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LIV will host golf Its second occurrence over the weekend; Its first tournament in the United States.
Ahead of the tournament at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club in Northern Plains, Oregon, 2018 Masters Tournament Champion Patrick Reed and three-time PGA Tour winner Pat Perez broke up with the organization they represented.
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Pat Perez of the United States looks on during a practice round at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club before the LIV Golf Invitational – Portland on June 28, 2022 in North Ground, Oregon.
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Reid was asked Tuesday at LIV Golf’s press conference what the PGA Tour could do differently to avoid what’s happening in the game.
“Listen to the players for once,” said Reed, via Golf Digest,
Reid said he wants the PGA Tour to reduce schedules and allow players to recuperate in the off-season, rather than giving players a sense of how to perform week after week.
“We actually have an off-season where not only can we get healthier, work on our bodies, but we’re basically allowing ourselves throughout the year, you know, to peak at just the right time. Try it when you’re playing instead of feeling like you have to play every single week,” Reid said.
Patrick Reed of the United States speaks to the media during a press conference ahead of the LIV Golf Invitational – Portland at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club on June 28, 2022 in North Ground, Oregon.
(Jonathan Ferre/Liv Golf via Getty Images)
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“And on top of that, the quality of life for us as players now is, you know, being less organized, being able to spend more time at home with family, if you have kids, with your kids.” able to spend time, and not sitting there and playing three, four weeks in a row, then take a week off, and during that week you’re preparing to get ready for the next week.”
Reid said the PGA Tour schedule made players feel like they had to play otherwise they would lose out on competing in the FedEx Cup points standings.
“It was forcing you to play, and it’s not doing anything for you mentally and physically. It’s bothering you, and you do that every year and it’s no wonder people are in their 30s.” Why do people get injured in the decade and why are people mentally exhausted, and you just see the grind on them because they have to grind every single week.”
Perez took his disappointment exclusively to PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan.
Pat Perez of the United States, Brooks Koepka of the United States and Patrick Reed of the United States pose for a photo after talking to the media during a press conference before the LIV Golf Invitational – Portland on June 28 at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club While posing. 2022 in Northern Plains, Oregon.
(Jonathan Ferre/Liv Golf via Getty Images)
“He doesn’t listen to the players,” Perez said. “Somehow[the PGA Tour]keeps talking about, ‘Oh yeah, we work for you, we work for the players, we work for the players. It is the opposite. Looks like we work for them. We don’t have to say anything.”
Perez did not resign his PGA Tour membership, saying he didn’t because he doesn’t think he’s doing anything wrong and that golfers “should be able to do whatever we want.”
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