LIV golfer Talor Gooch made headlines not too long ago, saying that if Rory McIlroy had been to win the Masters this 12 months, it is going to include an asterisk.
Across the identical time, Anthony Kim introduced his long-awaited return to skilled golf with a polarizing video on social media.
DP World Tour skilled Eddie Pepperell is clearly not a fan of both.
“Inside two days, one LIV golfer suggests Rory successful the Grand Slam in April ought to include an asterisk, and one other participant, idolised and mythologised by so many, returns to professional golf by becoming a member of LIV and remarks that he’s one way or the other “hated.” Actually, these f*cking idiots,” Pepperell posted to X, previously Twitter.
Inside two days, one LIV golfer suggests Rory successful the Grand Slam in April ought to include an asterisk, and one other participant, idolised and mythologised by so many, returns to professional golf by becoming a member of LIV and remarks that he is one way or the other “hated”..
Actually, these f*cking idiots.
— Eddie Pepperell (@PepperellEddie) February 28, 2024
Gooch got here below hearth throughout social media following his controversial feedback. Golfers, media and followers alike ripped him aside for his misguided take, seeing as he top-level participant on the LIV Tour who won’t be taking part in within the Masters.
Everybody else he referenced in his feedback, Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka, will all be there.
In the meantime, Kim took to social to submit a hype video that ended with the caption “Whats up haters, I’m again.”
As Pepperell identified, golf followers love Kim. He had climbed inside the highest 10 within the Official World Golf Rankings slightly over a decade in the past earlier than accidents derailed his profession.
Greater than doubtless, Kim was attempting to get out in entrance of the unfavorable response to him becoming a member of the Saudi-funded LIV Golf Tour.
Both means, Pepperell will need to have fairly sturdy convictions contemplating he’s but to perform close to what both of these two gamers have professionally.
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The 33-year-old England native has two profession wins on the European Tour and is presently ranked 241st within the OWGR. He has made sporadic begins all through his profession on the PGA Tour, with restricted success.
However none of that stopped him from saying what nearly everyone seems to be pondering.
Kendall Capps is the Senior Editor of SB Nation’s Enjoying By way of. For extra golf protection, comply with us @_PlayingThrough on all main social media platforms.
