Webb Simpson is a former US Open Champion (Richard Sellers/PA).
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Former US Open champion Webb Simpson believes renewed plans for a breakaway Premier Golf League (PGL) remain “far-fetched” and feels top players should be focused on titles rather than money.
World number one Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau and Justin Rose are among the players to have been offered lucrative contracts by Saudi Arabian investors to join the PGL, according to The Daily Telegraph.
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According to reports on Tuesday night, contract sums now offered to Koepka and others like Justin Rose and world No 1 Dustin Johnson have risen to $30-50m.
‘The money is there,’ one agent told GolfWeek magazine. ‘I heard $1bn in total. This is real.’
The proposed league would feature around 40 players competing in 18 tournaments around the world with huge prize money at each event in addition to contract revenue and a season-ending championship.
The new projected start date is September next year but clearly it would only work if the vast majority of the top 40 decide to join.
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Rory McIlroy says his legacy is worth a lot more than whatever Saudi-backed money is available from a proposed super league. Photo / AP
Rory McIlroy says his legacy is worth a lot more than whatever Saudi-backed money is available from a proposed super league. Photo / AP
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Rory McIlroy returned to the site of his first PGA Tour victory and made it clear that he is more interested in creating his place in history than chasing Saudi-backed money in a proposed super league.
Justin Thomas wasn t far behind in that line of thinking.
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Dustin Johnson has won two major championships
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Many of golf’s biggest names including world No 1 Dustin Johnson and England’s Justin Rose have received contracts worth up to $100m to take part in a breakaway ‘World Tour’ that has forced them to choose between Saudi money and the PGA Tour and perhaps even The Masters and Ryder Cup.