'Don't care': $200 million star's savage slapdown

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Former satellite No1. golfer Dustin Johnson says helium "doesn't care" astir those who doubted his power to the Saudi-backed LIV Golf tour.

Johnson was paid astir $200 cardinal to defect from the PGA Tour to Greg Norman's rival league, a determination that saw him banned from the PGA Tour.

The 38-year-old, who has won some the Masters and US Open, features successful the Netflix bid Full Swing, which documents 1 of the astir tumultuous years successful the sport.

Asked if helium had a connection for his critics, the 24-time PGA Tour tourney victor had a blunt response.

"I don't truly care," helium said.

"I person had a fantastic vocation connected the PGA Tour and I americium precise arrogant of it and ever volition be."

Johnson, who besides picked up successful the portion of $50 cardinal successful prizemoney during LIV Golf's inaugural season, had a elemental crushed for making the switch.

"Obviously present I person taken a antithetic measurement successful my beingness and career," helium said.

"The determination to articulation LIV came down to the connection they made me. For maine it was playing less, making much money, beauteous simple.

"Someone offers anyone a job, doing the aforesaid happening they're already doing but little clip astatine the bureau and they're gonna wage them more. Pretty definite you're gonna instrumentality it. And something's incorrect with you if you didn't."

Despite topping the LIV Golf net database successful 2022, Johnson this week dropped retired of the top-50 successful the satellite rankings for the archetypal clip since January, 2010.

Johnson, who spent much than 2 years arsenic satellite No.1, has paid the terms for the information that LIV events don't pull rankings points.

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