Scottie Scheffler calls out LIV for creating golf’s significant divide
By Matt Reed
![Scottie Scheffler tees off on the ninth hole during the second round of The Players Championship PGA golf tournment Friday, March 14, 2025 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. [Corey Perrine/Florida Times-Union]](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_crop,w_6000,h_3375,x_0,y_0/c_fill,w_1080,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Fthebiglead_en_international_web%2F01jpt3gf8fzt7m5dk1mz.jpg "Scottie Scheffler tees off on the ninth hole during the second round of The Players Championship PGA golf tournment Friday, March 14, 2025 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. [Corey Perrine/Florida Times-Union]")
Scottie Scheffler isn't just the best golfer on the planet as we gear up for The Masters next month, but he's normally one of the most composed and quieter players on the PGA Tour. That's why his comments recently were a bit surprising when asked about the current state of pro golf.
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It's no secret that despite the ongoing merger negotiations between the PGA and LIV Golf that there's going to be some residual bad blood for some time after many top players took big money to leave and move to the Saudi-backed league.
Scheffler was talking about the divide that's been created on the pro scene, and bluntly stated that there's only one party responsible for what's happening at the moment; LIV.
🚨💀🗣️ #GO ASK THOSE GUYS — On a pre-Masters media conference call, defending champion Scottie Scheffler tee’d off on LIV golfers, blaming them for the current divide in the game: “They did what they wanted to do, and I can’t control their life. I’m not going to sit here and say… pic.twitter.com/h5iD03ezi4
— NUCLR GOLF (@NUCLRGOLF) March 19, 2025
There's been plenty of talks about how the two tours can coexist in the future and the pathway back to becoming one unified brand, but despite all of that - which will cost billions to reconcile - there's been so much back and forth between elite players that it won't be an easy fix.
Bryson DeChambeau publicly backed LIV recently, saying he wouldn't be leaving any time soon. And while that may be for appearances and because of the outrageous money LIV is giving him, he's always been a player that speaks his mind.
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