David Puig has opened up on his decision to leave the college circuit as one of the world’s best amateurs to make the mega-money move to LIV Golf.
Puig established himself as a talented name on the college golf circuit, coming through the Arizona State ranks like his fellow LIV stars, Jon Rahm, Phil Mickelson, and Pat Perez. The Spaniard announced himself in the professional world in 2022, when giving up his amateur status to join Greg Norman and co.
At the time, the decision was questioned by many, but it appears Puig has not looked back since, showcasing himself as one of the sport’s hottest prospects whilst representing Fireballs GC.
Whilst his decision to join LIV led to an automatic ban from PGA Tour events, the Spaniard has no regrets over his career choice. I talked with my parents and with my team, and we just thought that making that decision was the best for us,” Puig told Golf.com’s Subpar Podcast.
“But there were just some reactions from people like, who is this guy or we’re never gonna know him or this guy sucks, LIV sucks, all that through social media. But hopefully, you know, it obviously got better, but hopefully it keeps getting better in the future.”
Since making the move to LIV, the former Arizona State athlete has joined forces with one of his nation’s greatest players former Masters champion Sergio Garcia. Garcia is the captain of the Fireballs and has taken Puig under his wing after signing the youngster to his franchise.
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For the likes of Garcia, the LIV move appeared to make more sense, with the green jacket winner coming to the latter stages of his career having become a mainstay on the PGA Tour and DP World Tour. This differs from Puig, who finds himself at the very start of his pro golf journey.
The 22-year-old however is confident he has made the right decision. “I love it, man. They do an awesome job,” he added. “I mean, we’ve been pretty much everywhere in the world. They treat us very, very well. The courses are great. People are great. The players are, you know, if you’re looking at the history of the players.
“I mean, there’s a lot of players that are unbelievable golfers. So for me, just playing with them, alongside them, and just kind of learning from them, it’s been unbelievable.” Despite playing against some of the world’s best Puig has more than held his own. The youngster ended the season 26th in the standings, with his best showing tied-third at LIV Houston.
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