Rocco Mediate is perhaps best known for his epic duel with Tiger Woods at the 2008 U.S. Open. Rocco battled with Woods for 90 holes before eventually losing on the 18th playoff hole, but earned a special place in golf history as a result.

Mediate recently had a chat with hosts Dennis Paulson and Jason Sobel on SiriusXM PGA TOUR Radio, and discussed Tiger Woods as well as the ever-present story in LIV Golf.

In regard to the 47-year-old Woods, Mediate said,

“By the way, I don’t think he’s even close to finished. I’ve been saying that for 10 years, and getting laughed at in the meantime, I don’t think he’s even close to done.

Unless his body fails again. But if his body stays decent? Forget it. I think he does crazier stuff the next couple years. It’s just my opinion.”

The 60-year-old also defended the PGA Tour in their ongoing battle with LIV.

“So, LIV came out and it started the attack. When you attack, like, the best of the best, you’re gonna get attacked back, okay? And then all your ideas, yeah, some of the ideas, I think maybe we’ll do that now and I think maybe we will throw another zillion dollars at them now. Oh, sorry, you didn’t want us to do that, did you? So it’s like everyone’s saying, ‘Well, you should thank them.’ … And it’s like, yeah, okay, thanks. But we’re the best. We are the best. The PGA Tour has the best product, period, always will. It’s not even close. So now everybody’s, I watched Lee Westwood pop off, whatever he was [saying], some dumb crap he was saying yesterday. I’m going, I thought you hate it, what do you care what’s happening?”

Mediate has an issue with all of the players who’ve been critical of the PGA Tour after they chose to leave, saying the Tour gave the players a chance to “become what [they] are”.

“The PGA Tour, Dennis, gave me, you, Tiger, everybody that played the PGA Tour, a way to become whatever it is we became. … It gave us a chance to become what we are. Now it’s not good enough? Now we hate them, so we’re gonna leave and bad mouth the very entity that gave us life, the very entity. How do you do that? I don’t understand it. The guys that did it right, DJ, [Pat] Perez, they just said, ‘You know what, I’m done. I love the PGA Tour, but you know what, I’m just gonna do this.’ Okay, that’s great. But don’t come after the people that gave you the ability to become whatever it is you became, period. That’s what made me the most mad about it. You can go. Just say, ‘Hey, thanks guys. Thanks for doing this for what, how many years, since ‘68. Don’t go after ’em. Don’t Talor Gooch their ass. I mean, are you kidding me?”

Article originally appeared on: Golfwrx.com