Justin Thomas tells LIV Golf Series signees to ‘just go’ from PGA Tour | Golf News

Greg Norman, CEO and commissioner of LIV Golf, branded PGA Tour “anti-competitive” after it rejected participant requests to participate in first Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Collection occasion in London subsequent month; World No 8 Justin Thomas amongst a number of gamers backing the PGA Tour’s resolution

Justin Thomas says he won’t be leaving the PGA Tour

Justin Thomas has urged gamers who’re looking for permission to take depart from the PGA Tour to compete within the newly-formed LIV Golf Invitational Collection to “simply go”.

A day after the PGA Tour denied its members permission to take part within the competing Saudi-backed LIV Collection, a number of gamers who had no intention of leaving mentioned that the choice shouldn’t be stunning.

Nevertheless, World No 8 Thomas was notably forthright when requested on Wednesday concerning the resolution by PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan, at some point earlier than the beginning of the AT&T Byron Nelson at McKinney, Texas, which is dwell on Sky Sports activities.

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Wealthy Beem and Andrew Coltart replicate on the PGA Tour’s resolution to not enable gamers to be launched to compete in LIV Golf occasions and what would possibly occur sooner or later

“You already know, it is like, look, if you wish to go, go,” Thomas mentioned, who gained the one main of his profession on the 2017 PGA Championship.

“I imply there’s been loads of guys which were advocates of it and have simply talked it up on a regular basis and so they have been guys behind the scenes which can be saying, I am going, I am doing this.’ And like my complete factor is, like simply go then.

“… All people’s entitled to do what they need, you recognize what I imply? Like if I needed to go play that tour I may go play that tour. However I am loyal to the PGA Tour.”

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Gregg Norman informed Jamie Weir LIV Golf Investments is impartial and won’t reply to the Saudi authorities or Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud

It stays unknown what punishment can be handed out to gamers who compete within the Saudi-backed occasions anyway. The primary LIV Golf occasion is about for June 9/11 at London. That may be in direct battle with the PGA Tour’s RBC Canadian Open.

“Look, if you wish to (play in an LIV Golf occasion), nobody’s stopping you, however what we have now right here is fairly good too, contemplating each week we’re taking part in for a fairly nice purse on fairly nice golf programs and the advantages we have now off the golf course on high, it is fairly robust to beat,” mentioned World No 28 Will Zalatoris, who is also a member of the participant advisory council.

“Purses are solely going up right here, however on high of that, like I mentioned, nobody’s stopping anybody from doing it. However I believe everybody agrees the choice that got here out yesterday is the very best for the (PGA) Tour.”

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World No 1 Scottie Scheffler says he totally understands why the PGA Tour has denied gamers permission to play in subsequent month’s Saudi Golf Collection in Hertfordshire

Scottie Scheffler, the world No 1, who gained the Masters Event final month, mentioned he wasn’t conscious of the PGA Tour’s resolution till late Tuesday. Lower than 24 hours later, his ideas had been on the identical web page as Thomas and Zalatoris.

“Should you’re taking part in right here on the PGA Tour, taking part in in one thing that might be a rival sequence to the PGA Tour, being a member of our tour, it is positively not one thing the place we would like our membership to do as a result of it is going to hurt the event we have now reverse that,” Scheffler mentioned.

“… I am positive that is why they didn’t launch the gamers. As a result of if we have now 15 guys go over there and play, that hurts the RBC and the Canadian Open.”