LIV Golf

[Slab]

It’s a mess all round , a new tour came in and since then it’s just been a mess , there is no workings between any of the tours because they are all trying to look after their own entities

ET have tried to find a way to get players from LIV to play on their tour - it seems it’s ok for most of them bar one

I don’t think there will ever be a situation where they all sit harmoniously together - it’s too volatile a situation and no one wins - well apart from some golfers getting well paid across a number of tours


It is a shame that we don’t have the same sort of pyramid system as other sports like tennis or F1 etc where there is one main global tour where all the top players play and then there are feeder tours below

Yeah it’s a mess and when you’re as rich as Rahm you can afford to have principals (even if they’re not shared ones) But most of the ‘magnificent 7’ can’t go that route

I like the pyramid concept but really don’t want to see pgat ‘officially’ at the top of it. It’d need to be a new body with global reach and representation



Oh and @SteveW86 sun is out and its been roasting for months, course is scorched right now, really could do with some wet stuff

 

[Mel Smooth]

Important to remember that the DPWT asked Rahm to appeal so he could pay (the fines) and carry on playing DPWT events including the Ryder Cup.

I’d imagine Rahm now feels it’s in his best interest to let the legal people sort it out, he’ll end up paying a settlement and the DPWT will be forced to enforce the 4 event minimum.

 

[Mel Smooth]

Been following this story for the last few days - some of the LIV golfers were stuck in Dubai following on from the issues in Iran.
Looks like they’ve managed to get to Hong Kong safely.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2029059276556149113

 

[Lucifer MorningStar]

Been following this story for the last few days - some of the LIV golfers were stuck in Dubai following on from the issues in Iran.
Looks like they’ve managed to get to Hong Kong safely.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2029059276556149113

I mean "yay", but kind of makes a bit of a mockery at the 1000s of normal earning folk stuck out there with no idea when they can get home, but a few golfing millionaires can fund a jet and fly out to safety.. So back to "yay"

 

[D-S]

I mean "yay", but kind of makes a bit of a mockery at the 1000s of normal earning folk stuck out there with no idea when they can get home, but a few golfing millionaires can fund a jet and fly out to safety.. So back to "yay"

As one of the ‘stranded’ I can’t say I’m overly excited with this news.

 

[D-S]

As one of the ‘stranded’ I can’t say I’m overly excited with this news.

As long as they got out before the emergency medical evacuations that they are desperately trying to prioritise I’m sure that’s fine.

 

[Fore Right]

AK picking up where he left off in Hong Kong

 

[Fore Right]

I really think Smash needs a new logo...

By far the worst branding on LIV Golf IMHO

 

[Hobbit]

Currently watching the LIV feed from HK - first one I’ve seen for a while. Where’s all the loud music some people complain about?

Decent golf, names I recognise. But, for me, it’s very refreshing to hear calm, sensible commentators.

TBH, it could be a DP tour or PGA comp.

 

[Mel Smooth]

I really think Smash needs a new logo...

By far the worst branding on LIV Golf IMHO

I’m sure I’ve seen something somewhere which suggests they’ve submitted a new team identity that could be for Smash.

Edit.

This was it.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2026687955914444901

 

[Mel Smooth]

Currently watching the LIV feed from HK - first one I’ve seen for a while. Where’s all the loud music some people complain about?

Decent golf, names I recognise. But, for me, it’s very refreshing to hear calm, sensible commentators.

TBH, it could be a DP tour or PGA comp.

It’s just golf, packaged slightly differently to the other tours to give it a different appeal.

The furore about the format was always massively overstated

 

[SteveW86]

Is it my setting in the app, or have they changed how they display the leaderboard.

It used to say how many holes left to play, not it says which hole the player is playing. Bit confusing for a shot gun start situation.