Tommy Fleetwood is currently ranked 3rd in the Official World Golf Rankings and is widely regarded as one of the best golfers in the world. Because of his high profile, there have been various rumors about LIV being interested in signing a lucrative contract with him. Interestingly, the golfer was recently present at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic’s pre-event press conference, where he addressed all of these speculations.
During the press conference on Tuesday, January 20, Fleetwood was asked if, with everything going on in the golf industry, LIV Golf had approached him in the last postseason. The golfer immediately refused this, claiming that he had received no contact from the Saudi-backed league and that he had no information about any other golfers who might have. The golfer explained:
“Yeah, they haven’t sniffed around me in this postseason. Yeah, I don’t know. We don’t really talk about it that much. I haven’t heard of that. I think you definitely see changes, and I think some very good golfers have gone over to LIV and have chose to go to LIV. It’s probably going to cost a lot of money, right, to get some big-name players. You know, I don’t know what their strategy will be or who they will be looking at to go or how they want to go about it, but they don’t talk to me.”
Aside from this, Tommy Fleetwood also discussed the recent speculations concerning PGA Tour schedule adjustments. According to this rumor, it can be expected that the circuit will lower the number of tournaments this season. The golfer discussed his concerns and what he knew about the changes.
Tommy Fleetwood states he “haven’t heard” about the schedule alterations
According to current speculations, the PGA circuit will only have 20-24 tournaments, resulting in a shorter schedule. Tommy Fleetwood stated that he does not know anything, but he has heard that Harris English was in an interview in which he claimed there would be fewer tournaments. Fleetwood explained that, despite the rumors, he is looking forward to playing the game on his own terms. As quoted by Asap Sports, he stated,
“I don’t know. I haven’t heard anything about the schedule changing, except for one thing I heard was that Harris did an interview, and he mentioned the smaller number of events. Hopefully, I can play where I want to play. I always say that. In a selfish way, like I’ve been lucky for many years, where I have had the option of playing where I want to play, and that’s all I kind of think about and focus on. So I’m very lucky that I get to do that.”
Talking about the Hero Dubai Desert Classic, in his opening round, Tommy Fleetwood will compete against Rory McIlroy and Tyrrell Hatton from the 10th tee. Their tee group will begin their tournament at 8:05 a.m. local time. After that, during Round 2, this tee group will be part of the afternoon schedule, beginning at Hole 1 at 12:25 PM.
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