Why David Puig determined to signal with LIV Golf

David Puig was one of many first faculty gamers who was introduced with this type of alternative as he was contemplating his skilled golf future.

Go the standard route and attempt to earn his method onto the PGA Tour, or take a contract with LIV Golf, the place he might earn cash immediately.

Puig shocked the golf world when he left Arizona State early in his senior 12 months, turned professional and joined LIV Golf in September 2022. The then-20-year-old was the first newbie golfer to go straight from faculty golf to the brand new Saudi-backed PGA Tour-rival.

On this week’s episode of GOLF’s Subpar, Puig went over the circumstances of the choice with co-hosts Colt Knost and Drew Stoltz. Puig stated at first he had reservations about making a league simply because he was unsure the place issues had been going to go together with the upstart league.

“However I talked with my mother and father and with my workforce, and we simply thought that making that call was one of the best for us,” he stated. “However there was just a few reactions from folks like, who is that this man or we’re by no means gonna know him or this man sucks, LIV sucks, all that by way of social media. However hopefully, , it clearly acquired higher, however hopefully it retains getting higher sooner or later.”

After the previous few years, Puig stated he has felt tensions soften a bit, particularly with the play of a few of the leagues stars like Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau, who gained majors in 2023 and 2024.

“So I don’t know if it’s gonna get higher or not, however at the very least the followers, I believe they’re simply beginning to notice that we’re simply not unhealthy folks or something like that,” he stated. “We’re simply enjoying someplace else.”

As a result of Puig went straight to LIV Golf, the PGA Tour instantly suspended him and he has but to ever tee it up in a PGA Tour occasion, aside from 4 main appearances the final two seasons. However that doesn’t imply he has any regrets.

“I adore it, man. They do an superior job,” he stated. “I imply, we’ve been just about all over the place on the earth. They deal with us very, very nicely. The programs are nice. Persons are nice. The gamers are, , should you’re trying like historical past of the gamers, I imply, there’s numerous gamers which can be unbelievable golfers. So for me, simply enjoying with them, alongside them and simply form of studying from them, it’s been unbelievable.”

For extra from Puig, together with who the highest tempers on LIV Golf are, watch the total episode under.

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