PGA Tour pro ruffles feathers after blasting Brooks Koepka's LIV Golf Jeddah win
PGA Tour player Joel Dahmen questions the validity of Brooks Koepka's LIV Golf Jeddah victory.
PGA Tour player Joel Dahmen has taken aim at Brooks Koepka's victory at LIV Golf Jeddah.
Dahmen has previously blasted LIV Golf players over them wanting to come back and play on the PGA Tour.
He also recently took a swipe at Bryson DeChambeau.
After a frustrating season for Koepka, the LIV Golf star clinched an emotional victory with a birdie on the third playoff hole against fellow Smash GC member Peter Uihlein.
Smash GC also took team honours, as Koepka walked away with a cheque for $4.75 million.
Dahmen, a one-time winner on the PGA Tour, certainly ruffled plenty of feathers with his tweet following Koepka's latest win.
If a players wins a golf tournament in a forest and no one sees it, does it count?
— Joel Dahmen (@Joel_Dahmen) October 17, 2022
"If a players [sic] wins a golf tournament in a forest and no one sees it, does it count?" tweeted Dahmen on Monday morning.
Some golf fans were loving Dahmen's choice of words, while others were questioning how a one-time PGA Tour winner could even have the audacity to criticise a tournament won by a four-time major champion.
If their bank account goes up by 4.75 million dollars then yes.
— Tour pro (@Tourpro7) October 17, 2022
If a guy wins a golf tournament and has four majors and a shit ton of talent maybe guys shouldn’t talk shit about it….
— james Kent (@jamesk123) October 17, 2022
Never seen a pro event with less fans than the LIV tournament this week, it was creepy
— steve lytle (@stevemlytle) October 17, 2022
You not see any golf events in covid?
— Guy Wilson (@Guy_Wilson_Golf) October 17, 2022
Why would you ask? You can’t win a golf tournament whether there are fans present or not.
— Thomas P Murphy PhD, Esq. not a biologist (@tp_murphy) October 17, 2022
If a player wins a pga tour event with a field that’s the strength of a kft/European tour event…. Does it really count as winning a pga tour event. Ex: 2021 Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship
— mrcamel (@mrcamelrider69) October 17, 2022
So original, so let’s just disrespect all the tours then shall we
— Snap Hook Golf (@snaphookgolfuk) October 17, 2022
Didn't even know the tournament was going on until I saw it on Twitter. It's like all those good players just disappeared.
— cody bishop (@codybishop83) October 17, 2022
Give it up Joel
— Trevor Austin (@nottaustin1) October 17, 2022
The viewing figures from YouTube did not paint a great picture, especially in round one.
Things improved slightly over the weekend, but despite an exciting finish that unfolded between Smash GC members Koepka and Uihlein, it is fair to say the majority of golf fans saw LIV Golf Jeddah as something of a turn off.
LIV Golf now has a week off in the schedule before heading into its season-ending LIV Golf Team Championship in Miami.
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