Despite losing in a playoff to fellow American Brooks Koepka at the LIV Golf Jeddah event, Talor Gooch had a significant reason to rejoice! His runner-up finish secured the overall individual title, earning him an impressive $18 million bonus prize, all at the Royal Greens Golf and Country Club.

Talor Gooch has been a part of the LIV golf tour since 2022 and the decision to switch from the PGA Tour to the LIV Golf League has finally proved to be a perfectly executed one for him. His earnings have more than doubled and his faith in himself as the “best in the world” was restored.

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Talor Gooch on reaching the over individual title

At the press conference held post round, he gave a short interview. He was wearing a pink tee shirt that added to the glow on his face from his recent feat. Further, he paired it with black cap and had his sunglasses at the back.

He pointed out to the event being special. He said, “Man its special you know again you know I’ve always felt that I was good enough to be a professional golfer and play against the best in the world.”

The stunning win of the title made him come out and proudly say he felt like, “one of the best players in the world” and that words can’t describe how he feels that very moment.

The moment of this win was described as “Satisfying” by Gooch. However, his sentiments were not resonated amongst him fans and the wider golfing community.

How the golfing community took the title

The news of him getting the individual title for the season was not taken well by all the people who are the part of this golfing community.

Some had rather nasty things to say about the golfer. One tweet commented questioning his major record.

Some also questioned him calling himself the best golfer in the world since he only competed against “the same 48 players” according to a user who believes it’s the same 48 in “every tournament, in 3 round exhibition tournaments.”

People called out his “best player” claim when it came to majors.

Others went on to question his LIV Golf League joining altogether.

People called him out for comparing LIV and RYDER CUP.

Some sidelined his performance and preferred commenting on his hat instead.

Despite a significant win, Talor Gooch’s self-proclaimed “best in the world” status faced criticism within the golfing community.

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