Lee Westwood has let rip at Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy by insisting the PGA Tour ‘copied’ the LIV series. The feud between the two golf organisations continues to heat up and Jay Monahan and co fired the latest shot with the announcement of a new tournament.
The competition is called TGL and is regarded as a ‘high-tech golf league' where events will be completed in under two hours and will begin in January 2024. The PGA-accredited contest will showcase six teams each consisting of three players and will be played in a 'custom-built venue'. Other changes come in the form of Elevated Events having guaranteed prize funds of $20 million. Westwood has responded to the new initiatives and claims the PGA took a page from LIV’s playbook.
"I laugh at what the PGA Tour players have come up with," he said, via Eurosport. "It’s just a copy of what LIV is doing. There are a lot of hypocrites out there. They all say LIV is ‘not competitive.’ They all point at the no-cut aspect of LIV and the ‘short fields.’ Now, funnily enough, they are proposing 20 events that look a lot like LIV.
