There continue to be petty spats right and left in the golf world over Saudi-backed LIV Golf.
The latest episode came in a Twitter exchange between Rex Hoggard, a reporter for NBC’s Golf Channel, and LIV Golf’s Ian Poulter, who is from England. At the heart of the dispute was Poulter’s apparel, and the death of Queen Elizabeth.
“European tour CEO Keith Pelley asked the LIV players in this week’s BMW PGA field to not wear their LIV team gear,” Hoggard tweeted. “Most did not. Ian Poulter did, with the logo of his team on his shirt. ‘This is a business I own a part of and I have a right to wear it,’ he said.”“Rex, Sorry Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth has sadly passed away. And you can’t help yourself and continue to throw pettiness out to the world,” Poulter tweeted. “Show some RESPECT in these sad times.
Ian Poulter got in a row with a Golf Channel reporter over the LIV Golf patch on his shirt and the death of Queen Elizabeth.There’s been a lot of sniping back and forth this week, more than normal, because golfers from LIV as well as some players from the PGA Tour are in the DP World Tour’s BMW PGA Championship this week.
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