Lefty posted a nice little 80 today for dead last. The Saudis are gonna want their money back. Phil could be in trouble.......

    This LIV business can't survive. It seems like a circus, like the many pro-football side projects that come and go. I'm curious to see how long it takes for the sponsorship to get bored.

    I tuned in for approximately 45 minutes yesterday to watch the LIV event.

    I found it impossible to make sense of who was actually leading the tournament. I kept pressing the exit button on my tv remote hoping that maybe it would remove the multi-colored scoring box on the left of the screen, sort of like we try to close advertising windows on our computers. Totally annoying.

    The aim point feature on the greens is only as useful as the viewer’s ability to actually see the hole - the actual target. And since they’re just as bad as the PGA tour telecasts with showing 5x as many putts as actual golf swings, that’s pretty annoying.

    And during the 45 minutes of viewing, there were maybe 3 golfers who I recognized.

    To me, it felt like a second rate Asian tour event with an algebraic scoring system.

      6 days later

      azgreg

      The PGA Tour Policy Board is meeting with Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the governor of the Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia, the backer of LIV Golf, today.

        a month later

        azgreg Truth be told, he's not even a 'drawing card' on the PGA at present, with the way he's playing.
        Seems to be more hype, about him not the tourney, when he is in a field than he gets from scoring. He's a top 10 for now, only until the newbies get legs under them.

        Yeah, don't like him and hope he gets his contract. Good riddance.
        jmo

            Would be a big draw in Europe and rest of the world...He must really be pissed at Monahan - first he quits the Tour Policy Board in mid-term, then changes his attitude toward the LIV players and now this...

            Heard on PGA Tour Radio (Dennis Paulson, Inside The Ropes) yesterday that Phil Mickelson supposedly got a large fee for getting Jon Rahm to sign with LIV.

            Par4QC Yeah, don't like him and hope he gets his contract. Good riddance

            His transition to LIV would be much easier to swallow if he hadn't run his fucking mouth against it so much. What a douche-nozzle. Bye Rory.

            I think the Saudis are just jacking the PGA Tour around for fun. They have money to burn, so why not get some entertainment out of it.

                sdandrea1 That also.

                Just seems like every time he's in a tournament, the announcers feel the need to build hype...he's always going to win them. He's been in some low grade tourneys and never sniffed a win. They need to realize he has passed his peak. Maybe too early, but imo, he has passed it. 'Just another good golfer'. Might still win some, might not, but will hang around closely. Some times.😉

                    $850 million would be very difficult to turn down - even for someone estimated to already be worth over 250 million. That said, I find it really odd that there’s no direct or credible source corroborating this story . I’ll not even acknowledge, much less believe, it until there is.

                      Par4QC while he is good, I'm inclined to agree, past his peak. He'll be able to keep making money playing, he's still good enough to get that done.
                      Although, when the next batch of kids comes up and starts giving everyone a run for the money, rory might not be able to keep making as much...

                        https://golf.com/news/rory-mcilroy-debunks-liv-golf-rumor/

                        So much for that rumor. 🙄

                        “For the rest of my career’: Rory McIlroy reiterates stance amid LIV Golf rumor.”

                        “I honestly don’t know how these things get started,” McIlroy told Lewis. “I’ve never been offered a number from LIV, and I’ve never contemplated going to LIV. Again, I think I’ve made it clear over the past two years that I don’t think it’s something for me.

                        Doesn’t mean I judge people that have went and played over there. I think one of the things that I have realized over the past two years is that people can make their own decisions for whatever they think is best for themselves, and who are we to judge them for that. But personally for me, my future is here on the PGA Tour, and it’s never been any different.”

                          Sneakylong So much for that rumor. 🙄

                          “For the rest of my career’: Rory McIlroy reiterates stance amid LIV Golf rumor.”

                          He could still turn about face for the $, but he'd have to disappear for the rest of his career. 🤣