'I Don’t Want LIV Players Back' — Lucas Glover Doubles Down Amid PGA-LIV Tension

Six-time PGA Tour winner Lucas Glover has added fuel to the existing tension between PGA Tour and LIV Golf. The veteran stated that he doesn’t want LIV golfers to return to the PGA Tour fold as both tours continue to dialogue over the possibility of reuniting.

Glover Insists He Doesn’t Want To Play With LIV Players Again

Fans and fellow players recognize Glover as one of the most outspoken figures on the PGA Tour. The 2009 U.S. Open winner stirred controversy just a few months ago when he claimed that many players refuse to hand over their real drivers for testing and instead offer a backup version. The 45-year-old also criticized the PGA Tour for making its fields smaller and reducing the number of exempt players each year from 125 to 100. Glover believes that LIV Golfers players shouldn’t be allowed to return to the PGA Tour.

“I don’t want to play with them, me personally,” Glover stated, “I don’t think they should be back here. I don’t want them here. They made their decision. I don’t blame any of them. They made a decision, I don’t care, but they also went away from this tour and chose to.

“As a PGA Tour player and somebody that dreamed of playing on the PGA Tour, and have poured my heart and soul into this Tour and game for 21 seasons now, I don’t want somebody that chose another path and a path of least, or, less resistance. I don’t want them back here competing and taking part of my pie and these kids’ pie that are trying to make it now.”

Glover Having Hard TIme Dealing With Potential LIV Golf Players Return

While Glover insists that it is wrong for the breakaway players to walk back into the tour, he admits that having top LIV Golf players like Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm back on the PGA Tour would have a significant impact on TV deals, but insists that the PGA Tour should not base their decision on that.