World stars such as Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Sergio Garcia and Lee Westwood have all chosen to leave the American PGA Tour to play on the cash-strapped LIV Tour, which has a total prize pool of SEK 2.5 billion.
Johnson, for example, is also said to have received a total of SEK 1.2 billion just to play the tour's competitions.
The PGA Tour has long threatened with action and at the same time as the premiere competition started outside London last week, the LIV players were reached by the news that they will be suspended from the American tour.
The European tour has not yet come with a similar message, but regardless of what happens in the future, men's golf is currently being shaken to its foundations.
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- I do not think it is good for golf, says the legend Annika Sörenstam to TT when she arranges her junior competition Annika Invitational at Vasatorp's golf club outside Helsingborg.
-Then I'm not involved in any way.
I have no "inside information", but we can only hope that there will be a good solution in the long term, she continues.
The American Golf Association (USGA) has allowed the "Saudi stars" to participate in this week's major US Open outside Boston, Massachusetts, but it is currently unclear what will happen to this year's final men's major British Open in mid-July.
At the moment, Sörenstam can not see that the new tour contributes anything positive to the golf world.
- What I have seen so far is not positive, but rather separates players, sponsors, partners and organizations, I feel that, says the ten-time major winner.
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Phil Mickelson.
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