Xander Schauffele believes Jon Rahm overestimated his doable affect on the result of golf’s civil struggle when he joined LIV Golf.
Rahm surprised the game when he joined the Saudi-funded breakaway in December, after he had beforehand pledged his loyalty to the PGA Tour and criticised LIV’s 54-hole format, with no minimize and a shotgun begin, as “not a golf match”.
Forward of his Masters title defence in April, the Spaniard stated he hoped his transfer would “expedite” an settlement between the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Funding Fund (PIF) following the Framework Settlement which was introduced on June 6 final yr.
Requested in his press convention forward of the Memorial Match if extra battles of the type he had with LIV’s Bryson DeChambeau within the closing spherical of the US PGA Championship would pace up the method, Schauffele advised just one man – Tiger Woods – might have a major affect.
“I can consider one man who would actually transfer the needle, that’s nonetheless enjoying,” the American stated. “(He) solely performs like 4 instances a yr or 5 instances a yr, however that man actually strikes the needle, in my view.
“However for guys that suppose that a person will make this complete factor go quicker, it’s most likely pondering a bit excessive(ly) of your self, to be utterly trustworthy.”
He continued: “I believe it’s simply going to run its course. I believe there’s numerous issues individuals don’t realise that have to happen for issues to return collectively, for everybody to type of shake fingers and transfer alongside.
“There’s been a lot injury that’s been accomplished simply in, you already know, it seems like we’ve been on this mess for a pair years, it’s solely been a yr. It feels prefer it’s been perpetually.
“It’s going to run its course and everybody must get on the identical web page in some unspecified time in the future, and which will take some time.
“I don’t know what the timeframe could be, however 4, 5 years or I assume it’d even be longer than that, who even is aware of? However it will simply be a small blip everybody will chuckle about.
“Keep in mind when golf was actually fractured and everybody was speaking crap about golf and the place it’s and all that stuff? you’ll chuckle about it in 5 – 6 years.
“So I think about golf might be again collectively, everybody might be enjoying golf once more collectively.
“I don’t know what that can appear like, however I think about individuals might be competing towards one another once more and the followers could have what they need in that respect.”
