Open champion Cameron Smith has declared it will be ‘unfair’ if LIV Golf players are not allowed to play in majors after he made the switch to the controversial series from the PGA Tour.
The lucrative LIV Golf series is funded by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund and it has divided golf, leaving the PGA and DP World Tours fractured after the new series poached some of the sport's biggest names. Several of the world’s most prominent players have decided to switch to LIV Golf, including the likes of Phil Mickelson, Brooks Koepka, and Dustin Johnson.
LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman has lured a number of players to the breakaway series since it rose to prominence earlier in the year, and Smith is the latest and perhaps greatest to make the move when it was announced on Tuesday. The Australian - who is second in the official world golf rankings - reportedly signed for the Saudi-backed venture for £84 million.
