LIV Golf's Graeme McDowell reveals abuse on social media after joining Saudi-backed league

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Graeme McDowell was one of the golfers who decided to jump to LIV Golf and admitted before the Saudi-backed league’s first tournament that he was proud of joining the new tour.

However, McDowell revealed Monday he was dealing with some regret over the remarks. He said he has received a swath of negative comments on social media with some telling him to "go die."

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Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell of Team Niblicks GC, signs a hat for a fan, during day three of the LIV Golf Invitational Series at the Centurion Club, Hertfordshire. Picture date: Saturday June 11, 2022. (Kieran Cleeves/PA Images via Getty Images)

"I can't turn on my Instagram or Twitter account without someone telling me to go die. I just wish I had said nothing. I wish I had sat there and shook my head and said 'no comment' but it's not who I am," he told BBC.

"It's really hard because I'm being asked questions that there are no right answers to. I'm having my moral integrity attacked all the time when all I'm trying to do is play golf."

McDowell said he is just trying to make a good "business decision" to support his family.

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Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland on the seventh during day one of the JP McManus Pro-Am at Adare Manor Golf Club in Adare, Limerick. (Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

"I'm trying to make a business decision for me and my family. I've chased that money all over the world all my career. Do I research into the morals of every dollar I've ever made? No I don't," he said. "It is about the money, and I