LIV Golf

[Arthur Wedge]

With money Id imagine mate - I'm sure that's what the bones of the plan will be.

Are they growing it ?

It’s only about £1bn they need to find for each season - did they give any clues about where they will get that money from ?

Do you think it’s done

 

[Arthur Wedge]

They wanted to promote Saudi as a golf destination.

They should have given the 5 billion to Core/Crenshaw, Doke and Gil Hans to build the most incredible golf courses you have ever seen on the edge of the Red Sea.
Then bring Pro events to those courses through DPWT and get every influencer under the sun over to make you tube videos.

That would have done far more to bring attention to golf in Saudi.

Unfortunately the money can’t change the culture and you aren’t going to make Saudi a destination for golf

 

[D-S]

Unfortunately the money can’t change the culture and you aren’t going to make Saudi a destination for golf

I guess it depends how and where you do it.
If you have specific areas or islands which are deemed as separate from the rest of the country and therefore you can relax laws, making it more like the UAE, it could well work.
However as part of a ‘normal’ tourist strategy which would be part of visiting other areas of Saudi, it would be a real uphill struggle. Having been there quite a few times, I certainly wouldn’t be going near the place as a golf destination unless they divorced it from the rest of the country.

 

[Mel Smooth]

Are they growing it ?

It’s only about £1bn they need to find for each season - did they give any clues about where they will get that money from ?

Do you think it’s done

Whether it's done or not depends on many factors. Doesn't look good right now - things might look completely different in a month or so...

Have you read who those board members are and what they do?

Yes, I have.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

I guess it depends how and where you do it.
If you have specific areas or islands which are deemed as separate from the rest of the country and therefore you can relax laws, making it more like the UAE, it could well work.
However as part of a ‘normal’ tourist strategy which would be part of visiting other areas of Saudi, it would be a real uphill struggle. Having been there quite a few times, I certainly wouldn’t be going near the place as a golf destination unless they divorced it from the rest of the country.

Yep having been there a few times with work and visiting parents there is no chance I would be going there on holiday without some dramatic cultural changes which I can’t see happening anytime soon

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Whether it's done or not depends on many factors. Doesn't look good right now - things might look completely different in a month or so...





Yes, I have.

The whole idea of a getting top players playing in events outside the US is a good idea , we all know there are some pockets of countries where crowds will come out to watch them - Aus and SA a good example as well as lots of European countries


The DP tour is in the perfect place to help that but doesn’t have the money to attract the top players

That’s the horse imo PIF should have continued to back , issue was Greg Norman’s concept was sold to them better

We can all take a good guess at what the players are doing now - they are looking for ways to get back onto the other tours and IMO the DP tour can really take advantage and get as many players as they can to help strengthen the tour