Is Cantley going over to LIV? Never say never, he says. He’d welcome the best at the President’s Cup

The eyes of world golf fans are on North Carolina these days, where the 14th edition of the prestigious President’s Cup is being played. Among the participants there is also the fourth player of the world ranking Patrick Cantlay. He and his colleagues are facing a lot of questions in the American city of Charlotte about the situation between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf.

The players’ willingness to respond to these suggestions varies. Some refuse to comment on the subject altogether, while others are happy to say out loud what they think about the Saudi-subsidised competition.

The 30-year-old Long Beach native is somewhere in between. He’s not one of those players who run away from the press, but he’s not one of those players who only hurl criticism at LIV. Perhaps that’s why he’s been one of the speculated transfer candidates to LIV Golf in recent weeks.

Cantley admittedly isn’t under much media pressure if he’s actually going to catch the PGA Tour throwing a trash can or not. But he is one of the world’s leading players, so his opinion on the sport is of interest between the PGA and LIV. To be somewhat clear about how Cantlay feels at this point, he’s not looking to move to the competition. Not now.

“I don’t think to say I would never, ever really play on this (LIV) tour, I certainly can’t say that’s true,” Cantlay surprised with his different opinion than prevails among most players on the PGA Tour. His words were published by golf.com.

Media in the US know that Cantley doesn’t like to say things that aren’t true. If he said something false or inaccurate, it would violate his inner personality. This is also why journalists pay so much attention to his opinion. Moreover, Cantley realizes that many other players don’t have this quality.

He is referring to those players who have previously said they would never go to the LIV. It’s just that as things evolved, they eventually changed their minds and were questioned in public about why they went when they said otherwise at the beginning. In other words, Cantlay doesn’t want you to mistake his current commitment to the PGA Tour for permanent, unending loyalty.

The 30-year-old American, who strictly avoids social media, has entered 19 tournaments on the PGA Tour this year. Of those, he has finished in the top 10 eleven times. At the end of the season, he finished seventh in the FedEx Cup.

Although he’s not likely to make a big move in the coming months, he’s keeping his back door open. In the current situation, he wants to keep a professional attitude above all. If he thinks about the PGA and LIV dispute in more depth, he believes that competition is a very good way for players.

But is it also a good path for golf as a whole? “That’s a different question. I don’t think it’s good for professional golf to be this broken. I would love to have a Dustin Johnson or a Cameron Smith here on the international teams. I’d like to have the best competition here,” Patrick Cantlay concluded on the thorny subject.

Source: PGA Tour, golf.com