Lee Westwood finds PGA Tour changes humorous: ‘A copy of what LIV is doing’

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The LIV Golf circuit has created all sorts of waves over the past several months as some of golf’s best have made the jump from the PGA Tour to the Saudi-backed circuit. 

With big names such as Phil Mickelson, Brooks Koepka and Dustin Johnson choosing to take the massive payday at LIV, the PGA Tour has been put in the position of having to respond with changes of their own in order to keep those who remained loyal to their tour happy. 

Team Captain Lee Westwood, of Majesticks GC, plays his shot from the third tee during day two of the LIV Golf Invitational - Bedminster at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster on July 30, 2022 in Bedminster, New Jersey.  (Photo by Chris Trotman/LIV Golf via Getty Images)

Those changes were announced on Wednesday by PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan, following a players-only meeting in Delaware last week in which Tiger Woods was in attendance. 

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Monahan announced that players holding a PGA Tour card will commit to playing in 20 events per year, including 12 elevated events that feature $20 million purses and the top-20 players, among other changes. 

Lee Westwood, who was one of the first to make the jump to the LIV Golf Invitational Series, is not impressed by the moves. 

(L-R) Team Captain Lee Westwood, Henrik Stenson and Ian Poulter, of Majesticks GC, are seen in the locker room during day three of the LIV Golf Invitational - Bedminster at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster on July 31, 2022 in Bedminster, New Jersey.  (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/LIV via Getty Images )

"I laugh at what the PGA Tour players have come up with," Westwood