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‘I Picked My Side’ – Serena Williams’ Husband Alexis Ohanian Pledges Allegiance to Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy Over Heated LIV Golf Debate

Published 04/03/2023, 7:34 AM EDT

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When Serena Williams recently tried her hand at golf, Alexis Ohanian was too tempted not to give it a go himself. But what he did not know was the fact that he was sooner than later going to get addicted to the sport. Now he is even introducing Olympia into it. However, playing it is not the only thing he likes to do. Being a true entrepreneur, he has invested in golf and is not shy in accepting that he is siding with Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy over Greg Norman.

No, it is not about how they play the sport, but about their business ventures in the sport. Ohanian has picked up Woods’ TMRW Sports and TGL over Norman’s LIV golf.

Alexis Ohanian sidelines Greg Norman’s LIV Golf for Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy’s TMRW’s TGL 

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The Reddit co-founder knows how to make smart choices. A successful entrepreneur and a techie by nature, he chose to go with the digitized golf format. TGL is a tournament that Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy’s endeavor TMRW Sports aims to digitize and make it accessible for the future tech-advanced generation.

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So, when a fan asked the Reddit-co founder about his preference between TGL and LIV Golf, he outrightly said, I picked my side when I invested in @TMRWSports +@TGL.” In this format of the sport, there will be six teams of three players each who will compete in a custom-built venue every Monday night.

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A true techie like Ohanian obviously had to go with the option where technology was included. Along with him, Serena Williams and Andy Murray from tennis have also invested, according to Forbes. Moreover, Lewis Hamilton and Carlos Sainz from F1 are also contributors.

TGL will feature teams of golfers competing in a custom-built venue every Monday night from next year. It is a significant departure from the multi-day, 18-hole tournaments that are custom for the sport.
On the other hand, 48 players compete in LIV Golf. It comprises shorter tournaments and there are three rounds instead of four. The Reddit co-founder has previously too completely ruled out the possibility of him being associated with the LIV golf.

The husband of Serena Williams is not a fan of LIV Golf

Being a Twitter junkie and a recent golf addict, Ohanian shared the scorecard of one of his games to flaunt his prowess with his fanbase on the microblogging site. As luck and his skills would have it, he managed to sink back-to-back hole-in-ones.

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Rejoicing his scorecard, he stated he can now happily retire from the sport. But a Twitter user had another idea for him and said that he can instead join LIV Golf. To this, Ohanian had a blunt one-word answer, as he stated, “NEVER.”
Do you follow golf? If yes, which side are you one- LIV Golf or TGL? Let us know in the comments below.

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Shivali Sharma

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Shivali Sharma is a tennis author at EssentiallySports. She has pursued her Master's in history from Himachal University, but her love for the game has driven her to write about tennis. Shivali is a huge fan of Naomi Osaka and admires Osaka not only for her on-court performances, but also for her off-court actions.
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