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Lee Westwood once slammed the PGA Tour for copying the LIV Golf format. The Sasudi League started back in 2022 and made waves on the internet for its limited field, no-cut tournaments.The PGA Tour had also introduced the limited field tournaments without a cutline on the circuit. They have introduced the signature event, which has an elevated purse.In August 2022, following the announcement about the signature event, in an interview with Golf Digest, Lee Westwood opened up about it and was critical of them. He said (via Sky Sports):"I laugh at what the PGA Tour players have come up with. It's just a copy of what LIV is doing. There are a lot of hypocrites out there. They all say LIV is 'not competitive'. They all point at the no-cut aspect of LIV and the short fields."Now, funnily enough, they are proposing 20 events that look a lot like LIV... And hopefully, they will be held to account as we were in the early days."The signature events had an elevated purse of 20 million, and the winner also earns 700 FedEx Cup points. However, unlike LIV Golf, they are played on a 72-hole format.There are eight signature events introduced by the PGA Tour, and three of them have a cutline, including the Genesis Invitational, Arnold Palmer Invitational, and the Memorial Tournament of Champions. These three are player-hosted events and have a 36-hole cutline.When Lee Westwood slams the PGA Tour for taking European Tour playersLee Westwood at Golf: LIV Golf Michigan Team Championship - Source: ImagnIn the same interview, Lee Westwood slammed the PGA Tour, saying they lured the European Tour with their prize money."All the PGA Tour has done since Tiger (Woods) came on tour is up the prize purses," Westwood said (via Sky Sports). "In turn, that has taken all the best players from Europe away from the European Tour. They've had to play in the States, taking all their world ranking points with them."Lee Westwood is one of the earliest joiners of the LIV Golf. He started playing in the league in 2022 and was suspended from playing on the PGA Tour. He has also resigned from his DP World Tour membership.This season has been pretty tough for Lee Westwood in the LIV Golf. And he settled in 46th place in the season standings.The Majesticks GC player started the season at the Riyadh event tied for 25th place and then T37 at the Adelaide event. He could only have one finish in the top 10 this season, which was recorded at the Virginia event. He was tied for 25th in Dallas, T47 in Singapore, and T39 in Chicago.
