New book LIV and Let Die shows nuances and shades of grey in golf’s response to breakaway tour
. Never mind that, he hadn’t even intended going along to watch. When the first tournament took place just outside London in June 2022, he wasn’t overly pushed about being there. It was the start of the summer and he wanted to hang out with his kids in California before heading off to cover the US Open in Boston the following week.confirmed that he would be ending his four-month absence from the game by teeing it up at the first LIV event and basically left Shipnuck with no option.
“I felt like my job was to take everything from the shadows and shine some sunlight on it. So fans and stakeholders in the game could really understand how we got to this incredibly complex, divisive moment.” “Even if you take Rory, who is the good guy, he’s the hero of the story in most people’s minds because he’s been such a passionate advocate for the tour. But he has taken all kinds of personal shots. This had been a business thing and he made it very personal. And so it makes him a more complex character.
“In early 2023, Bryson was asked a question about it and he was like, ‘Oh, we talked about that last year. We’re done talking about it.’ It was striking how quickly people let that go when it was so fundamental to the conversation.”
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