Fred Couples understands why PGA Tour pros take LIV Golf’s money, but that doesn’t mean that he’s not going to slam everyone involved.
The former Masters winner spoke to a packed hotel ballroom as the guest speaker during a PGA Tour Champions breakfast in Newport Beach and fired off a variety of insults at LIV recruits.
After breaking some Will Zalatoris turning down LIV Golf news, Couples went in on Phil Mickelson, saying “If you’re giving Phil Mickelson $200 million at age 52 to shoot 74 and 75, God bless you.”
Even though he insisted that he “still” likes Mickelson, Couples went on to call Phil a “nutbag,” eventually conceding that Mickelson is one of the ten best golfers of all time.
Next in the line of fire was Sergio Garcia, who Couples called a “clown,” partially due to the current LIV golfer ripping a PGA Tour official and then jumping to the rival league.
Cameron Smith was a little luckier as Couples didn’t identify him by name but as the “the guy who won the Players Championship and British Open last year.”
Couples mocked Smith for saying he could now have birthdays and go to the weddings of his “mates.”
“I find that comical,” Couples went on to say. “Because my favorite to ever play has five kids, 40 grandkids, and he has never missed anything – and that was Jack Nicklaus.”
With all of those comments under his belt, one could most likely guess what Couples’ feelings are on LIV’s future …
“I’m being flippy now; I don’t really care if it survives.”
