Golf terus terpecah dengan munculnya seri LIV Golf yang memisahkan diri; Sir Nick Faldo mengatakan pemain yang telah bergabung dengan kompetisi yang didanai Saudi tidak boleh bermain atau menjadi kapten di Ryder Cup
Oleh Jamie Weir
Terakhir Diperbarui: 26/01/23 6:03 pagi
Sir Nick Faldo percaya setiap pegolf Eropa yang telah bergabung dengan LIV Golf tidak boleh terlibat lebih jauh dengan Ryder Cup, baik sebagai pemain atau kapten masa depan.
Pendukung dari banyak kesuksesan Eropa selama dua dekade terakhir – seperti Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter, Sergio Garcia, Martin Kaymer dan Graeme McDowell – telah bergabung dalam tur yang memisahkan diri dan sebagai hasilnya, di mata Faldo, telah menghancurkan jembatan mereka ketika datang ke acara dua tahunan tersebut.
“Mereka seharusnya tidak ada di sana karena mereka sudah pergi dan Anda harus pindah,” kata Faldo dalam wawancara eksklusif dengan Berita Olahraga Langit.
“Mereka semua berada pada usia di mana Eropa perlu menemukan generasi baru berusia 25 tahun yang dapat memainkan setengah lusin atau lebih Piala Ryder, dan saya pikir kita akan memilikinya.”
Keterlibatan apa pun dalam kapasitas bermain di Roma tahun ini tampaknya sangat tidak mungkin. Pegolf LIV akan kesulitan mendapatkan poin yang diperlukan untuk lolos ke tim Luke Donald, mengingat mereka diskors dari PGA Tour dan status mereka di DP World Tour bergantung pada sidang yang berlangsung bulan depan.
Nick Dougherty dari Sky Sports dan Andrew Coltart membahas masalah pemain LIV yang bersaing di Tur Dunia DP minggu ini dan kontroversi yang ditimbulkannya.
Tapi Faldo, seorang veteran dari sebelas Piala Ryder, yang pernah bermain di masing-masing antara tahun 1977 dan 1997, percaya bahwa mereka sekarang juga telah mengorbankan kesempatan untuk menjadi kapten atau wakil kapten masa depan untuk Eropa.
“Mereka sudah selesai,” katanya. “Ini adalah tur saingan. Jika Anda bekerja untuk sebuah perusahaan selama 20 tahun dan Anda kemudian pergi ke perusahaan saingan, saya dapat berjanji bahwa foto Anda tidak akan terpajang di dinding. Anda telah pindah. Baik, pergi kamu pergi.
“Mereka membuat keputusan itu dan saya yakin mereka tahu itu akan merugikan mereka. Mereka memainkan permainan matematika. Mereka mendapat banyak uang di muka, dan mereka tahu itu akan kehilangan sponsor, tapi mereka berpikir ‘Aku masih menang’.”
Rory McIlroy mengecilkan pembicaraan tentang konfrontasi dengan Patrick Reed menjelang Hero Dubai Desert Classic minggu ini tetapi menambahkan dia tidak tertarik untuk berbicara dengannya di lapangan.
Faldo juga mencap tur pemberontak, yang digawangi oleh saingan lamanya Greg Norman, “tidak berarti”, tanpa minat untuk mengembangkan permainan tetapi sebaliknya menjadi antagonis terhadap tur yang ada.
“Ini toko tertutup: 48 orang diberi banyak uang,” kata Faldo. “Apa yang mengganggu saya adalah tidak mengembangkan permainan golf. Itu benar-benar membuat saya ketika mereka terbang melintasi dunia ke negara yang telah bermain golf selama lebih dari 100 tahun dan berkata, ‘kami mengembangkan permainan golf’.
“Jika mereka terus mengatakan ingin mengembangkan permainan golf, pergi dan bawa ke daerah baru. Negara-negara di masa-masa awal tertarik pada golf sekarang. Cobalah itu daripada hanya mencoba memusuhi semua orang.
“Apa pun yang ingin mereka lakukan, pergi dan lakukan. Biarkan anak-anak muda ini bermain apa yang kami anggap nyata, golf kompetitif. Begitu Anda memutuskan untuk pensiun, menghilang, pindah, atau pergi ke pekerjaan lain. Tidak ada yang akan membicarakannya Anda, jadi pergi dan lakukan pekerjaan Anda dan lanjutkan.”
Nick Dougherty dan Andrew Coltart dari Sky Sports menantikan tahun sibuk golf yang dimulai dengan Kejuaraan Abu Dhabi di DP World Tour.
Dalam beberapa bulan terakhir, LIV Golf harus berurusan dengan kepala operasinya Atul Khosla pergi, kritik karena membayar jaringan televisi kecil AS untuk menyiarkan turnamen dan perlambatan pembelotan dari PGA Tour, dengan petenis nomor 45 dunia Mito Pereira menjadi satu-satunya pemain terkenal yang bergabung.
“Mereka antagonis, mengadakan acara melawan acara besar di PGA Tour – dan itu sama di Eropa,” kata Faldo. “Ini sangat memalukan.”
Ketika berbicara tentang Norman, Faldo tidak melakukan pukulan apa pun. Selama puncak hari-hari bermain mereka, keduanya adalah rival sengit, dan sementara Norman menghabiskan waktu yang jauh lebih lama daripada Faldo sebagai peringkat 1 dunia, pemain Inggris itu menyelesaikan karirnya yang termasyhur dengan enam gelar utama dibandingkan dengan dua gelar dari Australia.
Persaingan mereka memuncak dengan keruntuhan hari terakhir yang terkenal dari Norman di Masters 1996, ketika Faldo bangkit dari enam tembakan ke belakang untuk menang dengan lima dan mengamankan jaket hijau ketiganya.
“Dia adalah pegolf yang hebat. Dia benar-benar pegolf yang karismatik dan menarik, dan dia benar-benar menghancurkan semua itu.”
Sir Nick juga berbicara sebelum membuat Faldo Elite Tour, cabang dari Faldo Series miliknya – yang kini telah berjalan selama 27 tahun – untuk memberikan kesempatan kepada pegolf muda untuk merasakan pengalaman bermain golf yang kompetitif dan memulai Challenge Tour.
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