Vijay Singh is taking his talents to … the Korn Ferry Tour?
When tournament golf returns, the 34-time PGA Tour champion and four-time PGA Tour Champions winner will tee it up at the Korn Ferry Challenge, June 11-14, according to the Monday Q Info Twitter account. Singh is considered a “life member” of the PGA Tour, but there is no eligibility category for that week’s Tour event, the Charles Schwab Challenge, since it is an invitational. (Some invitationals offer entry to life members, but the event at Colonial isn’t one of them.)
Brady Schnell, a player on the Korn Ferry Tour, isn’t too happy about that.
The 35-year-old took to Twitter to voice his displeasure with Singh being in the field, calling him “a true piece of trash” if he accepts money from the event. They aren’t just Twitter fingers, though. Schnell is more than happy to tell the 57-year-old Singh how he feels in person.
Hey @VijaySinghGolf you are a true piece of trash if you except money playing in a Korn Ferry Tour event and I'll say it right to your face
— Brady Schnell (@brady_schnell) May 7, 2020
After being flooded with replies, Schnell explained his reasoning for calling out Singh, saying in a tweet that he was “just trying to protect the money AND valuable points for every player on the tour that needs them to move on to the PGA Tour. There is NO point to him playing.”
The 2018 Wichita Open winner wasn’t alone in criticizing Singh’s decision, and he wasn’t done calling him out, either. In response to Singh just taking “one spot” in the field, Schnell had quite the reaction.
Its one spot?! Do you know how much those points and money could do for a young kid? He's a complete turd for playing. He's got his money and he's got his career. Just wait another month and roll with your senior friends
— Brady Schnell (@brady_schnell) May 7, 2020
Singh isn’t too active on social media, and as of the time of this post “The Big Fijian” has yet to respond. If he does respond, we can’t wait to see what Schnell says next.
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