'Lost respect for them personally' - Eddie Pepperell admits friendships have soured over LIV Golf moves

Eddie Pepperell has admitted his friendship with Laurie Canter has suffered due to the latter’s move to LIV Golf. Canter jumped ship from the DP World Tour to the LIV Golf before the opening event at Centurion Club in June. Ad Pepperell has been an outspoken critic of LIV’s move into the sport, being concerned that it is condensing the wealth in the hands of too few people.

ISPS Handa World InvitationalDoherty retains lead as Hall, Stark, Pedersen and Grant give chase44 MINUTES AGO Canter had a close friendship with Pepperell, with the latter’s social media profile often filled with images of the pair spending time together. Canter refused to discuss his friendship with Pepperell prior to the opening LIV event and while the latter did not want to go into too much detail, he admitted it had been soured. “It has,” Pepperell said on The Thing About Golf podcast when asked if his friendship with Canter had suffered.

“There is no way of beating around the bush. “It is his career and we all make our own career decisions, I fully understand that. “It is not a decision I would have made, it is not something I would have done.

“I have an opinion, and Laurie falls into this group of players as there are a number of them, and I have expressed opinions on that, what it means and what it shows. And it is disappointing.” Armitage nails perfect crossbar challenge effort and has laughing fit McIlroy misses cut at St Jude Championship as patchy play continues Pepperell, who has found form in recent weeks after a lengthy spell in the wilderness, conceded there are faults with the PGA Tour and DP World Tour, but said the way to fix them is not by jumping ship. “There are things that can be improved on both tours,” the two-time winner on