family. Um, look, I looking back at it now, I think it was a great decision. I’ve talked about this with my wife and have we do we when we go back two and a half, three years ago, we go back, if we had a time machine, would we make the same decision? And the answer is yes. [Music]