LIV Golf

[Springveldt]

If the Saudi's are in this for the long haul (like the 10 year plan it supposedly has) then I can see this going the same way as football.

Serie A used to be the best league as it had the money.
Then La Liga was the best as it had the money.
Now the Premier League is the best because, shookeroonie, it has the money.

It's just human nature, eventually people will follow the money.

In 5 years time if LIV keep stealing the best young talent before they even get onto the PGA Tour, how does the Tour compete when they aren't getting the next Rahm, Spieth, JT, Morikawa, Hovland etc.

 

[evemccc]

I am not a Phil fan and I don’t really care about Pro golfers…But I don’t understand something…

Phil said (something like) the Saudi’s were dangerous / crazy ‘dudes’ and that they killed Jamal Khashoggi…

Also that he was only using LIV to gain ‘leverage’ to enact changes to the PGA Tour..

And what else??

I have never understood what is so scandalous or outrageously heinous about this…

 

[Mel Smooth]

Canny that ha

Trump is 100 percent going to get a Pro-am gig at one of his venues - I can already sense the outrage.

 

[LincolnShep]

Trump is 100 percent going to get a gig at one of his venues - I can already sense the outrage.

It's a bit tacky, too much razzmattazz, all about the money, and morally questionable - of course Trump is involved!

 

[Bazz]

Money ruined football, golf going the same way.

 

[Mel Smooth]

It's a bit tacky, too much razzmattazz, all about the money, and morally questionable - of course Trump is involved!
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Apologies, I've not worded it well, I should have stated in the Pro Am's that take place on the Wednesday.

I'll edit the post.

 

[slicer79]

Not sure if it has been mentioned here previously, but I wonder did it cause any issues among members of the Centurion club?

 

[Dando]

Apparently fatrick Reed and Bryson have signed up

 

[Bazz]

Apparently fatrick Reed and Bryson have signed up

Both on team nobrot or whatever its called.

 

[Mel Smooth]

By the way, if anybody needs the link to the LIV golf You tube account, here it is.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuC-Is0pVH9RudfZJw-LSmw

 

[Mel Smooth]

Apparently fatrick Reed and Bryson have signed up

If it carries on like this, Rory might actually win something this year.

 

[Deleted member 1147]

If it carries on like this, Rory might actually win something this year.

I think we'll wait until someone ranked better than him jumps ship before worrying about that sort of thing...have you got anyone from the top 10 yet?

 

[Mel Smooth]

I think we'll wait until someone ranked better than him jumps ship before worrying about that sort of thing...have you got anyone from the top 10 yet?

No but Stenson, Fowler and Bubba are expected at the next one.

 

[Imurg]

Purely hypothetical but...
Players like Horsefield, Canter etc are signed up for this.
What happens if the entire top 48 bang on Greg's door and want in...?
I guess the lesser players will just be paid off and discarded..
At the end of the day I don't really care what happens..I don't watch much PGA golf - it's mostly pretty dull.
I do watch some DPW golf and, if the big boys go and play by themselves, the DWP won't see much change. It may even attract more sponsorship from businesses that don't want to be involved with LIV and make DPW a better product than it is..

Just get rid of the goddamn advert!!!!

 

[MarkT]

No but Stenson, Fowler and Bubba are expected at the next one.

Think Stenson has signed a contract which means he can't play on a breakaway circuit, any captain does but the vice-captains don't have to

 

[Deleted member 15344]

No but Stenson, Fowler and Bubba are expected at the next one.

Stenson won’t be there because of the Ryder Cup

 

[Deleted member 1147]

No but Stenson, Fowler and Bubba are expected at the next one.

Stenson won;t as he's RC captain, Fowler is hardly a leading light anymore & Bubba's on one leg

 

[Deleted member 3432]

I think judging by the advert GM have taken the Saudi money......

Won't be long before mods are shutting this thread down if anyone is critical

 

[Deleted member 1147]

I think judging by the advert GM have taken the Saudi money......

Won't be long before mods are shutting this thread down if anyone is critical

& chopping off the hands of any infidels who dare question the regime

 

[Swango1980]

The Liv Tour website, on the Teams page, denotes 3 players as Amateurs (the wiki pages for them suggests one just turned pro, the other 2 are amateur).

Question is, will they be allowed to win money? One of them is 15 years old, the one in Phil Mickleson's team (Ratchanon Chantananuwat)