Rory McIlroy's former agent, Andrew 'Chubby' Chandler is a person who is not particularly delighted with TGL, a project that only saw the light of day a few days ago. Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy are the creators of this league, in partnership with the PGA Tour. It was Tiger who had his debut a few nights ago, in which his team experienced a debacle, but Tiger did not seem worried, in fact, the experienced golfer was laughing and enjoying himself in TGL.
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McIlroy's former agent, Chandler, believes that this project is an absolute failure, and is taking golf in the wrong direction. Chandler is especially frustrated by the constant talk about money and earnings, believing that it will create a wrong image for this sport. Chandler also worries about the new generations, who will look at this sport in a different way, seeing it as a pure simulation.
"Tiger and Rory have got the investment in it. They are who they are. Cantlay is running the Tour.
You've got the lunatics running the asylum and it's not good is it? Their business acumen doesn't match their golf acumen.
The same day it was launched, the TGL, they announced the PIP payments. It's vulgar isn't it. Tiger played four times, five times [last year].
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What did they give him? �10m or more.
What is going on? What does it look like to the man on the street now? It looks like a load of greedy billionaires trying to cash in, cash in, cash in.
When you get an NFL quarterback getting paid �30 million a year for five years, they talk about it when they sign the contract and you never hear about it again. It all disappears.
Golf keeps resurfacing about money. It's all about the money all of the time. I worry about it.
Does the young kid who wants to be a PGA player, does he want to be a simulator player? No."- he told Prime Casino.
Andrew 'Chubby' Chandler on Tiger Woods
Chandler thinks it's the wrong way to give money to PGA Tour players purely out of gratitude for not going to LIV Golf. Rory's former agent stresses that PGA Tour executives could lose a lot of money, frustrated by their attitudes and the way they want to keep the best golfers on the Tour.
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He went a step further and said that Tiger did not joke when he was winning, nor did he laugh much, while now he considers himself an entertainer. Andrew is clearly furious at Tiger's behavior.
