LIV Golf has a strange standing in the golf world. With how the league conducts business, and with who is backing the league, it has seen a lot of backlash over the years. Something that fans and commentators have noticed about the league, is that with a few exceptions, the golfers in the league don’t seem to care much about the backlash. Johnson Wagner particularly finds it shocking in the face of everything.
What Fans Have Noticed
Earlier this year, Taylormade and Dustin Johnson parted ways as their contract had expired. Johnson had no interest in renewing it. This has sparked up a debate among former fans that Johnson has faded from the public eye since joining LIV Golf. Although he is still in front of cameras, his reach just doesn’t reach beyond LIV. What they also noticed that he doesn’t seem to really care. LIV Golf has been noticeably a more relaxed league than other pro golf leagues. It has gotten to the point where commentators like Brandel Chamblee have noticed a decline in the players abilities.
The LIV Golfers Don’t Seem To Care
It’s not just Dustin Johnson who seems off when it comes to how they approach the sport outside of LIV. When it comes to the OWGR, the organization has had a long back and forth as to whether or not the league will get points for global rankings. Now LIV players are calling the OWGR a mockery. One of the few players who do seem to care, are players like Bryson DeChambeau. He is one of the few players who actually improved since joining the league.
Johnson Wagner Shares His Thoughts
The constant debate about LIV Golf’s existence has been going since its inception. Recently Johson Wagner was talking about the league in the context of when the players will start coming back. 2027 at the earliest assuming the contracts aren’t renewed. The discussion then turned to if the LIV players even want to come back if the league goes under. Wagner had this to say:
“I don’t think LIV is going anywhere, and I’m shocked by it because I’ve been saying for years that the product is not really great to watch. It doesn’t seem like they care. Guys like DeChambeau show up for majors, and you can tell he cares. He showed up for the Ryder Cup, and he cared, but it just doesn’t seem like they care that much about it over there. So, I’m just shocked that the public investment fund is still putting as much money into this thing as they are. Seeing no profit in sight and not really any sort of traction in the golf world.”
Wagner and others like him are baffled that the PIF is still investing so much into LIV. Currently there being no return on that investment. Despite being barred from a league as big as the PGA, and receiving no OWGR points, the golfers on LIV are content with where they ended up. Just being on LIV closes so many doors to these players, yet they don’t seem to mind.
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