LIV Golf Now Closed?

[Vinsk]

2 hours ago, BlackDiamondPar5 said:

The Masters ought to be interesting. If a couple of big LIV studs don't finish in the top 10 it's a pretty horrific statement about the lack competitive level on LIV. 

Well, it’s golf. I don’t think one tournament will really be any indication for that. Hell Rahm was on fire then tanked pretty bad recently. It’s just the way it goes out there. But it will certainly be a good time for a little ribbing if the LIV players don’t do well….🙂

[boogielicious]

3 hours ago, Vinsk said:

Well, it’s golf. I don’t think one tournament will really be any indication for that. Hell Rahm was on fire then tanked pretty bad recently. It’s just the way it goes out there. But it will certainly be a good time for a little ribbing if the LIV players don’t do well….🙂

FWIW, Rahm got sick and was still recovering this week. 

[Vinsk]

2 minutes ago, boogielicious said:

FWIW, Rahm got sick and was still recovering this week. 

He was sick at the Arnold Palmer?

[boogielicious]

10 hours ago, Vinsk said:

He was sick at the Arnold Palmer?

He withdrew from the Players IIRC. Buy you’re correct that it’s hard to keep top form for too long.

[Elmer]

"Players have expressed some concern about the payments going to the teams since LIV already owns 75% of the teams and they feel they may be getting shortchanged.

According to sources, the payments to individual players was never part of the business plan."

Wasn't one of the complaints about the PGA was player compensation?

[iacas]

1 minute ago, Elmer said:

Wasn't one of the complaints about the PGA was player compensation?

In what way?

[Elmer]

1 hour ago, iacas said:

In what way?

I thought that was a Phil complaint. That the PGA should be compensating the players beyond winning or simply raising the purse.
 

but like most things golf related I could be wrong.

Edited March 30, 2023 by Elmer

[iacas]

15 minutes ago, Elmer said:

I thought that was a Phil complaint. That the PGA should be compensating the players beyond winning or simply raising the purse.

but like most things golf related I could be wrong.

Maybe it was. A lot of Phil's stuff made no sense. He didn't like the media right stuff, I know that.

[BlackDiamondPar5]

Wow it would prove to be costly for guys to weasel out of their LIV agreement. Repayment of 2x-4x the signing bonus! 

si.com

 

 

[BlackDiamondPar5]

Poor Bryson 🤣🤣

Bryson DeChambeau: Tiger Woods cut off contact since defecting to LIV

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Asked if anybody had cut him off, DeChambeau answered, “Yeah, definitely, I’m sure you...

 

 

[ChetlovesMer]

2 hours ago, BlackDiamondPar5 said:

Poor Bryson 🤣🤣

Bryson DeChambeau: Tiger Woods cut off contact since defecting to LIV

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Asked if anybody had cut him off, DeChambeau answered, “Yeah, definitely, I’m sure you...

 

 

He's trying to "grow the game". 

Can't figure out why Tiger wouldn't see that? 

Maybe one day Tiger will see that they are trying to "Grow the Game". 

[Darkfrog]

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"He has his viewpoints on it and thinks we’re potentially hurting his record."

Is this something Tiger ever said, or even alluded to?

[Vinsk]

I don’t see how these tools think playing 54 hole shotgun starts with a miserably uninteresting team component going on simultaneously is growing the game. Clear Coke didn’t grow the product. Leave it alone. 🙂

[Carl3]

Great news:

LIV Golf and PGA Announce New Inter-league Match Play Event | MyGolfSpy

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Next April First, the PGA of America and the LIV Golf tour will play their first ever inter-league matchplay event in Greenland.

 

April Fools! I knew this was fake when the used PGA instead of PGA Tour. 

Edited April 1, 2023 by Carl3

[iacas]

Nobody will fall for that.

[Carl3]

Watched LIV for a few minutes today. Was not turned on by Lee Westwood's legs. The course looked shabby. It is being played at The Crooked Cat, which used to hold some stage 2 Q-school events maybe 20 years ago. It is definitely not a place any of those guys can be proud to be playing at. I can't imagine their wives/girlfriends being pleased at having to trapes around that place. Definitely not glamorous. I was definitely taken aback.

[Vinsk]

3 hours ago, Carl3 said:

Watched LIV for a few minutes today. Was not turned on by Lee Westwood's legs. The course looked shabby. It is being played at The Crooked Cat, which used to hold some stage 2 Q-school events maybe 20 years ago. It is definitely not a place any of those guys can be proud to be playing at. I can't imagine their wives/girlfriends being pleased at having to trapes around that place. Definitely not glamorous. I was definitely taken aback.

I was surprised to see they were coming here. And I certainly prefer Panther Lake to Crooked Cat. Orange County National doesn’t seem like a place for an event like LIV holds. They’ve been constructing a lot of buildings and other stuff to prepare. But the buildings and ‘rec area’ aren’t very close to the course like they are at Bay Hill. I’d go just to see Paulina if anything….😂

[TourSpoon]

On 4/1/2023 at 6:30 PM, Carl3 said:

Watched LIV for a few minutes today. Was not turned on by Lee Westwood's legs. The course looked shabby. It is being played at The Crooked Cat, which used to hold some stage 2 Q-school events maybe 20 years ago. It is definitely not a place any of those guys can be proud to be playing at. I can't imagine their wives/girlfriends being pleased at having to trapes around that place. Definitely not glamorous. I was definitely taken aback.

 

On 4/1/2023 at 10:28 PM, Vinsk said:

I was surprised to see they were coming here. And I certainly prefer Panther Lake to Crooked Cat. Orange County National doesn’t seem like a place for an event like LIV holds. They’ve been constructing a lot of buildings and other stuff to prepare. But the buildings and ‘rec area’ aren’t very close to the course like they are at Bay Hill. I’d go just to see Paulina if anything….😂

 

The first I heard they were going to OCN, I thought wow, they would have to pump some serious money and time into that place. I do the stay and play there with some HS friends every year and while they are great tracks, they need some TLC. Fast forward to yesterday and I was shocked at the condition of the course on the CW coverage and thought that all these former major winners are playing substandard conditions. The coverage was just ok, but the team format and shotgun approach made it a little disjointed. The choice of music blaring was bizarre. At times very dance clubbish. If anything, its got to be better for some because it drowns out all the little noises when the guys are playing. 

I saw they highlighted Phil drive the green on #9, then showed him tapping in for par after they referenced a bad pitch (from the green). Uh, show the pitch shot! Honestly, they could have had a dedicated camera on 9 for the whole event. That is one of the better risk/reward holes out there and if they reversed the nines would have been an exciting way to finish.