Lee Westwood RIPPED over trying to flog LIV Golf Tour tickets
Lee Westwood caught a bit of heat for trying to flog LIV Golf Tour tickets on Twitter ahead of the sixth $25m event in Bangkok.
The LIV Golf Tour is heading to Bangkok this week to make its debut in Asia, featuring the likes of our subject Lee Westwood.
As ever, there is is a bit of promotional work that Westwood and the rest of the LIV boys need to do to plug their tournament.
That means meeting with fans beforehand, attending media interviews and posting advertisements on their social media channels.
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If you weren't aware, LIV have caught a bit of flack over the fact that they have had to give away tickets for free in their inaugural season, which fellow LIV player and Crushers GC captain Bryson DeChambeau has described as "a beta test".
Westwood once again reached out to his followers and implored "anyone in and around" the area to come and support the event using his code WESTWOOD25 to get a discount.
Side note: The codes that we are talking about also previously revealed some of LIV's signings before they were made official.
What an hilarious gaffe that was!
Anyway, Westy was on the receiving end of some rather interesting comments to say the least:
Anyone in or around the Bangkok area this week come and see us at #LIVGolfBangkok being played at the new Stone Hill Golf Club⛳️
Use WESTWOOD25 at checkout!https://t.co/97JesDJZYM pic.twitter.com/Asw6PaDYeG— Lee Westwood (@WestwoodLee) October 3, 2022
If I want to watch clowns perform I’ll go to a circus not a LIV event!!
— Mark Lambe (@Lambe_49) October 3, 2022
I'd rather cut my own arm off.
— Andy (@IAndyHwk) October 3, 2022
Oh don’t do that….I’m sure Lee’s bosses would gladly do that for you, they’ve had enough practice
— Louise (@LouiseS17989685) October 3, 2022
That's it guys get going. Those tickets aren't going to sell themselves
— Golfing G (@GolfingG123) October 3, 2022
Chased a paycheck, now begging people to pay to come watch! You have truly sunk to the bottom my lad!
— Bill Huber (@BillHub09761434) October 4, 2022
Aren’t you and independent contractor? When you get into ticket sales @WestwoodLee?
— Mark Romin (@mark_romin) October 3, 2022
Alright Lee Lad, I'm in Pattaya, lend us twenty quid and I'll pop down mate
— JuBoy (@JuBoy85012350) October 3, 2022
I wouldn't go if it was free entry.
— Colin Deans (@Dino_Colin) October 3, 2022
There's better things to do in Bangkok than watch you lot
— Mark Williams (@Mawilliams67Mw) October 3, 2022
Sinking lower and lower, you'll be selling LIV t shirts on a stand beside the 18th green soon.
— john mitchell (@akurbafc) October 3, 2022
Pay to watch guys who couldn't compete playing real golf .
— allen oneill (@oneill_allen) October 3, 2022
No thanks prefer to watch the wall
— Trevor Crockett (@bigtt999) October 3, 2022
Hi, I am @WestwoodLee and these are my principles: pic.twitter.com/5kqz0egNfW
— inner voice (@raking_forest) October 4, 2022
LIV total gate will not exceed 15k this week. WESTYFREE would not even get them to come. Enjoy the circus
— BtHntr1967 (@BThntr1967) October 3, 2022
Hahahaha. Shocker. LIV can’t give away tickets. Sad tour
— PKL (@PaulKLawhorn1) October 3, 2022
LIV Golf Bangkok will take place over October 7-9 at Stonehill Golf Club in the Phathum Thani province of Thailand.
Here is the field taking part, where there has been only one change since their last event in Chicago:
- Abraham Ancer
- Anirban Lahiri
- Bernd Wiesberger
- Branden Grace
- Brooks Koepka
- Bryson DeChambeau
- Cameron Smith
- Cameron Tringale
- Carlos Ortiz
- Charl Schwartzel
- Charles Howell III
- Chase Koepka
- Dustin Johnson
- Eugenio Chacarra
- Graeme McDowell
- Harold Varner III
- Henrik Stenson
- Hideto Tanihara
- Hudson Swafford
- Ian Poulter
- James Piot
- Jason Kokrak
- Jediah Morgan
- Joaquin Niemann
- Kevin Na
- Laurie Canter
- Lee Westwood
- Louis Oosthuizen
- Marc Leishman
- Martin Kaymer
- Matt Jones
- Matthew Wolff
- Pat Perez
- Patrick Reed
- Paul Casey
- Peter Uihlein
- Phachara Khongwatmai
- Phil Mickelson
- Richard Bland
- Sadom Kaewkanjana
- Sam Horsfield
- Scott Vincent
- Sergio Garcia
- Shaun Norris
- Sihwan Kim
- Talor Gooch
- Turk Pettit
- Wade Ormsby
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