A number of interesting topics were discussed by Padraig Harrington during his appearance on The Late Late Show. The most interesting part of the interview is Harrington’s view of LIV Golf and whether he has received any offers from them in the past.
As a result, Harrington answered yes to the question and gave a brief explanation of how the contact came about. “I got a text message but I didn’t want the temptation. If somebody comes around and offers you a hundred million, five hundred million, that’s a lot of temptation.
It’s a lot of temptation and I didn’t want it. Sometimes you just don’t need it”,- he said, as quoted by golfmonthly.com
Padraig Harrington on his colleague moves
It would seem that Padraig Harrington is not among those who will criticize the moves of his colleagues on a regular basis.
It was his decision to accept their decisions, and he is still in contact with most of them to this day. “I’m not going, but I’ve lots of friends who went and they’re still my friends. I can see why people would go and I can see the good of it in terms of inclusion if things change.
Some of the guys have gone for free, but there’s a lot of prize money. Whether they should go or not is up to the individuals – some of the guys who’ve gone wouldn’t have been in good financial situations.” Harrington also referred to the “sensitive” topic related to Saudi Arabia and the changes that are taking place.
“I wouldn’t want to live in Saudi Arabia as it is now, but I do believe inclusion changes things. The more international inclusion of Saudi Arabia, the more the people will go, ‘you know what – we want to change things.’ It’s not that long ago here we used to put pregnant women in mother and baby homes. 1996 was when the last of them closed so we’re not that far away from it.”
