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Dave Hyde: Brooks Koepka just latest to follow golf’s tradition of following money, not conscience or legacy

You know there’s a perspective void when people wonder why golfers are joining a new tour sponsored by an oppressive and murderous Saudi Arabian regime. The questions came again Tuesday as reports were published saying West Palm Beach’s Brooks Koepka would sign on for the LIV Tour’s blood money.

“Don’t these players stand for anything?” was a common question on social media.

They stand for money. That’s it. The only thing more laughable than LIV Tour organizer Greg Norman saying its purpose was to “grow the game,” is PGA Tour sycophants suggesting players should follow a social conscience in not taking an oppressive regime’s money.

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