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“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell
PGA
Brooks Koepka is the first LIV golfer to head back to the PGA.
He cites personal reasons, and it's something I've never heard anyone discuss. These are mostly Americans and LIV has them playing away from the U.S. for a majority of their tournaments I believe. Got to be tough for golfers with younger families...despite the 9 figure paycheck...
I've heard the tours are no closer to merging, so it'll be interesting if this continues to happen. I expect once the 5 year exemptions start to run out for other big names, which would mean they cannot come back to play in majors, others will also walk away. You don't get noticed, get lucrative sponsorships, and get discussed with "the best" if you're not playing in the tournaments people actually watch.
He cites personal reasons, and it's something I've never heard anyone discuss. These are mostly Americans and LIV has them playing away from the U.S. for a majority of their tournaments I believe. Got to be tough for golfers with younger families...despite the 9 figure paycheck...
I've heard the tours are no closer to merging, so it'll be interesting if this continues to happen. I expect once the 5 year exemptions start to run out for other big names, which would mean they cannot come back to play in majors, others will also walk away. You don't get noticed, get lucrative sponsorships, and get discussed with "the best" if you're not playing in the tournaments people actually watch.
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell
PGA
Rory shits on LIV golfers.
The business side of this is interesting. The Saudis have spend $6B on LIV golf so far, and haven't made anything close to that back. This was meant to bring goodwill to Saudi Arabia, but the backlash has been pretty strong. Nobody is attending their events and fewer are watching them on TV. Attempts to consolidate have failed and are now bleaker with the current PGA Tour commish leaving. How long do they continue pumping money into a loser?"It's not as if they made any huge signings this year, is it?" McIlroy told The Telegraph of London on Thursday. "They haven't signed anyone who moves the needle, and I don't think they will. I mean, they could re-sign Bryson for hundreds of millions of dollars, but even if they do, it doesn't change their product, does it? They'll just be paying for the exact same thing."
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell