Tour pro rips Jon Rahm over LIV Golf format claim: "F--- me, heard it all now!"
English tour pro Eddie Pepperell says he's 'heard it all now' after Jon Rahm's latest claim about the format of LIV Golf.
English tour pro Eddie Pepperell says he's 'heard it all' after Jon Rahm claimed one of the reasons he joined LIV Golf was to avoid the 'wave weather difference'.
Rahm, 29, joined the breakaway tour on 8 December after weeks of intense speculation.
The Spanish World No. 3 became LIV's biggest signing to date for a deal said to be worth £450m.
Aside from the financial incentive, Rahm has reeled off a number of reasons why he found the prospect of joining LIV so compelling, despite previously 'laughing' at rumours he would join the rival league and criticisng the format.
Rahm recently joined the new LIV podcast, Fairway to Heaven, to discuss his high-profile switch.
He explained: "Yeah, maybe the format was a set back in the past, but at the same time there's a lot of positives to it as well.
"And one of the things that a lot of players kept mentioning is you don't have a wave weather difference, where you can simply get unlucky and you're out of contention for that tournament.
"It's part of the game, I get it, but it's something you don't have to deal with anymore. So that part is a very nice aspect."
Pepperell didn't take too kindly to Rahm's statement. He wrote: "The 'wave weather difference' .. F--- me. Heard it all now."
The golfer spoke a little more in depth about Rahm's decision to join LIV in the most recent installment of The Chipping Forecast with golf commentator Andrew Cotter and journalist Iain Carter.
Pepperell said: "This signing, in my opinion, should be the biggest shock yet to the PGA Tour. They have an opportunity to think outside the box and create something truly global in nature.
"Irrespective of LIV, there is still plentiful talent playing on the PGA Tour and DP World Tour whereby if they look to expand their vision and create a truly global tour, one that both encourages participation from global players and one that travels to all corners of the world performing, then I still believe it can create something far more valuable than LIV ever will.
"This is as much a plea as anything else to the powers that be to now look at a full consolidation, bring it all [PGA Tour and DP World Tour] together and create something different. We need open minds and top US-based players [especially] to embrace this opportunity."
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