Two-time Masters-winner Ben Crenshaw is concerned the negative discourse affecting golf following the LIV divide will taint this year's opening major.
Crenshaw, 70, won two Green Jackets at Augusta, Georgia, and retired as a 19-time winner on the PGA Tour. However, it's legacies like that which could become rarer in years to come after the Saudi-funded LIV series lured numerous stars away from golf's established competitions in 2023.
Organisers confirmed in December that any players who meet the qualifying criteria will be permitted to compete in the 2023 Masters, which gets underway April 6. That includes six former champions and three other LIV defectors—Cameron Smith, Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka —who have each won at least one major in the past five years.
