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How much does Phil owe the Saudi bookmakers????
I doubt Tiger is looking for a big pay day. Hasn't done for years. Even when he was fit, he was very conservative about what events he playedTiger, reportedly, offered "high 9 digits" to join LIV
He's turned it down....
The whole thing is just vulgar now........
Agree with the 'hasn't done for years' qualification. He was a bit of a leader back in the day...I doubt Tiger is looking for a big pay day. Hasn't done for years. Even when he was fit, he was very conservative about what events he played
He has massively more money than he will ever need, and his brand is likely to continue making loads of money after he retires.
What is important to him will be his legacy, given how much he has won on the PGA Tour and all his Major wins. So, I can't see how any amount of money would make him potentially tarnish that legacy.
Think most are missing the big questions ?
Will pros be able to play in shorts?
Can they use laser rangefinders?
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Their handicaps are mostly false, a player from our club in Australia went to Alabama, he had the worst handicap of the team but played number one, told me that most could not break par but were all plus handicaps.Son of my clubs owners is heading over to the states soon to start his US Golf College Scholarship. When talking to him, considering hes off +1ish currently, I think hes one of the "worse" players in his team. Insanely high standards of golf in the US college system
So it is OK for him to charge $1 million for appearance fees to play outside of the US, that's showcasing the game.Tiger, reportedly, offered "high 9 digits" to join LIV
He's turned it down....
The whole thing is just vulgar now........
Great opportunity here now for the DP World Tour - or some of the others - to bolster their positions by picking up the players that have gone to the LIV series and are quitting the PGA Tour.
I guess they will all now play (alongside the LIV) as and when it suits them, when either the appearance money, or the prize money on offer is enough to tempt them.
Opportunity is there, but I doubt the big players will be turning up, the travel is horrendous. Theyll be happy with the 7 in us, 4 majors, maybe WGC?
Smaller field fillers have no option, if the pga stick by their guns then you'd assume the pga is a closed door - saying that, it's a bit of a grind getting to the pga anyway if your outside the top 50...
I think given the demographic of the top players, a US base is too big an advantage to overcome...
Thats a few years down the line, at the moment it looks very much like the BDO vs the PDC. For the foreseeable future the LIV world champion will be a PGA also ran....Maybe, but the series will generate it's own stars in it's own right, these guys might be more than happy to pop up on other tours, instead of the PGA where they have been blackballed.
Thats a few years down the line, at the moment it looks very much like the BDO vs the PDC. For the foreseeable future the LIV world champion will be a PGA also ran....
Interesting point about caddies. People are hung up on the greed of the players by playing in LIV. As has been pointed out, this is probably not true for many players, as they are not guaranteed having success on PGA Tour anyway.I just hope a relative unknown wins it, I want to see some random caddy walking away with more money than everybdody finishing outside the top ten in Canada.
Interesting point about caddies. People are hung up on the greed of the players by playing in LIV. As has been pointed out, this is probably not true for many players, as they are not guaranteed having success on PGA Tour anyway.
However, for those more successful players, who have already earned a good amount, being on the LIV could be life changing for their caddies (and maybe others they enploy). So, some may not he making an overly selfish decision, but thinking of those they work with. If a caddy gets 10%, I think they are guaranteed anything from $25,000 to $400,000.
Why?I just hope a relative unknown wins it, I want to see some random caddy walking away with more money than everybdody finishing outside the top ten in Canada.
Of course, we tend to focus on the huge figures on offer for the top players - but some of these other guys will have had massive support from friends and family to get them into this position. I'm sure a lot of them are looking forward to being able to reward that debt of gratitude once the pay checks start coming through for them.