LIV Golf duo labelled “f idiots” by infuriated DP World Tour star

Both Talor Gooch and Anthony Kim have made headlines ahead of this week’s LIV Golf event in Saudi Arabia, but one man who has been left unimpressed is Eddie Pepperell

DP World Tour star Eddie Pepperell has reignited his feud with LIV Golf after slamming both Talor Gooch and Anthony Kim ‘f idiots’ in a furious outburst on social media.

All eyes will be on Gooch and Kim in particular this week as the Separatist League travel to Saudi Arabia for the third leg of their campaign. The film stars Brooks Koepka and Jon Rahm, but the spotlight is on Kim, who is making her competitive debut 12 years after retiring from golf. To celebrate his return, the former PGA Tour star, who last played at the 2012 Wells Fargo Championship, posted a video on social media announcing his surprise move to LIV, and addressed so-called “haters.” counterattacked. ”.

Meanwhile, Gooch started the week by expressing his disappointment with his Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR). This is because the breakaway league has not yet earned OWGR points for that event, thus ensuring that the league’s representation at this year’s Masters will be limited. . Despite being snubbed in the rankings, the American believes that if PGA Tour star Rory McIlroy had finally won the green jacket in April, there would have been an asterisk because of the lack of LIV players. I believe it would have been possible.

“If Rory McIlroy completed a Grand Slam without the best players in the world, he would just get an asterisk,” Gooch told Australian Golf Digest. “It’s just reality. If the big players find a way to attract the best players in the world, I think everyone wins.”

One person who wasn’t impressed with Gooch or Kim was his longtime LIV critic Pepperell, who has been criticizing his fellow players on social media. “For two days now, LIV golfers have suggested putting an asterisk on Rory’s Grand Slam win in April,” he tweeted.

“And yet another much-loved and mythologised player joins LIV and returns to professional golf, but says he is somehow ‘hated’… Honestly, they’re idiots. » Despite the Brits’ criticism of Kim, there is no doubt that the 38-year-old is adding to the excitement for this week’s LIV event. return.

Kim established himself as one of the hottest prospects on the PGA Tour in the late 2000s, but after a 12-year hiatus, he became a forgotten figure in the golf world. But more than a decade later, the American is now linking his allegiance to a breakaway league in an attempt to make up for lost time.

“It’s been a long time,” Kim said Wednesday. “And I’m very grateful for the ups and downs and lessons I experienced early in my career. I want to compete with the best players in the world and my mission is to prove to myself that I can win again. The next step in this journey begins now. I’m excited to give my all to his LIV Golf League this season.