If anyone offered me that kind of money, I’d be there. “And look at Cam Smith? Would anyone actually know how he is doing with LIV and that he was the Open champion before he went? Nobody really knows how he plays any more. We’ve already got Ludvig Aberg coming through, another superstar in the making. “The trouble is for these players going to LIV is that there are guys going to fill their boots who are very good players.

“It just goes to show that everyone has their price,” she said. So, what does this grande dame of the stick and ba’ game make of the current situation? Jon Rahm’s colossal deal with LIV Golf – yes, you can roll your eyes again – has had the kind of earth-shattering impact you’d get with a nuclear weapons test. It’s all fun and games, meanwhile, in the wider world of golf at the moment. It won’t be as much fun.” About those who left for LIV It would be lovely to walk over the bridge on the 18th but not at 35-over-par. “I’m playing in a few senior events before then and if I show any signs of encouragement at all then I might play. “Next year will be the final one of my exemption, but at the moment I don’t think I can tee up,” reflected Davies, who was the guest of honour at the PGA in Scotland’s annual glass-clinking luncheon in Glasgow on Wednesday. Andrews could provide a wonderful swansong for this decorated, celebrated champion but Davies herself won’t allow sentiment, and the prospect of a dewy-eyed, visor-doffing last hurrah over the Swilcan Bridge, to cloud her judgement.

“I’m not enjoying playing at all,” sighed Dame Laura Davies with a self-deprecating chuckle as she mulled over the state of her game at 60-years-young.

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