Dustin Johnson returned to major action at the PGA Championship, and the LIV Golf star offered a blasé response when questioned about recent critics of the breakaway league
Dustin Johnson brushed of criticism at last week’s PGA Championship, after claiming players who joined LIV Golf were ‘taking a risk’ during the production of season two of Netflix’s Full Swing documentary.
Johnson returned for the season season of the fly-on-the-wall golf documentary covering the PGA Tour, despite his loyalties with LIV. The former world No. 1 had featured in the very first season a year earlier, with his decision to make the Saudi switch taking place partway through filming.
Starring once more this time around, Johnson raised eyebrows with critics of the breakaway league when claiming that those who opted to sign on the dotted line with the LIV setup had taken a giant leap in leaving the PGA Tour.
Appearing on the show, the American was quizzed on whether he felt those who had remain with the Tour should be compensated for missing out on lucrative offers with the Saudi setup, with the rival circuits expected to unite. “No, I don’t,” the two-time major winner replied.
“The guys that went to LIV, we took a lot of criticism. We’re the ones that took the risk for everything. So why should they be compensated? Obviously, if this merger comes along, there’s gonna be a lot of guys who wish they would’ve signed.”
Johnson was questioned on his comments at Valhalla Golf Club last week, as competed in the second major championship of the campaign. Asked about the backlash to his comments, the 4Aces captain shrugged his shoulders according to Golfweek, commenting: “I didn’t see it. Just said what I thought.”
