Millionaires bickering has become boring
OUTRAGE towards the LIV rebels sounds more forced with each fresh outburst.
Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry were foremost among the affronted at Wentworth.
This confrontation continues to feel confected. Golf is defined by money, to an extent that exceeds any other professional sport.
And the strength of the LIV movement, no matter how pungent its motives or the source of its wealth, means that likelihood of this stand-off ending with a resolution, rather than defeat for the secessionists, grows with each passing tournament.
A deal will be struck because that is what happens when vast amounts of money are at stake.
Give thanks at least for a change in tack by those defending the status quo. At first, they fulminated about sports-washing – and that is entirely the reason for Saudi Arabia creating this schism with its billions in the first place.
But the point is that golf has been guilty of colluding with sports-washing for decades. In between expressing his unhappiness with the rebels, McIlroy talked about his ambitions of winning the Race to Dubai again.
Note the name of that prize, and understand that golfers don’t have an issue with the source of the money, their problem is with a threat to the prevailing order.
That may be understandable, but please, let’s stop packaging this tiresome spat between millionaires as a righteous struggle.