BruceMGF
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The problem is there are no qualifying criteria other than the Saudis like you. They could invite a bunch of 20-handicappers, stage a "tournament", and demand OWGR points for their results.
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Was he reading that from a Teleprompter?
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Yeah, it's like the whole LIV field is "sponsor's exemptions". If you lose your PGA tour card through inadequate play, you can try again by Q-School, satellite tour, Monday qualifying. With LIV you play if some hereditary royal likes you (or his delegated agent like Greg Norman).
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Someone should do one on the old James Bond theme: LIV and Let Die.
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Tennis?
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And then what happens to players no longer of any use to LIV, and no longer welcome in the PGA (and maybe other tours, we shall see)?
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How many can jump if LIV maintains their 48-player format? Or is that going to change? And how many players are they going to pay exorbitant amounts just for showing up?
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It's not just golf. Watch when a foul ball sails into the seats at a baseball game, or a hockey puck goes over the plerxiglass at a hockey game. More than half the people in the vicinity aren't paying attention.
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I must say, the LIV thing has given me a new appreciation for the Curtis Cup. On TV or in person? Or both? And why?
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It's probably for the guys in the Canadian tournament checking out the new league before or after their rounds.
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I didn't think LIV intended to appeal to anyone but the casual fan. Not the hardcore. Question for the forum: any idea what happens to players who join LIV without ever having been in the PGA (or DP)? If they left LIV (or it collapsed) would they be welcome in the PGA?
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But they weren't high-profile until they did something on a pro tour. They don't come to the PGA with the reputation of a Heisman Trophy winner (some of whom have flamed out badly in the NFL). To come to the PGA already having a big reputation, you've got to do something sperctacular (Tiger's three US Amateurs is all I can think of. I suppose Bobby Jones, had he ever gone pro, would have come in with a big reputation).
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"Bring in"? This is one of the reasons I don't like this thing. You qualify for the PGA (or DP) tour by Q-school, mini-tour, Monday qualifying, etc. You bring yourself in. Apparently this LIV tour just wants to pick players it likes, right now it's players established on existing tours, who knows in the future - players who say what they're told in public? Where are these high profile players to come from? The US college circuit? This isn't college football. Nobody's that high-profile for setting golf records at Purdue or wherever.
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Can't be Hogan or Snead ...
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OK, this comment got me to check it out. For all of 15 seconds. Yeah, it's annoying.
