Par4QC It appears that LIV Golf Tour is the absolute best thing that could have ever happened to the PGA Tour players.

With today's announcement I agree. Without the LIV stuff those end of year events don't happen.

      azgreg And the wimps like JT would continue to take their beatdowns from the PGA, while getting fat from sponsors only, not by 'playing' golf.

      Then again, who's to say this was not a smart move on JT, Rory, and other's part to be mouthy. Maybe they knew it 'would work'.??

          Par4QC

          They had to do something like this. Who knows where it goes from here. Again, the only way the PGA Tour can compete with the LIV model is for them to end being a charitable non profit.

              Brooks Koekpa jumps to LIV.....

              PGA announces new format for the top 50, can we say dollars???

              All the moral indignation, the glorious history, the legacy, seems to be fading ...????.... why else are we seeing the top 50 being shown the money...

              Par4QC

              Not sure how all that works. The PGA Tour charitable contributions include all donations / contributions given locally at each tournament. How the money gets donated varies with each tournament earmarking where the money goes.

                  Par4QC Then again, who's to say this was not a smart move on JT, Rory, and other's part to be mouthy. Maybe they knew it 'would work'.??

                  Rory has taken on the mantle of being the John Snow (Game of Thrones reference) of the PGA Tour. Not sure who Greg Norman would be. Maybe the Night King. lol

                      Sneakylong Real question is, how do they use 'charitable contributions' to beef up purses? imo, they can't, so where, all of the sudden, did they find all this money?? These golfers must be blind. All that TV money has been just sitting around.

                          Par4QC 'unearned'

                          He earns his money (as long as he doesn't say or do anything that might get his sponsors boycotted).

                              johnnydoom uh, everyone has to wear clothes. Esp. on course. Why is Walmart not paying me?
                              And if it's because of his name, ferchrissakes, my name is the biggest in U.S. history.....Smith!!

                                Par4QC but I thought you had to be at $0 at year's end.

                                I think they are allowed to have several years of operating expenses tucked away. There are always many ways to spend money of course. If the execs salaries already look high, the organization can lease them all Mercedes cars and pay for expensive "retreats". There are varying definitions of profit.

                                  So one of the things I enjoyed about the PGA Tour is that the players had to earn their paychecks. If they had a bad year they did not get paid as much(from the events). See if you would get a MLB, NFL MLB or NHL player to commit to that. I admired this aspect of the sport. With LIV this is no longer the case. I get it from a players perspective but as a fan, I have lost respect for those making the move to LIV.

                                    Mattyv

                                    Yep. Before we know it, there will be Free Agency rules in place. Golf is getting watered down from it's roots. The almighty $.

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                                        Mattyv the players had to earn their paychecks

                                        Technically, yes, but in reality, that concept disappeared ages ago, when the big name sponsors started paying big money. The players are rich as long as the sponsors pay for outside the ropes commitments.
                                        Fowler has done jack shit his entire career and he could live off what he has now, and then some, from Puma alone.

                                        Also, I keep reading that LIV members have to "sign up" or sign a contract for a certain amount of events or years?
                                        Does that mean if they don't live up to their billing, these contracts don't get renewed or offered up again?
                                        As in, they lose their LIV tour card (as there is no publicly stated minimum standard of qualification so far) to be on that tour.
                                        If so, they would certainly have to earn their next contract offer, just like all the Pro Sports basically do.