Ryder Cup legends in hot exchange over golf appearance fees
Padraig Harrington hits out at Ian Poulter over golf appearance fees: "I can't tell if he was value for money"
Padraig Harrington and Ian Poulter have been discussing the topic of appearance fees in light of Fred Couples' hot take about PGA Tour stars such as Jon Rahm only joining LIV Golf for the money.
Harrington and Poulter got involved in the debate about appearance fees on social media after reading golf journalist Alistair Tait's latest column on 'The Height Of Golf Hypocrisy'.
Scroll below for their tweets...
Tait took aim at Couples' comments about players only wanting to join LIV Golf for the money, comparing it to a time when the 1992 Masters champion only turned up at European Tour events back in the day because he was being paid to be there.
Couples ripped into LIV Golf earlier this week following Rahm's shock £450m move to the Saudi-backed league.
Couples said if LIV Golf was really that good then players would be willing to compete in the breakaway league for free - rather than accepting hundreds of millions.
That irked Tait.
In response to Couples' comments, Tait penned in his latest article:
LIV Golf player and former European Ryder Cup hero Poulter than tweeted he would be happy to disclose information about his own past appearance fees on Tour.
Poulter's tweet then piqued the interest of three-time major champion Harrington, who hit back with:
Poulter's fellow LIV Golf teammate Lee Westwood tweeted he would also be interested to see the numbers, followed by three laughing emojis.
We await Poulter's next move.
What did you make of Couples' comments about LIV Golf this week? Is Freddie something of a hypocrite or has he made valid points? Share your thoughts and comments over on the GolfMagic social media channels.
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