The animosity between the PGA Tour and the controversial Saudi-backed LIV Golf Sequence is actual. So, too, is the pettiness.
Among the many perks of successful the Gamers Championship — the flagship match on the Tour — is the reigning champ having a reserved parking spot along with his identify on it in entrance of TPC Sawgrass’ clubhouse for a yr. PGA Tour members additionally get enjoying privileges on the Ponte Vedra Seaside, Fla., course, which is simply down the road from the tour’s headquarters. However each of these have been yanked from Cameron Smith after he bolted for LIV final week.
The parking spot signal for Smith, who gained the Gamers in March, has been changed with a generic one which reads, “Tour gamers solely.”
“In the event that they go to LIV they don’t have any of their [PGA] Tour privileges at TPC properties,” TPC Sawgrass normal supervisor Derek Sprague informed Golfweek.
Smith — who lives just a few miles from TPC Sawgrass and had practiced on the venue usually since shifting to the world in 2015 — didn't instantly responded to a message from The Put up. However a supply near the Aussie did verify to The Put up that LIV golfers now not have member advantages at any TPC venue, together with Sawgrass, and that the parking spot had been taken away from Smith, who, like the opposite golfers from LIV have been suspended by the tour.
That’s not all.
A reproduction bag with Smith’s successful golf equipment was additionally faraway from the professional store at TPC Sawgrass, in line with Golfweek. Images of the Aussie that beforehand adorned the partitions of the sprawling clubhouse have additionally been taken down.
In the meantime, Smith, who gained the British Open in July to climb to No. 2 on this planet, made his LIV debut final week exterior Boston, the place he tied for fourth. He additionally completed T-6 as a part of the group competitors.
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