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Sir Nick Faldo has launched a scathing attack on “lucky” LIV Golf players – claiming some have gone “soft” after joining the lucrative breakaway league.

Faldo has never made any secret of his disdain for LIV and previously stated that “nobody is interested” in the Saudi-backed circuit.

But speaking to talkSPORT, the six-time major champion has now taken aim at those playing in the money-spinning 54-hole events without a cut.

Faldo believes LIV doesn’t have the essence of competition without the jeopardy of a cut mark.

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“I saw it many times,” Faldo said of his time commentating on the PGA Tour. “The guys would fist pump – I made the cut, I still have a chance to win.

“That’s more important than, ‘Oh, thanks very much. I’ll waltz around for 54 holes and I’ve got a guaranteed check.’ That’s not sport. It’s not good for you, that sort of thing.

“Sport is bloody tough. The fear of failure is just as powerful as the quest to win. And I think when you’re on a fail-free tour, you can’t fail. It makes you go soft. I think some of those players have gone soft.”

Faldo, who will be back on our television screens next week during the Sky Sports coverage of The Masters, is also bemused by LIV’s business model.

“It’s the one and only business model in the world where the money’s going out the window and very little’s coming in,” the 67-year-old added.

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“You couldn’t go to your bank manager and say, ‘This is my business model.’ He’d say, ‘Excuse me? We’ve only got this coming in and that going out?’

“I say the players are the luckiest things in the world, because you’ve got guys we’ve hardly heard of, who’ve never won, playing in $20 million tournaments.

“You’ve got guys who are into their careers getting ten times what they would earn on tour, guaranteed.

“And then you’ve got these couple of guys getting paid an absolute fortune, and they haven’t moved a needle, really. So, hey, good luck to them. Go and do their own thing.”