If you thought Ryder Cup hero Tommy Fleetwood was about to leave the PGA Tour for LIV Golf, you were sadly mistaken.
Unlike fellow Eureapon golfer Jon Rahm, who bolted the PGA in December for a huge payout from the Saudi-backed league, Fleetwood says he has no intentions, at least for now, to leave the PGA tour.
“There’s nothing really. There’s nothing going on,” Fleetwood told reporters at the Dubai Desert Classic.”I’ve been playing here [in Dubai] for the last two years and I’m still playing here now. I’m pretty boring news-wise and that’s just what it is.
“People have been getting approached for a long, long time now so I don’t think it’s flash news that people are still being approached by LIV. Some people will go and some people won’t. At some point, we’ll either all play together, or we won’t. I, like everybody else, will just wait to find out,” he continued. “I’m still chasing my childhood dreams and still trying to be the best golfer I can be. Who knows if that changes in the future but for now that’s just where I want to be.”
The two tours announced a merger last spring but, as of now, the deal has yet to be finalized. In the meantime, LIV Golf continues to poach players from the PGA Tour, offering megabucks to PGA stars like Fleetwood and Tyrrell Hatton.
Hatton also noted that LIV approached him, but he decided, like Fleetwood, to continue playing on the PGA Tour.
“There’s several people that have had conversations. I think that’s part and parcel of golf at the moment,” said Hatton. “But I’m quite happy playing the PGA Tour and DP World Tour.”
Taking them at their words, Hatton sounds happier with the PGA Tour right now than Fleetwood, whose statement seemed to indicate he is potentially open to leaving in the future.
