Bryson Dechambeau on LIV Making Golf ‘Populist:’ We Need to Keep Golf Changing, Interesting

‘I don’t think it’s anything different over the course of time’

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CARLSON: "They suggest that there's been a violation of some kind of unspoken honor code in golf, where you're going to change the culture of golf and make it more vulgar, more populist, less honorable. I know you heard versions of that, I’m not sure I’m describing it exactly right. The spirit of golf is being somehow despoiled or desecrated by this. How do you respond to that?"
DECHAMBEAU: "The spirit of golf? Look, I think that in every industry, no matter what it is, it’s always been changing, innovating, right, and golf I don’t think is anything different. Over the course of time, if we want to continue to grow the game or make the game more interesting, if you're  going to keep it with hickory shafts and Balata ball and no technology, people are not going to be interested by that. We have to find ways to make it more interesting, whether it’s a new format, teams — that’s personally one of my favorite things about LIV Golf, is the team aspect. I think it’s enhancing the spirit of the game."

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