Leading up to the Masters this week, defending Masters champion Jon Rahm claimed that he felt his move to LIV Golf could be a “tipping point” for the sport, but Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee does not see it that way.
Brandel Chamblee absolutely blasted Jon Rahm for these comments, claiming that Rahm’s decision was not a tipping point, but rather a sign that Rahm “could be bought.”
“He thought his departure was gonna be the tipping point. It wasn’t the tipping point at all,” Chamblee insisted on Live at The Masters.
“Generally speaking, I think that he went from being viewed as his own man to being somebody that could be bought. He went from being viewed as somebody who would state their principle very clearly of history and legacy, and then turns back on those principles for money and finances.
“The thread that runs through every single aspect of life, and none of us can really say who held the money that we have in our hands before we did, but when you know exactly who is paying you and exactly what they’re paying you for and at its core is malevolent in nature, you can’t pretend that the impulse to take the money is good when it was so heavily fertilised in greed.”
Those are some pretty harsh words from Chamblee.
