LIV Golf pro opens up on $10m switch: "The PGA Tour is lonely and miserable"

Adrian Meronk says he would have been 'too lonely and miserable' on the PGA Tour as he opened up on his decision to join LIV Golf.

Meronk joined the breakaway tour in February for their third campaign and finished 17th in the standings in his maiden season. 

The Polish golfer later admitted he probably wouldn't have joined the Saudi-backed breakaway had he been picked for the 2023 Ryder Cup in Italy. 

Many observers found it unfathomable that Meronk was omitted, given his stellar season on the DP World Tour and the fact that he had already tasted success at the host venue when he won the Italian Open.

Now, Meronk has claimed that he also consulted several other players who played in America and wasn't too fond with what he heard. 

"If I'd played in America, I would have had to base myself there and I would have been so lonely and so miserable, I think," Meronk told Gulf News.

"I even talked to Nicolas Colsaerts – when he started playing the PGA Tour, he felt so lonely, he didn't really enjoy it.

"I was a little bit scared of that, to be honest. I wanted to play out there, but hearing things like that played a part in my decision.

"Joining LIV Golf meant I could stay in Dubai, which is a place that I like, and play fewer tournaments, as I was exhausted last year after playing 27 times.

"I think it was a great decision for me. It's given me so much life and enjoyment. 

"It's like a rat race on the PGA Tour – everybody is looking out for themselves, and nobody talks to you."

Ryder Cup aspirations

It goes without saying that Meronk would like to be part of Luke Donald's dozen that is heading to Bethpage Black in New York next September. 

It's more than likely fellow LIV players Tyrrell Hatton and Jon Rahm will be attempting to retain the Cup.

Both played key roles in the five-point victory at Marco Simone. 

And judging by what Sergio Garcia recently told GolfMagic, there may be one last hurrah for Europe's record points scorer.

Meronk told Gulf News that his manager spoke to the aforementioned Donald at Wentworth ahead of the BMW PGA Championship. 

He said: "I think my manager may have spoken to him [Donald] at Wentworth, but I've not personally spoken to him about anything.

"Sergio, Rahm, Hatton – there's a lot of players on LIV who want to be involved, so he probably knows I am up for it if I am playing well.

"I believe if I play well, I can make it."

What did Adrian Meronk say about his Ryder Cup snub?

Meronk told Telegraph Sport in the days after joining LIV that missing out on the 2023 Ryder Cup hurt. 

He found out that he wasn't going to be a captain's pick on his way home from the European Masters.

Meronk was on a train home with his girlfriend Melania Bobrowicz when he heard the news. 

"Ï don’t know, but I would probably not have come to LIV if I had played in the Ryder Cup," he previously said. 

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