LIV Golf ridiculed after announcing latest signing: “The jokes write themselves”
LIV Golf’s latest acquisition was underwhelming.
At least that is the verdict from golf fans on X, who blasted the fact LIV teased three signings for Kevin Na’s Iron Heads over the weekend, only to announce on Monday that Jinichiro Kozuma will retain his spot in the quartet for the 2025 campaign.
Kozuma earned his spot in the lucrative, Saudi-backed league at their Promotions event 12 months ago and finished 44th in the standings.
Na’s Iron Heads were simply dreadful, finishing last out of 13 teams and only securing nine points.
Describing Kozuma as ‘Mr Clutch’, the official Iron Heads X feed posted: “Iron Heads GC is thrilled to announce the re-signing of Jinichiro Kozuma for the 2025 LIV Golf Season! Welcome back, Jini.”
The Iron Heads will reportedly unveil two more signings in the coming days and it is expected that former PGA Tour pro Danny Lee will also retain his place.
Golf fans weren’t convinced retaining Kozuma’s services was newsworthy, with one blasting: “The jokes write themselves.”
Here’s some more comments:
“Love Jini but not convinced this re-signing a player, who finished 44th on the 2024 LIV Standings, ticks the ‘Big Signings’ box.
“Seriously, who?”
“I could beat half these guys.”
“This such huge news, I mean this will be the lead story on ESPN now, right?”
“S–. This is gonna break the PGA Tour’s back.”
“Huge signing, LFG!”
“This moves zero needle for anyone. Unless Iron Heads can sign some players of significance, LIV needs to consider moving on from this team cuz they aren’t helping the league advance.”
Have LIV Golf signed anyone yet?
At the time of writing, LIV Golf are yet to unveil any fresh faces for the 2025 season that begins next February in Riyadh.
It was also reported that LIV were in advanced negotiations with former Masters champion Adam Scott and Belgium’s Thomas Detry.
Such a move for Scott does seem unlikely, given his role on the PGA Tour’s policy board.
Detry is a 31-year-old golfer from Belgium.
He is yet to taste victory on the PGA Tour, although he has won a team DP World Tour event alongside the aforementioned Pieters.
LIV Golf teams 2025*
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Jon Rahm |
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Tyrrell Hatton |
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Caleb Surratt |
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TBC |
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Cameron Smith |
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Marc Leishman |
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Matt Jones |
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Lucas Herbert |
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Joaquin Niemann |
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Carlos Ortiz |
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Mito Pereira |
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Sebastian Munoz |
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TBC |
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Matthew Wolff |
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Peter Uihlein |
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TBC |
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Dustin Johnson |
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Pat Perez* |
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Thomas Pieters |
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Patrick Reed |
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Harold Varner III |
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Brooks Koepka |
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Jason Kokrak |
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Talor Gooch |
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Graeme McDowell |
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Louis Oosthuizen |
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Charl Schwartzel |
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Dean Burmester |
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TBC |
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Phil Mickelson |
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Brendan Steele |
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Cameron Tringale |
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Andy Ogletree |
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Kevin Na |
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TBC |
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TBC |
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Jinchiro Kozuma |
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Bryson DeChambeau |
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Paul Casey |
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Charles Howell III |
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Anirban Lahiri |
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Lee Westwood |
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Ian Poulter |
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Henrik Stenson |
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Sam Horsfield |
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Sergio Garcia |
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Abraham Ancer |
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David Puig |
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TBC |
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Martin Kaymer |
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Richard Bland |
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Adrian Meronk |
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TBC |
His replacement has not been named yet.
Norman told WishTV that he will always be involved with LIV in some capacity.
He added: “In the first couple years, everybody was lambasting us.
“And now all of a sudden, everybody’s trying to follow us.
“And I think everybody should take a step back and say, ‘Oh my gosh. How good has this been for the game of golf?'”
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