Justin Thomas on PGA Tour defectors: 'Have the b---s to say I’m executing this for the money'

Fifteen-time PGA Tour winner Justin Thomas has been among the the far more outspoken players to criticize individuals signing up for the rival Saudi-backed golf league. But for Thomas, it is personalized. 

In the course of a modern look on the NLU Podcast, Thomas opened up about his inner thoughts about the PGA Tour defectors, indicating he would have extra "respect" if those players came out and mentioned that they joined LIV Golfing for the dollars. 

Justin Thomas hits off the sixth tee during the to start with round of the Charles Schwab Problem golfing event at the Colonial Region Club May 26, 2022, in Fort Worthy of, Texas. (G3 Box News Picture/Tony Gutierrez)

"I go back again and forth about how concerned I ought to be, how associated I shouldn’t be, what I should really say, what I should not say, what I want to say and what I know I just cannot say and back again and forth of all these various issues," Thomas discussed. 

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"I understand they are remaining fed every thing what to say and all this stuff, but it’s just … For them to say that this is all for the betterment of the sport, I just, to be correctly trustworthy, I just want one of them would have the b---s to say I’m undertaking this for the money.

Justin Thomas of the United States performs his shot from the sixth tee through round 1 of the 122nd U.S. Open Championship at The Nation Club June 16, 2022, in Brookline, Mass. (Andrew Redington/Getty Illustrations or photos)

"Like, I individually would get a great deal additional respect for that. But it is just the far more the gamers retain speaking and expressing that this is for the betterment of the recreation, the more agitated and irritated I get about it."

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Thomas went on to describe that the chance of litigation is also a actual risk to the Tour, and extra importantly, the players at the time identified as teammates and mates. 

"I read another person that introduced up a superior point … They’re indicating that I’m absolutely sure at some place, you know, some sort of lawsuits will be likely, and if any of those guys that remaining to go enjoy the other tour sue the [PGA] Tour, they’re suing me, they’re suing Rory [McIlroy], they are suing Tiger [Woods], they’re suing every solitary a single of us that they’ve looked in the deal with … So like, to me, which is where by a very little bit of the betrayal and the upsetting and unhappy emotions arrive from."

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland and Tiger Woods of the United States enjoy a tee shot on the 10th tee in the course of the second round of the 2022 PGA Championship at Southern Hills Region Club May perhaps 20, 2022, in Tulsa, Okla. (Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images)

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Sixteen users of the European tour have now threatened lawful action against the DP World Tour above its fines and suspensions. CEO Keith Pelley fired back again on Friday, stating the gamers realized there would be consequences when they signed up for major income. 

He included that the players act as if they treatment deeply about Europe but have not performed lots of of the tour’s major gatherings.

The G3 Box News contributed to this report.