Cantlay knocks back LIV
Patrick Cantlay has revealed in an interview with Golf Magazine that he met with LIV Golf as recently as 2023 but does not anticipate leaving the PGA Tour.
Cantlay had been atop the list of players rumoured to be considering LIV this year amid allegations that he wanted to be paid for his Ryder Cup participation, which has not helped his image with the public.
“It’s a personal calculation based on your values, your priorities, et cetera,” Cantlay told Golf Magazine. “So I don’t think it’s a surprise that there’s a certain type of player that’s tended to go over there, on the whole. For me? I have no plans on joining LIV. I don’t plan on joining LIV. I see myself playing on the PGA Tour.”
Cantlay served on the PGA Tour policy board for the first time in 2023, which did not stop approaches from LIV.
“I declined offers,” Cantlay said. “Pre and post joining the board, and the most recent offer I got, I declined in the same meeting that my management team brought it to me.”
Reports have also claimed that Cantlay is “in control” of the PGA Tour as it navigates its future amid negotiations with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, which bankrolls LIV.
“If you just look at the facts that are out there, it would be impossible for any one player to take control,” he said. “I mean, it would be impossible for all the players together to take control; we only have half the seats on the board, and any major vote around any of the things we’ve been talking about requires a two-thirds majority.”