The reporter wanted to ask a question towards the end of the session, which began at 1 pm and was cut short by five minutes, however, he was refused by the host.
Kevin Na, Talor Gooch, James Piot and Sihwan Kim walked off the stage and the reporter insisted on asking his question by going to the front of the press conference room.
He was shut down again, wasn’t allowed to ask another question and was even led out by security.
The same reporter asked a very significant question in the first press conference at 11 am in relation to the human rights record of Saudi Arabia.
The initial question in the morning press conference mentioned issues related to migrant groups, LGBTQ individuals and the 81 men who were executed in March and bombings in Yemen.
Dustin Johnson, Graeme McDowell, Louis Oosthuizen and Ratchanon Chantananuwat were visibly taken aback and McDowell was the only player to attempt a response.
“I wish I had the ability to be able to have that conversation with you. You know, I think as golfers, if we tried to cure geopolitical situations in every country in the world that we play golf in, we wouldn’t play a lot of golf,” McDowell responded.
“It’s a really hard question to answer. You know, we’re just here to focus on the golf and kind of what it does globally for the role models that these guys are and that we are, and yeah, that’s a really hard question to get into.”
The atrocities linked to Saudi Arabia and the ethical considerations of the players, the series and its relationship with the Public Investment Fund were key talking points in both press conferences at Centurion.
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Preparing for the Saudi golf series launch, Graeme McDowell talked about golf being a force for good. I asked how the sovereign wealth funded series will help those who have been killed, oppressed and suffered by Saudi actions.https://t.co/lLxnCCQsqm pic.twitter.com/rtDaetqnG1
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BREAKING🚨: Dustin Johnson RESIGNS from the PGA Tour
The golfer is now ineligible to play in the Ryder Cup. pic.twitter.com/LLmlmIDKmF
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They are $$$ money players and do not weight human rights …!
Few will most likely not understand this comment but when speaking of…human rights…in, as an example, the USA…where are the homeless Veterans’ rights? The USA Gov. would rather Veterans just go away n’ not bother the VA…so MANY are dying from AO….great example of….human rights….especially of Veterans who put their lives on the line for their country.