Justin Thomas on PGA Tour defectors: 'Have the b---s to say I’m doing this for the money'

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Fifteen-time PGA Tour winner Justin Thomas has been among the more outspoken players to criticize those joining the rival Saudi-backed golf league. But for Thomas, it’s personal. 

During a recent appearance on the NLU Podcast, Thomas opened up about his feelings about the PGA Tour defectors, saying he would have more "respect" if those players came out and said that they joined LIV Golf for the money. 

Justin Thomas hits off the sixth tee during the first round of the Charles Schwab Challenge golf tournament at the Colonial Country Club May 26, 2022, in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

"I go back and forth about how involved I should be, how involved I shouldn’t be, what I should say, what I shouldn’t say, what I want to say and what I know I can’t say and back and forth of all these different things," Thomas explained. 

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"I understand they’re being fed everything what to say and all this stuff, but it’s just … For them to say that this is all for the betterment of the game, I just, to be perfectly honest, I just wish one of them would have the b---s to say I’m doing this for the money.

Justin Thomas of the United States plays his shot from the sixth tee during round one of the 122nd U.S. Open Championship at The Country Club June 16, 2022, in Brookline, Mass. (Andrew Redington/Getty Images)

"Like, I personally would gain a lot more respect for that. But it’s just the more the players keep talking and saying that this is for the betterment of the game, the more agitated and irritated I get about it."

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