PGA Tour Coverage Board member Peter Malnati had a unbelievable spherical of golf Saturday at The Gamers Championship, carding a 6-under 66. That vaulted him to 7-under total, 30 spots up the leaderboard.
Nevertheless, all of the speak surrounding Malnati possible received’t come from his play.
Following his spherical, he addressed the continued negotiations between the Saudi-funded LIV Golf and the PGA Tour. There have been quite a lot of subjects that Malnati detailed, however one factor that was made sure was his distaste for LIV’s workforce golf side.
“I don’t know LIV, what they’re doing, nevertheless it looks as if a pressured workforce mannequin to me,” he mentioned. “Are there any followers that care which workforce received the event? I don’t know what followers of LIV need or care about, however are there any followers that care about who received it?”
He then expressed his lack of know-how when it comes to what the Saudi Public Funding Fund hopes to perform with workforce golf.
“I really feel like we may additionally create some contrived workforce golf one thing, someplace outdoors of the FedExCup season, however, like, what does he [Yasir Al-Rumayyan] need is a query that I wish to perceive higher,” he mentioned.
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“I don’t assume it’s some contrived, pretend, add up random guys’ scores and name them a workforce. I don’t assume that’s it,” Malnati mentioned. “I feel what he means is extra stuff just like the Ryder Cup, I’d guess, however I’ve no clue as a result of I haven’t talked to him.”
The 36-year-old did admit he isn’t towards the idea of workforce golf.
“Clearly, the best workforce occasion in golf proper now’s the Ryder Cup, and it’s unimaginable,” Malnati mentioned. But, he struggles to see the way it may match throughout the PGA Tour.
“I do not see a approach that we incorporate workforce golf into the FedExCup schedule,” he mentioned. “I personally don’t need that, however I can have my thoughts modified if I see an amazing concept. I do not see a approach that we combine workforce golf throughout the FedExCup schedule. We’ll have a while to play with within the fall — we will have some choices, however I do not know.”
The PGA Tour already has a busy occasion schedule. Including one other element, like workforce golf, would make it even crazier.
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Whereas discussing this matter, Malnati even touched on Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy’s TGL. That may be a team-golf simulation league that was postponed attributable to infrastructure failure.
“It sounds thrilling, however I had no concept that is what TGL is. So there you go. There’s some workforce golf. We’ll whack it inside a dome or no matter they’re doing.”
The previous Missouri Tiger did not maintain again on Saturday afternoon. His candor is one thing most followers can respect.
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