LIV Golf (Saudi PIF), "Mergers," and More

[BlackDiamondPar5]

I'm laughing at the irony of Sergio calling Rory out for "lack of maturity" 🤣

Sergio Garcia calls out Rory McIlroy for ‘lacking maturity’ | Golf News and Tour Information | GolfDigest.com

 

[jmanbooyaa]

Checking out Liv start on WB app(odd). The players look like the dudes you would golf with on the weekend except with amazing ball striking skills. New inform look is strange. I guess if you are going to watch get used to cw shows on commercials break. 

[jmanbooyaa]

This reminds me of one of the golf video games from years ago. The players with the shorts and no logos remind me of when you would play career mode. You haven’t achieved anything yet so you can’t have a sponsor. 

[ChetlovesMer]

20 minutes ago, jmanbooyaa said:

This reminds me of one of the golf video games from years ago. The players with the shorts and no logos remind me of when you would play career mode. You haven’t achieved anything yet so you can’t have a sponsor. 

Oh my goodness, you've bulls-eyed it! 
That's so funny, now that's all I can see. I remember playing that video game and putting my character in cargo shorts! 

............. I'm so ashamed.... and to think I mock folks for wearing a white belt. ..............

Edited February 24, 2023 by ChetlovesMer

[Elmer]

18 hours ago, iacas said:

Let's pool some money here on TST and buy a team. I can think of a few good names…

I will throw money in, but "militant fruitcakery" has to be in the running for team name!

[jmanbooyaa]

What in the actual f&@k.  Is it a thing to drink a beer out of your worn shoe? They just did so e weird play a hole with a liv player and loser drinks pours a beer into their shoe and drinks it. Gross. 

[Vinsk]

7 minutes ago, jmanbooyaa said:

What in the actual f&@k.  Is it a thing to drink a beer out of your worn shoe? They just did so e weird play a hole with a liv player and loser drinks pours a beer into their shoe and drinks it. Gross. 

I’m sure the Saudis love that !

[iacas]

12 minutes ago, jmanbooyaa said:

What in the actual f&@k.  Is it a thing to drink a beer out of your worn shoe? They just did so e weird play a hole with a liv player and loser drinks pours a beer into their shoe and drinks it. Gross. 

 

[jmanbooyaa]

Gross!

[turtleback]

4 hours ago, iacas said:

As Mom used to say, "if your friend jumps off the Brooklyn bridge it doesn't mean you should".

[iacas]

[DeadMan]

Whole thread is worth a read:

[JetFan1983]

39 minutes ago, DeadMan said:

Whole thread is worth a read:

😆

[Golfingdad]

19 hours ago, iacas said:

Just watched my first (and probably last) few minutes of LIV.  My local cable company has CW at channel 5 immediately adjacent to PGA tour on channel 4.

I enjoyed it for one reason: cuz I played Mayakoba a few months ago.  But everything else, very meh.  Don’t like the teams, the colorful graphics, the shorts, the music in the background??, among the other obvious and previously discussed issues.

 

Edited February 25, 2023 by Golfingdad

[jmanbooyaa]

It was unwatchable today. Nothing special about these Sunday morning mens club groupings. Dj’s demeanor reminds me of a newly middle aged player. Bubba the hipster middle aged dude still cracking jokes during a round. Paul Casey looks like my uncle and Brooks just doesn’t want to be playing. Still good golfers just doesn’t look like they are playing for anything. I could be wrong, just the optics I see. 

[Golfingdad]

1 minute ago, jmanbooyaa said:

It was unwatchable today. Nothing special about these Sunday morning mens club groupings. Dj’s demeanor reminds me of a newly middle aged player. Bubba the hipster middle aged dude still cracking jokes during a round. Paul Casey looks like my uncle and Brooks just doesn’t want to be playing. Still good golfers just doesn’t look like they are playing for anything. I could be wrong, just the optics I see. 

Actually this is a perfect summation of WHY I dont like the things I listed above.  Shorts, or music, or the teams, by themselves don’t necessarily mens anything bad, but you’re dead on - it’s like what they’re doing doesn’t matter.  And if it don’t matter to them it sure as heck don’t matter to me.

[iacas]

Eight CBS-owned CW affiliates, several others will not air LIV Golf

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Last week’s announcement by The CW that LIV Golf “will air in 100 percent of its markets across the United States” was thought of as a coup for the Saudi-operated golf league, but there are new details emerging...

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Deadline reports that several CW affiliates will *not* be airing LIV Golf events, including all eight CBS-owned and operated affiliates across the country. Those eight affiliates are in Philadelphia, Atlanta, San Francisco, Tampa, Seattle, Detroit, Sacramento, and Pittsburgh. Additionally, the Weigel-owned affiliate in Chicago will not air LIV, nor will Tegna-owned affiliates like San Diego and Hartford

Bummer.

[dennyjones]

I get my TV thru Hulu Live.  They are showing the CW golf show