Lee Westwood has had a frustrating introduction to life in the LIV Golf series following a barrage of questions during the introductory press conferences - and an old tweet has surfaced leaving the Englishman humiliated.
LIV Golf will stage their first three-day, 54-hole event at The Centurion Club near St Albans from Thursday amid a build-up littered with controversy and infighting that is threatening to tear the sport apart. It was confirmed on Wednesday that Bryson DeChambeau, Patrick Reed and Rickie Fowler are the latest stars set to joining the lucrative tour, whose first event has a purse worth £20million while the series’ total purse is around £200m.
The field for the inaugural event sees the likes of six-time major champion Phil Mickelson and former World No. 1 Dustin Johnson take on Sergio Garcia, Ian Poulter, Graeme McDowell, Louis Oosthuizen, Charr Schwartzel, Branden Grace and Kevin Na. Johnson, who won the 2016 US Open and the 2020 Masters, officially resigned his PGA Tour membership in order to play in the LIV Golf series, which means the American will be ineligible for the Ryder Cup.
