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The Fried Egg Golf podcast recently discussed Scottie Scheffler's blunt answer regarding the PGA Tour x LIV Golf merger in its latest YouTube video. The World No. 1 had been asked whether he had any update about the matter in the press interview ahead of the Charles Schwab Challenge recently.
Scheffler denied having any knowledge about the developments in the deal. However, he added that the responsibility of merging the two leagues was essentially on the golfers who had defected from the PGA Tour.
"I don't really know. That's for the higher-ups to decide and I've said it a few times this year, if you want to figure out what's going to happen in the game of golf, go to the other Tour and ask those guys. I'm still here playing the PGA tour. We had a Tour where we all played together and the guys that left it's their responsibility I think to bring the Tours back together. Go see where they're playing this week and ask them." (23:24 - 23:43)
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Fried Egg Golf member and golf insider Brendan Porath claimed that Scheffler's remark was "pretty direct" and "harsh" especially because he had kept away from the controversy for the most part in the past four years.
The ace golfer joined the PGA Tour in 2020 and won his first-ever Masters green jacket two years later in 2022. That year he rose to greater prominence in the league, however that was the very season when LIV Golf was established with many golfers jumping ship.
"Pretty direct, harsh for Scotty like hot for Scotty, but he's kind of kept himself out of the fray. (He) wasn't really the prominent player, he was necessarily when it really started to get heated. I think he had won the Masters when guys just started to leave in that June (2022)" (23:50 - 24:09)
Fried Egg Golf member Joseph Lamagna mentioned that Scottie Scheffler had given a similar if not "verbatim" response before. He believed the golfer had started to come into his own and "feeling comfortable voicing his opinion".
The recent scathing remark from the 29-year-old was "not really anything new" for Lamagna. However, the golf insider mentioned that that Scheffler had used "interesting phrasing" especially when talking about the responsibility of the peace deal being on the LIV Golf members' shoulders.
"That was their choice; not mine" - Scottie Scheffler
Ahead of the Charles Schwab Challenge this week, Scottie Scheffler did not mince his words when it came to the PGA Tour x LIV Golf merger. While the golf world has been eagerly awaiting more frequent clashes of the top golfers, the ace golfer mentioned that it was the LIV Golfers' choice and not his.
"I only get to compete against those guys four times a year. That was their choice; not mine," he said via Bunkered.
“At the end of the day, I’m here competing and doing the best I can, and that kind of stuff, what’s the point of me thinking about, you know? There’s really absolutely no point to that. We get four chances to compete against them. Last week went well. I get another chance here in a few weeks,"
Scottie Scheffler had competed against LIV Golf stars just last week at the PGA Championship. He emerged victorious at the Major championship.
