English golf stars Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter were left squirming after they were quizzed by Mirror Sport’s Neil McLeman after the pair linked up with the controversial LIV Golf Invitational Series. Westwood and Poulter are two of the biggest names to commit to the Saudi-backed breakaway circuit.
On Wednesday both appeared in front of the world’s media, and unsurprisingly a number of questions surrounding their contentious appearance in the Series’ inaugural event were thrown at them. McLeman led the way, questioning the morality of the rebel circuit, due to the poor human rights record of the Saudi Arabian Government - who are funding the event.
The newly introduced series has been heavily labelled as an act of ‘sports washing’ from the Saudi state, and this idea was put towards both Westwood and Poulter following their signing up.
