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Did we have people cheering on their favourite team and booing their rivals then or nah?
Other sports don't bang on about the money in the commentary. We don't hear in every game what Salah is earning per weak, or what bonus for goals City pays Debruyne, what the rugby team gets if they win the six nations, or what Nadal gets if he wins this match. We know they are well paid. But the sporting narrative is enough, without the financials.
But the money is all LIV has. As sport, it is a pauper. So they have to push this point all the time. NOT like other sports.
Yes it was the first LIV event, but the quality of golf and overall product is second rate compared to the Canadian Open.
Hmmm comparing a 1st event to an established PGA Tour event is hardly fair.
It won't be 2nd rate if more and more of the top players move across.
I honestly think the next Portland event will see a vastly improved field.
Liv will only be fully judged probably after all this seasons events or maybe even 2 seasons to see how the pro golfing map is looking..
Maybe if the Euro Team let the LIV players in it might be worth watching for you again.No. Because it wasnt a real golf tournament. Very low field quality (same reason that I dont normally watch the European tour). And the title is worthless. Canadian Open alternative is the genuine article.
But to be clear though, I have no issue on the moral point. If the worlds top golfers are all there, I will be watching it. Hopefully at that point, LIV will ditch the circus elements, and make it about world level individual competitive golf again. And on real TV, not a platform for skateboarding monkeys and hilarious clips of kids falling off a school play stage or whatever.
The crowds were nowhere near the level of the as an example the British Masters at both Woburn and the Grove.
People went to the Centurion as it was a freebie and I suspect most were already golf fans
Then later in the evening they had a concert which someone highlights as “growing the game” but they were mainly freebies once again and people who arrived after the golf
So at the end of the day it’s prob not “grown the game” - it’s made a good number of golfers richer regardless of how they played and it was just 54 holes instead of 72.
Did you drive to go and watch it ?
There appears to be from a section this desire to make a short sharp format - it’s been tried with a few events and not worked , the players are only going to these events because they are being paid handsomely. At some point they will stop paying those vast amounts and it will prob end up a Euro Pro level event.
The only way it moves forward successfully is if they get those cream of the game right now whose career is on the up , do that and people will notice the events more for the golfers as opposed to the money being paid
Or the European Tour for that matter.This whole conversation is academic. Look at the crowd in Canada. You won’t get that on the bone saw tour
Didnt see anyone arriving after the golf finished! Not sure where you got that from but the car parks were emptying, not filling back up. I left before the show.. didnt even start till 9.15pm!!
Ive never attended a golf event before, this was my first and I am now highly likely to attend another event as the whole thing was first class.
Highly likely to purchase a ticket again for next year after such a good day on Saturday
So it's almost like a grew the game?
Glad you enjoyed it
I loved my 2 trips to the masters and the open was special
Well Id happily pay £70+ for a ticket to any high level golf event in the future so Id say thats a success in drawing me in?
Youre a lucky man! How does someone even go about getting masters tickets!?!
I typed too quickly. BRITISH masters lol .. proper sounds a let down now... but i got a fist pump off poults before everyone turned on him
Not quite the same Still a great event though
I got a fist bump off DJ on sat as he walked to his final hole! Its class!
I'm going to the Scottish Open this year. Plenty of big names will be there, £30 a ticket by the time you add booking fees in. That is great value and pitched about right I'd say.I mean this was the first event. Obviously they will learn from bits
I think the ticketing was stupid £20 most or free get the interest in
I had tickets for the BMW at Wentworth that was £20 but covid got that cancelled that year .. good price I think
I'm going to the Scottish Open this year. Plenty of big names will be there, £30 a ticket by the time you add booking fees in. That is great value and pitched about right I'd say.
What does this mean?Hope you enjoy. I heard they're giving away free tickets to under 12's (obviously to get the parents in)
(LIV might do well to consider that approach, I doubt there will be any accusations of having to give tickets away etc)
It randomly irritates me that this is now a co-sanctioned event
What does this mean?