4LEX
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I'm more pro PGA Tour in this situation but only because of the way Norman and a lot of the players he's signed up have handled themselves. Norman is a bitter old man who has more chips on his shoulder than Binley Mega Chippy bangs out in a day. He only cares about money and getting one over on the PGA Tour, nothing else. Poulter and G-Mac don't care about growing the game, they care about growing their bank balance. Which is fine but have the bottle to say so. Telling lies and squirming in a press conference isn't a good look. Ditto Norman having a journalist thrown out and lying about it. Or the LIV players banning replies on social media. Just underhand and not the way you want to do things.
Theres no doubt the PGA Tour needed a shake up. I'd be in favour of the US PGA losing it's major status and it being granted to a major that travels around the world, to golf countries like Australia, Japan, China and other European countries. It's unfair all of the majors are in 2 countries. That would genuinely grow the game.
It'll be very interesting what the European Tour does and what the majors do. That will make or break the LIV Tour. If they back up the PGA Tour it'll be finished in a year or two. If the European Tour senses a weakness and a chance to grow themselves, then they could allow all the LIV players access to events which would increase the field quality, especially as more players switch. I think the majors will ban or make it very difficult for the LIV players to qualify next year though. Throw in the Ryder Cup and it's going to be a lively end to the year!
The plus point is this has raised the profile of golf and seen it make headlines on a daily basis again..
Theres no doubt the PGA Tour needed a shake up. I'd be in favour of the US PGA losing it's major status and it being granted to a major that travels around the world, to golf countries like Australia, Japan, China and other European countries. It's unfair all of the majors are in 2 countries. That would genuinely grow the game.
It'll be very interesting what the European Tour does and what the majors do. That will make or break the LIV Tour. If they back up the PGA Tour it'll be finished in a year or two. If the European Tour senses a weakness and a chance to grow themselves, then they could allow all the LIV players access to events which would increase the field quality, especially as more players switch. I think the majors will ban or make it very difficult for the LIV players to qualify next year though. Throw in the Ryder Cup and it's going to be a lively end to the year!
The plus point is this has raised the profile of golf and seen it make headlines on a daily basis again..