Amid the raging LIV Golf gamers on the Ryder Cup debate, the Asian Tour’s Worldwide Collection has invited 10 LIV gamers for its August occasion in England. Ace golfer Lee Westwood got here out to state that he was excited to affix the insurgent collection gamers’ pack on the occasion.
The Worldwide Collection returns to England for the second 12 months working in August. The occasion set to tee off on the Shut Home close to Newcastle may have a stacked subject headlined by 10 LIV Golf gamers, together with the likes of Former World No.1 Westwood, 2023 PIF Saudi Worldwide champion Abraham Ancer and 2018 Masters champion Patrick Reed, amongst others. Following the announcement, Westwood got here out on Wednesday to laud the occasion and its venue.
The Majesticks GC co-captain revealed he was excited to return to England and defined why the venue was the suitable decide for the event. He acknowledged that the native followers had been a number of the finest he’d encountered in his profession.
Talking about his Worldwide Collection England return, Lee Westwood mentioned, as quoted by Golf Month-to-month:
“I’ve had the privilege of taking part in at residence in match conditions earlier than, and there may be actually nothing fairly prefer it. Native pleasure is constructing properly with a number of the gamers confirmed… I’ve been embraced by the folks of Northumbria since I arrange residence there; their ardour for sport is unequalled and the complete subject will really feel that throughout the match week – the ambiance will probably be super.”
It’s pertinent to notice that the Asian Tour’s Worldwide Collection comes as huge outing for LIV Golf gamers as they attempt to push their envelope exterior of the Saudi-backed collection. With a lot of them within the Ryder Cup workforce dialog, LIV gamers on the occasion will look to make a mark with their performances.
Worldwide Collection excited to host 10 LIV Golf gamers at England occasion
As talked about above, Lee Westwood isn’t the one high-profile participant who will probably be within the Worldwide Collection England occasion subject. Patrick Reed, Graeme McDowell, Abraham Ancer, Anirban Lahiri, Eugenio Chacarra, Jason Kokrak, Richard Bland, Brendan Steele and Dean Burmester have all been confirmed to play on the occasion.
Opening up about the identical, Head of the Worldwide Collection, Rahul Singh, mentioned that the circuit was excited to host big-name gamers like Westwood and Reed.
He mentioned:
“Having the likes of Lee Westwood, Patrick Reed, Abraham Ancer and different LIV stars confirmed for Worldwide Collection England is demonstrative of the rising energy of The Worldwide Collection and the attract of the fabulous Lee Westwood Colt Course at Shut Home.”
The occasion will happen between 17 and 20 August, throughout a break within the LIV Golf schedule. For sure, it’ll be attention-grabbing to see how the insurgent collection gamers fare on the occasion.
