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The music by the green should be tailored based on the golfer's play. So 'Bad Day' if they miss a par putt. 'Never Gonna Give You Up' if they're leading but make a double bogey to fall back. And obviously the birdie song if they make birdie. Otherwise, it's just noise.
 
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Fascinating read from the guy who uncovered the anti trust documents.
The Golf Media have been guilty of lazy biased journalism in it's reporting over the last 18 months.

"Some of you have been questioning whether these documents are authentic. Many others are wondering who the source is, or whether they were legally obtained
These are understandable questions under the traditional modern news paradigm according to which we've been assured popular, established, or corporate media are those to be trusted, and anonymous 'T'witter accounts and regular people are to be
treated with suspicion. After all, legacy media and major podcasts have access- blessed with the imprimatur of an under-the-ropes press credential, they ask questions at press conferences, and get to play the US Open course on media
week-and connections-the popular podcasters share ageney representation with some of the top players, and share sponsorships with the very same club and ball
manufacturers that drive much of golf's commerce. Anonymous 'Twitter accounts we figure, lace their unsponsored, paid-for golf shoes just like we do. How would they know?
But the truth is, the media outlets and individual reporters, podcasters, and "personalities" upon which so many of you blindly rely for your golf news and analysis will never be confused with Woodward and Bernstein. They are nearly to a man and woman a combination of lazy, inept, and yes, corrupt. The past year has been the most momentous in the history of professional golf, with major off-the- course news breaking on a weekly, if not daily basis. And that news has been "covered" by this incestuous pack of middling-intellects with a sweeping absence initiative, curiousness, and objectivity.
They've continued to run their pre-LIV playbook: eat the chicken breast in the media center then ask your question in the press conference and consider it big"J journalism; wait for someone's buddy at PGA Tour HQ, or a player they're cozy with
to hand them a "scoop," then regurgitate it; pass around the very same expert" guests on every podeast like a joint at the house your media clique shares during Masters week, and call it good.
Oh, and don't forget to belittle any new entries into the field when you get a chance "LIVBots" and "tracker accounts" and *eggs" are to be ignored or mocked. When one
of these upstarts happens to break undeniably newsworthy material, the playbook says, ignore it until a legacy outlet picks it up. At which we can start the usual 1t circle-jerk of re-Tweets, reposts and banter. Just make sure to add the proper
attribution: "as confirmed by" that legacy outlet. But actual reporting? Sadly there hasn't been much of that.
All of this brings me finally to the authenticity and source of these documents, over which some of you have wondered whether I might face legal recriminations. Not
likely. The docs are the cherry on the *** sundae of golf media ineptitude we've all been served over the past year, and I wanted to give our golf media glitterati some more lazy rope with which to hang itself.
These documents were filed publicly and made available last Tuesday in state Court in Palm Beach, Florida. They are available to be reviewed and downloaded by anyone no press pass or bar card required - without so much as registering for an
account, and at the price of exactly zero cents.
"But desertduffer," those of you choosing to read on may wonder, 'I thought the lawsuit was dismissed, and was in federal court in California." Well, that's the funniest part, really. Remember when Rory MeIlroy- golf media's favorite doll- complained about being served with a subpoena by Patrick Reed's lawyer on
Christmas Eve? Well, that subpoena was issued in connection with the lawyer's- I'll get to him in a minute - own antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour, the DPWT
and others. And that lawsuit, at least for the time being, remains pending.
One might find it understandable that reporters and podcasters forgot about that case. After all, the golf media midwit clique collectively concluded that the
Lawyer- Larry Klayman- like his client Reed, and other targets such as Bryson DeChambeau was a joke, to be ignored or ridiculed only. And they did plenty of ridiculing you'll recall, with palpable glee.
Well, in the case of Klayman, he is a litigious kook, and his lawsuit may not be meritorious, but kooky or not, there is no ignoring the judicial process. The PGA
Tour knows that, which is why they have serious law firms representing them in Florida. And Tiger and Rory's lawyers know it too, and they fight to avoid the
depositions for which they've received subpoenas and notices to appear. And I knew it, too. Which is why, on our podcast, I explained months ago that this lawsuit in Florida-where the courts take public access to judicial records seriously-was not
to be forgotten until it was dead and buried
But the podcasters and the blogger/starfucker-turned-golf writers didn't know it,I guess. In part because of their reliance on the same thirsty, underqualified or
underinformed legal "experts" that their buddies used on their podcasts. In part because they're just lazy. They'd rather wait for someone else to do the work. But I
did the work And they still didn't report on it. Because they couldn't verify it. They couldn't verify publicly-filed legal documents. They just couldn't figure out where
this Twitter cartoon got these documents. He must have a leak on one of the legal teams. Isn't his wife a lawyer, too? Maybe she leaked them. Oh well, better just a binge watch the rest of "The Bear,' and wait for Shipnuck to figure it out, I guess
So, enjoy the document dump. But remember where you got it from. And give some serious consideration to where you get your golf news from going forward and how much you really want to put your trust in the podeasters that would rather sell you
merch, the magazines that would rather sell you golf clubs, and the golf writers that would rather have Jordan Spieth's number in their phone than do any work or objective news reporting. We all deserve better."
 
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Saturday at Liv London is sold out 👀

Inquired about tickets for Club 54
"Club 54 provides an exclusive ultra-premium experience for fans looking for the best of the best. Enjoy a handcrafted drink with your private viewing of the players warming up on the practice range. Then head on over to the premier location on the course to watch all the action from an exclusive viewing terrace right on the 18th green. Indulge in the chef-created multi-course selection of local seasonal fare."

Price around £700 per day 😲
 
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Majesticks announce another team sponsorship with Seamless Digital.

Also launched "Little Sticks" a charity aimed at making golf accessible to children of all backgrounds.

They are not performing on the course this year but they are way out in front as far as pushing their team franchise forward.
 
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Saturday at Liv London is sold out 👀

Inquired about tickets for Club 54
"Club 54 provides an exclusive ultra-premium experience for fans looking for the best of the best. Enjoy a handcrafted drink with your private viewing of the players warming up on the practice range. Then head on over to the premier location on the course to watch all the action from an exclusive viewing terrace right on the 18th green. Indulge in the chef-created multi-course selection of local seasonal fare."

Price around £700 per day 😲
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That's basically a corporate day. I don't know how that compares to an equivalent at the recent British Masters but the price doesn't overly surprise me.

I've never paid that, nor would I, but I was lucky enough to be on the end of one a few years ago at the Masters at Close House. Pretty nice way to watch golf :D
 
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Recommend reading this thread.
1st piece of info on this framework agreement from someone that actually seems to understand what the legal jargon means.
Also goes someway to explaining why the Liv side of things seem so confident in their position with this merger.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1676863115265179648
 
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TheBigDraw said:
Recommend reading this thread.
1st piece of info on this framework agreement from someone that actually seems to understand what the legal jargon means.
Also goes someway to explaining why the Liv side of things seem so confident in their position with this merger.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1676863115265179648
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he's not a lawyer though, just someone who has signed "similar" frameworks. As someone who works in law, I have come across many businessmen that sign contracts and think they understand them, but there is a reason they employ lawyers to draft, negotiate and advise on contracts. Because there will be specific case law that applies to different clauses, different statutes, different meanings of words that can be argued ad infinitum in court.

He may be correct, but I would be taking an enourmous pinch of salt when someone says they sign these types of agreements so knows what it means
 
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r0wly86 said:
he's not a lawyer though, just someone who has signed "similar" frameworks. As someone who works in law, I have come across many businessmen that sign contracts and think they understand them, but there is a reason they employ lawyers to draft, negotiate and advise on contracts. Because there will be specific case law that applies to different clauses, different statutes, different meanings of words that can be argued ad infinitum in court.

He may be correct, but I would be taking an enourmous pinch of salt when someone says they sign these types of agreements so knows what it means
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I would also say that it's possible that Phil M is privvy to what's going on from Yassir Al Rumayyan and wouldnt endorse that publicly unless there was some substance to it..

It's all going to come out in the wash in the end but I've always said THE MONEY has the power and this gentleman's take on the situation takes that view as well.

The Liv side of things do seem far more relaxed about the whole merger situation though which is interesting.
 
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Reports that PGAT lawyers Sidley Law are desperately trying to get the PGAT v Liv legal docs genie put back in the bottle.

Those docs are publically available by the way, they were not leaked.

Read into that what you will but you only do that if there is stuff you don't want people to see..
 
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Reports that PGAT lawyers Sidley Law are desperately trying to get the PGAT v Liv legal docs genie put back in the bottle.

Those docs are publically available by the way, they were not leaked.

Read into that what you will but you only do that if there is stuff you don't want people to see..
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The shotgun start podcast has a good bit on these. Not very edifying.
Also a bit on how to join a bikers gang...
Honestly quite a level headed and somewhat wry look at professional golf. Despite the humour they give a decent overview of the madness.
 
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CEO of Hero.
Huge sponsor in Golf and most famously Tigers own tournament is playing at Liv London today with Phil Mickleson and Yassir Al Rumayyan
👀 👀 👀
 
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Dando said:
Stop the press!
A golfer playing in a golf tournament
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Not a coincidence playing with the head of Liv Golf.
Like I have said before the PGAT tours merger U Turn has now given the green light for the corporate world to engage with Liv around sponsorship's whereas before they would have been wary because of all the early negative press.

Lee Westwood in London Press Conference

"I see Liv getting stronger and stronger from what I have been told by people who actually know rather than speculation from people who dont know all the facts"

The Liv side of things seem very at ease with this whole merger situation rather than the turmoil on the PGAT players side where their leadership has handled the whole situation very badly from the start and then blindsided them with probably the biggest hypocritical u turn in professional sport and threw a good few of their top players under the bus.

It seems to be coming apparent that the PGAT realised their designated events model wasnt sustainable so then they would have been forced to lower the purses again in order to stay in business as a non profit entity.
Why did they rush through designated events ? - Simple to give their top players more money and stop them from considering moving to Liv and it worked.
However a back down to lower purses again would have actioned some top players going to Liv which would have meant keeping the current PGAT sponsors happy harder, even at the lower purses.

So before that very weak position down the road came to fruition they went for this merger as quickly as possible so their position was as strong as it could be from a bargaining position.

I suppose based on that theory if the merger didnt happen Liv's path is easier to attract sponsors because thanks to the PGAT trying to do golf business with the PIF, the stigma has gone.
Liv would start approaching top players with significant signing on bonuses again but there will be a lot less loyalty to the PGAT now after the PGA Tours actions.

Maybe thats why the likes of Brandel Chamblee who has been one of the harshest critics on the Liv/PIF is now saying that the PGAT cant afford for the merger not to happen ?
 
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