sdandrea1 I've missed seeing him play well.

Fixed it.
His game was awful for a while.
Golfer's hell.
Good thing LIV came along at the right time for him.

      Spuzz His game was awful for a while.

      He had, I think, a pretty bad hand injury for awhile.

        I watched a little LIV again yesterday. It isn’t very interesting. Yeah they show a lot of shots, but it doesn’t flow.

          DonM Disagree. I switched back and forth and the PGA broadcast did what it usually does; focus on two or three guys and show mostly putts. Oh, and a thousand long, boring commercials.

            DonM Yeah they show a lot of shots, but it doesn’t flow.

            That was my first impression. I kept watching until I got into their flow and understood the team scoring and started enjoying it. It IS different and has it's own character, but I started liking it. Acquired taste?

                darpar At least Nike got a return on their investment.

                True, and it was a business decision only.
                It's a bit early to say how LIV plays out, and whether it's all "business" related. which is unlikely.

                    Spuzz it's all "business

                    Not about being a "business", it's all about poking the bear (PGA/R&A).
                    Without sponsorships and a tv deal....which is kind of weird because they have camera's
                    all over the course, seemingly on every hole....they'll NEVER see any profits.
                    Which they could apparently care less about, I bet some of those sheiks have rolls of t/p
                    made from $100 bills!
                    Btw where did all those camera crews and production staff come from?

                        darpar I wouldn't say never as far as profit goes. Norman has already said this season is basically a characterization run and that the final format will be developed as they learn what works and what doesn't. It's a start up, so profit is generally unheard of unless you have a revolutionary new product. What they hope to do is steal enough of the PGA Tours customers to make a go at out competing the PGA Tour sponsors, or to make the PGA Tour want to make a deal. One or the other needs to fail or both will be unprofitable in the long run if they don't form a merger or non-compete agreement of some sort. The strength of LIV is that their investor might not mind taking a sustained loss for the future potential, but are Taylormade, Nike, and Callaway willing to do the same?

                        Taylormade has indicated maybe not since they haven't (yet) cancelled sponsorship of their LIV golfer(s).

                            darpar Btw where did all those camera crews and production staff come from?

                            PGA doesn't have a nutsack hold on those guys.

                              Spuzz Last Tee members are usually the first to poo poo change

                              I poo-poo'd it at first.

                                johnnydoom I also recently saw a Srixon commercial that featured Koepka very prominently, so I guess not all companies are backing away from players who chose to go to the LIV tour.

                                    rsvman2

                                    Not sure how big these sponsors contracts are, but if LIV doesn’t get more exposure i.e. a TV deal then I’d think they’d have to take a look and see if they’re getting the bang for their buck.

                                    Looking at the live gate attendance and that was weak as well. And if they aren’t allowed in the Majors then paying all that money and only getting 80,000 YouTube viewers doesn’t seem like a wise investment.

                                    I’m sure they’ll give it time, but people have short attention spans and it’s possible one day people will say Brooks who? Lol Nike and Srixon will have to take notice. Just looking at the tea leaves as they stand today. Pure conjecture on my part. Time will tell.

                                        Koepka's sponsor contract may have an extended deadline so that these ads were placed well in advance
                                        and it may not be worth the hassle. Who knows.

                                        Sneakylong
                                        Don't know where you are getting your numbers for YouTube viewing numbers but YouTube shows 621,779 views for the Sunday Final Round...Maybe not "live" views in the moment, but that's a way larger number of viewers live and/or video than the 80,000 you mention...