Instead of whacking some morally woebegone golfers over the head for allowing themselves to be money-whipped by Saudi Arabia let’s give at least one of them some credit.
Here was Talor Gooch, a 30-year old who probably would need to wear a sign that says “I am Talor Gooch” to be recognized in public (and even then it’s no guarantee), at a news conference Tuesday in London being asked about the human rights implications of becoming a de facto employee of the Saudi regime on the new LIV golf tour.
“I’m a golfer,” he said. “I’m not that smart. I try to hit a golf ball into a small hole. Golf is hard enough.”