'Coming to try and buy a sport' - Eddie Pepperell compares LIV Golf to failed European Super League project

Eddie Pepperell has compared LIV Golf’s disruption of the sport to the failed European Super League project in football. LIV Golf, backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, has muscled in on the sport by shelling out huge sums to lure players from the PGA Tour. Ad/> Pepperell has been vocal in his criticism of LIV, saying it is a bad move for golf for a number of reasons — one of which is the potential to put more money into the hands of fewer individuals.

Hero OpenCrocker retains Hero Open lead as Ferguson surges with sizzling course record3 HOURS AGO The Englishman has also questioned the decision of players such as Henrik Stenson, Lee Westwood and Sergio Garcia for walking away from an environment that made them extremely wealthy. Stenson was the most recent addition to LIV, with his move resulting in the Swede being stripped of Team Europe’s Ryder Cup captaincy. It was such a controversial move because Stenson said he had no intention of moving to LIV when handed the captaincy in March.

“It is disrespectful to the Ryder Cup,” Pepperell told the Drop Zone podcast of Stenson’s move to LIV. “The surprising thing to me is Henrik was rumoured to be one of the LIV guys months ago. “So it seemed strange and odd that he took the captaincy.

I was not expecting him to take the captaincy. I took that as him not going to LIV before the Ryder Cup.” 'Complete bulls**t' — Hubbard says players should admit LIV Golf move all about money 'You better have your s**t together' — Norman wants peace but ready to fight for LIV Golf LIV chief Greg Norman and PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan seem entrenched in their positions. As has been widely reported, if it came down to a battle of money LIV would be the only winner.