in your opinion!
LIV Golf
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Mel Smooth
Hacker
Fair point - Ryder Cup is, and always will be the best sporting event in the world for me.
Mel Smooth
Hacker
Maybe I should have highlighted the bit where I said the Saudis have to change ?
C7usk
Active member
What, like before LIV, when almost all of the top players competed against each other on a regular basis...
Mel Smooth
Hacker
By on TV, do you mean Sky?
I've just watched a bit of the LIV promotions event on my TV this morning...
Mel Smooth
Hacker
They didn't though.
Outside of the Majors, which events would you be guaranteed to see the vast majority of the top players going head to head?
JonnyGutteridge
Newbie
I hope you understand that Saudi Arabia has absolutely no intention to actually change. Perceived change is all they’re interested in, aka sportswashing.
In fact, they have done everything they can to spread their religion further across the world. The end goal is to have a whole world that changes to act more like Saudi, not Saudi changing to act more like the rest of the world.
At least sportswashing works, though.
Mel Smooth
Hacker
Can you send me the source of that info buddy - would love to digest it.
JonnyGutteridge
Newbie
Separate post relating to Rahm:
I’m still not convinced that paying $570m to a bloke to get him to join your tour is a particularly brilliant way to show everyone how great your product is. In fact, I think that highlights, more than ever, that the product is dreadful.
However, whilst I don’t think it adds much value to LIV, I think it takes away a huge amount of value from the PGA Tour.
The result is still the same though, nobody cares about LIV and nobody is going to watch it.
And once more, there are no positives for any golf fan in this news, another top player wants to play exhibition golf and it’s 1 less big name playing regularly in the proper golf. It sucks.
I’m still not convinced that paying $570m to a bloke to get him to join your tour is a particularly brilliant way to show everyone how great your product is. In fact, I think that highlights, more than ever, that the product is dreadful.
However, whilst I don’t think it adds much value to LIV, I think it takes away a huge amount of value from the PGA Tour.
The result is still the same though, nobody cares about LIV and nobody is going to watch it.
And once more, there are no positives for any golf fan in this news, another top player wants to play exhibition golf and it’s 1 less big name playing regularly in the proper golf. It sucks.
apart from Mel as i think he's fan but doesn't like to mention it
JonnyGutteridge
Newbie
Can you send me the source for the nonsense within the post that I replied to? Would love to digest it.
Buddy
Mel Smooth
Hacker
JonnyGutteridge
Newbie
The proof is in the pudding beheadings
would indicate to me that they are in fact doubling down on their behaviour, whilst their sportswashing campaign works hard in the background on the simpletons
would indicate to me that they are in fact doubling down on their behaviour, whilst their sportswashing campaign works hard in the background on the simpletons
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Depreston
Club Champion
wonder if the signing has boosted the poor ticket sales for some of the US based events
What many people don’t realise is that many PGAT Tour sponsors do business in Saudi. Seems a bit double standards by many to accept money from a company based outside Saudi when the money originates from Saudi.
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Deleted member 1147
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On a channel that I get
Depreston
Club Champion
Bit different between that and pretty much owning the golfing world outside of the majors
Reemul
Head Pro
24 in the USA this year, not a small number either with 2,400 on death row as well
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
Money might well make the world go around, but it is also the root of all evil. So the sayings go.
C7usk
Active member
Pretty much any of top pga tournaments... The farmers, WM phoenix, Genisis, Arnold palmer, the players, RBC heritage, the memorial, the travelers, the Scottish open..
, St Jude, BMW championship, Fed Ex final... I'm not sure how diluting the fields are going to make for any more viewing pleasure for the general public..
