LIV Golf

[Deleted member 29109]

The reaction to the John Rahm team naming on socials is brilliant. I can’t remember ever reading so much ballcocks.

Yet despite the widespread panning, the LiV bots are pushing on with their words of praise and reiterating how great it is .

A team of warriors scraped together from amateurs and a last minute signing when they got desperate.

 

[AussieKB]

Is Rory doing another U turn ?????

 

[Imurg]

Has he gone back to saying LIVers should be hung, drawn and quartered

 

[BubbaP]

Historically I've liked how open Rory would be in his interviews, over the last couple of years he has seemed a bit odd though.

‘Let Them Come Back’ - Rory McIlroy Admits 'I've Changed My Tune' On LIV Golfers And Calls For The Game To Reunite

The four-time Major winner admits he doesn't think there should be any punishment for eligible LIV golfers who want to return to the PGA Tour

www.golfmonthly.com

It looked fairly clear that the simulator league thing had some clauses in about not going LIVward, but maybe TW is calling the shots on that

 

[Mel Smooth]

Rory is just doing the ground work for when he plays on LIV - whenever that is.

 

[Fore Right]

I think Rory has realised that Liv is not going away and is getting stronger.
If the trend continues, more top players will bleed across and they are players that Rory wants to compete against.

 

[Mel Smooth]

Starting to sound like a deal is nearing completion between all the parties - finally.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Rory has always been a person who wears his heart on his sleeve

He is very that he doesn’t like LIV and has no interest in LIV or playing on it - his loyalty is to the tour that helped make him the golfer he is and outside Woods he is still the biggest name in the sport

I don’t he was too disappointed with any of the players that left at the start and I think he believed the likes of Rahm and Hatton when they declared their loyality and stated they didn’t like LIV etc but money has changed that for them

It’s clear he just wants the best players playing together but that’s not going to happen on LIV hence why he said no punishment for going back to the PGAT /

I think we can see him playing more in Europe over the years and the minimum in the US

Starting to sound like a deal is nearing completion between all the parties - finally.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1752582543726264321

Don’t you mean a deal between the PGAT and US corporations

 

[Fore Right]

I just hope it all comes back together in some way.
It saddens me to hear Rory say that a PGA Tour win is now cheapened compared to the past.

Rory is the man and his voice carry's more than most in helping mend the fractures in the game.

 

[Orikoru]

Rory has just softened his stance now that some strong Ryder Cup players have gone. When it was only has-beens he was quite happy to throw his 'old mates' under the bus. He's just a hypocrite, nothing more nothing less.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

I just hope it all comes back together in some way.
It saddens me to hear Rory say that a PGA Tour win is now cheapened compared to the past.

Rory is the man and his voice carry's more than most in helping mend the fractures in the game.

Any win outside the majors will always potentially be missing some top players - that’s the same on any tour - PGAT , LIV , ET etc - none of their events have a fully loaded field of every single best player there is

The majors have them - and always will do

Even if LIV disappeared and the players went back to their original tours there will still only be the majors with the top players together

The WGCs used to have the top 70 but they stopped

 

[Beezerk]

Rory has just softened his stance now that some strong Ryder Cup players have gone. When it was only has-beens he was quite happy to throw his 'old mates' under the bus. He's just a hypocrite, nothing more nothing less.

He changes his stance more times than Tyson Fury

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Rory has just softened his stance now that some strong Ryder Cup players have gone. When it was only has-beens he was quite happy to throw his 'old mates' under the bus. He's just a hypocrite, nothing more nothing less.

Have to agree. When LIV first came he was one of the loudest to say no way should they be allowed back if they go. Now the Ryder Cup side is decimated and the tour has been diminished he has done a big U turn

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Rory has just softened his stance now that some strong Ryder Cup players have gone. When it was only has-beens he was quite happy to throw his 'old mates' under the bus. He's just a hypocrite, nothing more nothing less.

Rory’s stance on LIV hasn’t changed , he doesn’t like , he has no interest in it or will play on it - when it comes to LIV as a product that hasn’t changed. He didn’t throw anyone under the bus when it come to his old mates - they made their own decision and he gave his opinion on it , things are changing and his view his changing - in the same way Rahm and Hatton changed their views on LIV and took the money and left - so either they are all hypocrites or they are all ok to change their mind

 

[Orikoru]

Rory’s stance on LIV hasn’t changed , he doesn’t like , he has no interest in it or will play on it - when it comes to LIV as a product that hasn’t changed. He didn’t throw anyone under the bus when it come to his old mates - they made their own decision and he gave his opinion on it , things are changing and his view his changing - in the same way Rahm and Hatton changed their views on LIV and took the money and left - so either they are all hypocrites or they are all ok to change their mind

I don't recall seeing Rahm or Hatton shouting their mouth off saying they hate LIV, but if I'm wrong and they did then of course they would be hypocrites as well.

Rory's stance has definitely changed. He started off saying he hates it with a blind passion and no allowances should be made, etc. Now that two good Ryder Cup players have gone, he's not saying that, funnily enough.

 

[PJ87]

I don't recall seeing Rahm or Hatton shouting their mouth off saying they hate LIV, but if I'm wrong and they did then of course they would be hypocrites as well.

Rory's stance has definitely changed. He started off saying he hates it with a blind passion and no allowances should be made, etc. Now that two good Ryder Cup players have gone, he's not saying that, funnily enough.

Are our views on players allowed to change?

 

[Deleted member 15344]

I don't recall seeing Rahm or Hatton shouting their mouth off saying they hate LIV, but if I'm wrong and they did then of course they would be hypocrites as well.

Rahm was very vocal about not liking the LIV , no amount of money would make him player etc etc etc


Hatton was also very clear recently that he won’t be going to LIV , fully committed to other tours etc etc

Rory's stance has definitely changed. He started off saying he hates it with a blind passion and no allowances should be made, etc. Now that two good Ryder Cup players have gone, he's not saying that, funnily enough.

Rory’s stance on LIV hasn’t changed - he still doesn’t like it etc etc - that hasn’t changed

His opinion on players coming back or playing together etc has changed

He has accepted that LIV is part of the golf world right now but his opinion of LIV itself hasn’t changed

 

[ColchesterFC]

They are already generating cash, so how can they ‘have no way of generating cash’ ?

For clarity, LIV is a long term investment and forms part of a long term business plan.
I KNOW they aren’t making money now, and I don’t need to be debating that with anybody on here, regardless of which side of the argument they are on.

So, I can’t be wrong on something that we all agree on can I?

You can't even agree with yourself, let alone anyone else on the forum. What's the difference between "generating cash" which you say that LIV are already doing and "making money" which you "KNOW they aren't" doing?

 

[Bdill93]

Rory’s stance on LIV hasn’t changed , he doesn’t like , he has no interest in it or will play on it - when it comes to LIV as a product that hasn’t changed. He didn’t throw anyone under the bus when it come to his old mates - they made their own decision and he gave his opinion on it , things are changing and his view his changing - in the same way Rahm and Hatton changed their views on LIV and took the money and left - so either they are all hypocrites or they are all ok to change their mind

"Earlier in January, McIlroy said he would be open to play in a LIV Golf-backed tournament if the controversial tour became more like cricket's Indian Premier League - a softened stance that LIV chief executive Greg Norman said was a "significant turning point" for the sport."

LIV Golf: Rory McIlroy says players returning to PGA Tour should not be punished

Rory McIlroy says he has "changed his tune" on LIV Golf and that players should not face punishment if they return to the PGA Tour.

www.bbc.co.uk

I mean, he's made the biggest U turn going.

We all know why, he's been thrown under the bus by Monohan after his massive U turn and the merger stuff has all come out. He needs to save face and I do not think its his fault

 

[Orikoru]

Rory’s stance on LIV hasn’t changed - he still doesn’t like it etc etc - that hasn’t changed

His opinion on players coming back or playing together etc has changed

He has accepted that LIV is part of the golf world right now but his opinion of LIV itself hasn’t changed

So you agree with me then because that's exactly what I said. Arguing for the sake of arguing.