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June 09, 2023
Bryson DeChambeau Tells 9/11 Families It's Time for 'Forgiveness': After taking $125 million from the government of Saudi Arabia to leave the PGA Tour and join LIV Golf, Bryson DeChambeau was asked on CNN about 9/11 families objecting to LIV because of recently revealed Saudi links to the attacks. DeChambeau suggested there needs to be "forgiveness." He said, "I don't know exactly what [the 9/11 families] are feeling, I can't ever know. But I have a huge amount of respect for their position and what they believe, nor do I want anything like that to ever occur again. I think as we move forward from that we've got to look towards a pathway to peace, especially in forgiveness, especially if we're trying to mend the world and make it a better place. I think this is what they're trying to accomplish, what LIV is trying to accomplish, the PIF is trying to accomplish, what we're all trying to accomplish is a better world for everybody." Money well spent, MBS.
easy to say when your pockets are lined with blood money
posted by kokaku at 09:59 PM on June 10, 2023
DeChambeau is greedy enough to take the money and dumb enough to carry water for the Saudis. That's quite a combination.
The crowning glory of the interview is where he defends the Saudis by saying "nobody's perfect."
posted by rcade at 12:53 PM on June 11, 2023
Beyond words.
If I was standing behind the gallery ropes when that guy was putting, my rendition of "Get in the hole!" would be a bit different from most other people's.
Hard to believe that we're at a place where we yearn for the good old days when golfers had sponsors like Dude Wipes and Monkey Knife Fight.