Justin Rose divulges LIV Golf provide, factors to ‘main’ issues for Saudi circuit

Justin Rose is an expert golf staple, and whereas he has been no stranger to the LIV Golf chatter, he’s loyal to the PGA Tour.

Thursday following his spherical on the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am, Rose detailed talking with the Saudi-backed circuit and why he in the end determined to stay with the Tour.

“For me it was at all times I might by no means get snug with the giving up on the childhood goals of the majors and I simply couldn’t see that altering anytime quickly,” Rose mentioned. “I used to be ready, a scenario the place I used to be having to earn my manner into them so I didn’t have these long-term exemptions to buffer it.”

Guys like Phil Mickelson, Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau and Dustin Johnson have earned exemptions into the majors attributable to victories in recent times. These will nonetheless finally run out as nicely.

However the overwhelming majority of gamers who left the PGA Tour for LIV Golf wouldn’t have that very same luxurious.

With the information late final yr that the OWGR was not going to award points to LIV occasions, gamers on the rival tour have tumbled down the world rankings. That’s going to make it more and more troublesome for them to ever play in any of the majors.

As Rose alluded to, that’s the place goals are made.

Gamers on either side have typically spoken about wanting to finish the division inside golf. However there was little, if any, progress on that entrance. So for these with out exemptions who took the cash, the goals of enjoying in and profitable majors may cross them by.

Savannah Leigh Richardson is a golf workers author for SB Nation’s Enjoying By. For extra golf protection, you should definitely observe us @_PlayingThrough on all main social platforms. It’s also possible to observe her on Twitter @SportsGirlSL and Instagram @savannah_leigh_sports.