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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
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Liam Llewellyn

PGA Tour in new row away from LIV Golf as star slams "bomb it as far as you can" courses

Patrick Cantlay blasted the PGA Tour's choice of golf courses, providing another potential issue for the organisation with the LIV Golf series threatening to take over the sport. The 30-year-old is competing in the BMW Championship at Wilmington Country Club, which begins today.

He heads into the tournament as the defending champion, and noticed similarities between the 2022 venue and Caves Valley, where he won the title last year. The American described the course as as a 'bombers paradise' and claimed the courses used week-in week-out on the tour favour the big hitters.

“I don't think there's too much strategy to this golf course,” the world number four said, as quoted by Golf Week . ”I think it's pretty right in front of you and similar to last year. The venues between last year and this year are actually really similar, I think, in style of golf.

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