Kind of a joke’: Pro’s $2 mil purse gripe has golf fans buzzing
Kind of a joke’: Pro’s $2 mil purse gripe has golf fans buzzing
Chris DiMarco is best known as the guy who almost took down Tiger Woods in his prime.
He famously lost to Woods in a playoff at the 2005 Masters, and again finished runner-up to Woods at the 2006 Open Championship. Just before those two heartbreaks, he lost in a playoff to Vijay Singh at the 2004 PGA Championship. Although DiMarco won four times on the PGA Tour — and netted over $22 million — his career will always include that high-profile series of “what-ifs.”
On Wednesday, however, DiMarco changed his narrative among golf fans after some eyebrow-raising remarks he made on the latest episode of GOLF’s Subpar.
“We’re kind of hoping that LIV buys the Champions Tour,” DiMarco said. “Let’s play for a little real money out here. This is kind of a joke when we’re getting $2 million. There were like seven guys last week from TPC [Sawgrass, host of the Players Championship] that made more money than our purses.”
The comment might’ve been made in jest (you can decide for yourself in the video below — head to the 12:05 mark), but the comments were not received well online. After the comments were picked up on social media, DiMarco caught plenty of heat.
