The name of Travis Smyth didn't spark controversy when it appeared on the first LIV Golf tee sheet; that was saved for the high-profile figures that defected from the traditional tours to the breakaway circuit.
Smyth also wasn't paid tens of millions of dollars up front to feature in the inaugural 54-hole shootout at the Centurion Club last year. Instead, the Australian qualified via a second-place finish in the Asian Tour's International Series England event in 2022.
