Daly ‘begged’ for LIV spot

John Daly was a guest on the “Piers Morgan Uncensored” show and shortly into the six-minute interview revealed he really wanted to be a part of the LIV Golf Invitational Series, the breakaway league offering huge signing bonuses, giant purses, 54hole tournaments and no cuts so that every golfer gets something for their efforts. And Daly wasn’t shy about it:

“I begged Greg Norman to let me be on the LIV tour.”

He explained how much better he thinks LIV is compared to the PGA Tour or even the PGA Tour Champions, where Daly spends most of his playing time now.

“I played with Brian Harman in a practice round, and with some other guys in some of the practice rounds at the British Open, and it’s like, we play pro-ams, we get it. OK. That’s what is the backbone of a lot of our tournaments. But, Brian Harman says, give us a box of chocolates for the effort.

“I play two to three proams every week on the Champions tour and we don’t play for a lot of money on the Champions tour so I almost feel like, ‘OK, I’m not getting a lot out of this. What are we doing?’

“Look, I’d rather play with amateurs than the pros sometimes, but we’ve gotta get compensated for that. The LIV tour is giving players that. They play pro-ams, it’s a big party, they play for a lot of money, which these guys that are on that tour, deserve that money. And I think there’s a lot of other guys that deserve that money.

And then using both hands to point to himself, Daly said: “Especially this old man.”