Tiger Woods' former coach Butch Harmon believes PGA Tour players should "thank" their Saudi-backed LIV Golf counterparts, stating the breakaway tour is "not the devil" some consider it to be.
Harmon says he is "not anti-LIV Golf like a lot of people" and claimed those who have spoken out against LIV "ought to thank them" because the PGA Tour has since increased the amount of prize money on offer to its golfers in response.
Speaking on the Five Clubs Podcast, Harmon said: "Now I will say this, that the guys on the PGA Tour that have been very vocal against the guys on the LIV Tour ought to thank them because all of a sudden the Tour found $250 million to raise their prize money to get those elite tournaments up to 20 million prize money — oh yes, just like LIV.
