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I'm not really seeing this whole thing about the PGA being against what happens politically in Saudi Arabia. They have allowed players to play other tournaments all over the world. I think we need to know the 'rest of the story', as Paul Harvey used to say.
imo, what we are seeing is more of a CNN vs. Trump type thing going on.

The PGA vs. Greg Norman.
But, they can't call him out, so they are doing a coverup/making excuses.
I've paid more attention to the golf being played, and played it myself, through the years, so I really have no clue what the beef is with Norman and the PGA. and I really do not see any problem with guys playing more than 1 tour/circuit, as they have been allowed in the past/still do.

Perhaps it is not even the PGA that has the problem, maybe it is just 1 man. The dictator, as he appears to be.

Par4QC

I said this before. The PGA Tour looks at LIV Golf as a direct threat to them. And it is. The PGA Tour cannot compete with the money the Saudi’s are willing to spend. Again, the Saudi fund is worth $600 billion and they make $1 billion a day in oil.

So for the PGA it’s the threat that is the salient point. The morality issue is secondary for them imo. For me it’s the morality issue first.

As I said before, if Elon Musk wanted to spend some of his $500 billion on starting a golf tour then that is the free market at work. No morality issue or sportswashing issue there. Have at it.

Sneakylong They really should just let it go, and get out of the headlines, and let people calm down and just play golf! It's making both sides look bad in public, and really is taking a lot from the game.
After all, exactly who is going to LIV, and with their limited field, how can many more go? Let the older fellas have another choice, and some of the others are no big loss, just 'news fodder' that is now meaningless as they slide down the depth charts. And some of the others have never won, never will on the PGA, and this is a good time for them to 'grab the loot'.

Regardless of the pocketbook. That's for them to think about, not us, or the PGA. Free country/free thinking, and all that.

And, there is a lot more "washing", of different types, going on in THIS country, if everyone opens their eyes.

Par4QC

I respectfully disagree. They needed to take a tough stand early like they did and treat it like the serious threat it is. If they had been wishy washy and taken a more lenient stand there may have been more defections. And the flood gates could’ve burst open. Trying to nip this in the bud was the smart play imo.

Time will tell how it all plays out. But if Greg Norman is right and the Saudi’s are in it for the long haul then the time to have acted is now.

https://www.golfmonthly.com/news/rumours-ramp-up-over-next-liv-golf-signings

"A number of high profile players could be announced by LIV Golf in the coming days as rumours ramp up ahead of the Series' second event in Portland, which starts later this month.

The rumoured names involved - Brooks Koepka, Collin Morikawa, Viktor Hovland and Xander Schauffele - would send shockwaves through the golfing world as the amount of star names leaving the PGA Tour could turn from a trickle to a flood.

The Saudi-backed Series was written off by some as offering final pay days to golfers who were slightly past their best, but all that could be about to change with rumours that multiple members of the world’s top 20 are about to sign up, including one four-time Major winner."

Sneakylong the amount of star names leaving the PGA Tour

Really? Why does anyone think they are leaving, just because they may play in a different tournament. Have they said they 'are leaving'???

Thought you were a JB supporter, not a DT rumormonger.

You are much better than this. C'mon man!

Par4QC

Don't shoot the messenger. Brooks Koepka's press conference was pretty coy. Rumors sometimes prove to be true. We'll see. My money would be on these rumors coming to fruition.

Sneakylong Well, if it is true, I hope they don't announce it before the end of this tournament.
Can't imagine what JT would look like on course, with any further distractions in his mind. He's already got twisted bowels, from watching him. And look, a leaf fell off that tree down there.....

Don't know if many more will leave, but the temptation has to be enormous with the up front money and larger purses. Sponsor deals come and go, particularly in these cancel culture days where you can say something that was acceptable yesterday and it will get you dropped in an instant today. No need to travel here and there just to represent the sponsors and no need to worry about who's recording your conversations to use for blackmail, outrage, or click bait. It all sounds too good to be true, and it probably would be if it wasn't for the heavy front money.

azgreg

And he gets to play 2 full seasons getting preferred lies.

Charles Barkley on PGA Tour players taking LIV Golf money: ‘If somebody gave me $200 million I’d kill a relative’

“I don’t judge other people. Listen, if somebody gave me $200 million I’d kill a relative,” Barkley joked before doubling down. “I’m serious. They’re saying Phil Mickelson got $200 million, Dustin Johnson got $150 million, for $150 million I’d kill a relative, even one I like.”