LIV with some big money announcements (*** TOPIC MODERATED ***)

[CasualLie]

1 hour ago, CaseyC said:

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/liv-golf-official-world-golf-ranking-application-process-problems

 

However, it would appear in its current form, LIV Golf doesn’t possess the necessary organizational components to be approved....

 

...

1. An embrace of inclusion and promoting non-discriminatory practices.

 

 

So that's how Pat Perez got on LIV!  Ok, got it now.  Good one Greg.

 

1 hour ago, idrive said:

Can't make this stuff up.

 

In an interview on Sunday, Dustin Johnson admitted that LIV has improved his family life. “We can now afford three babysitters so I can literally party whenever I want and not have to worry about the kids. I actually see them less than when I was on the PGA.”

 

I'm not judging... just not what I'd expect him or anyone else to say.

 

How many hours/week you are forced to spend time with your kids has long been a barometer of how rich you really are 😉

Edited August 2, 2022 by CasualLie

[smashdn]

1 hour ago, idrive said:

 

Considering this exhibition was supposed to be the top 48 players in the world, do you think for one second that the guys at or remotely near the bottom of the totem pole are ever going to get an offer from GN? 

 

Was it?  And three tournaments in can that reasonably be expected?

 

I can only think of one way to assure that and even that way is not 100%, plus a good deal of us here have already snurled our noses up at the idea, you have to buy those players.

[Frankensteins Monster]

The only time Liv has actually trended on Twitter is today. Why? Because of Tiger Woods. Because it’s said he rejected more than a three fourths of a billion dollar payment from the 9/11 terrorists and Mr. Lost Ball on 12 at Augusta to play exhibition golf. 

[BottleCap]

2 hours ago, Titleist99 said:

We've had many on this fine board try to convince us that YouTube is replacing national television and that the young don't watch TV at all.......

 

This is why you can't listen to a L I V exhibition golf Fanatic at all.

That dude is just like Jay Monahan, a dinosaur. If LIV gets a CBS/NBC type deal, there's no difference in the broadcast, and with the music on course, it could be worse than the PGAT broadcast and they'll fail.

 

They need to be stream if they want to survive and work the ads around the coverage if they want them. 

[NaBUru38]

2 hours ago, CaseyC said:

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/liv-golf-official-world-golf-ranking-application-process-problems

 

it would appear in its current form, LIV Golf doesn’t possess the necessary organizational components to be approved....

 

 

I'm pleasantly surprised that the OWGR had those requirements beforehand.

[oikos1]

3 hours ago, MtlJeff said:

 

Nah it's pretty normal, companies do this all the time with people who leave also. I worked for one once who used to say no one good had ever quit. Everyone who ever left they didn't want anyway.

 

It's just an emotional reaction to someone leaving something that makes you upset.

 

Like if your girlfriend dumps you "yeah well i hated you anyway"

I suppose it does happen.  And it dissolves the credibility of the person who says "yeah well I hated you anyway".

 

It's fair to say there is a lot more "emotion" than reality in this thread.

 

 

 

[Purple Toupee]

3 hours ago, MaineMariner said:

 

It also needs to be mentioned that the salary minimums cited for other leagues are salaries for a full year of play. If a baseball player gets a cup of coffee at the MLB level for a week, his earnings are not $650,000, or whatever the MLB minimum salary is. He earns one week's pay at $650k. His full yearly earnings are the paltry sums he makes at the minor league level, plus that one week of MLB pay.

 

The lower level PGA guys are more akin to minor league baseball players than they are MLB players.

There are 30 MLB teams with 26 players on the roster.  That’s 780 rostered MLB players.  Lower level PGA players are much closer to almost being on the all-star team in MLB than they are to being in the minors.

[Dave230]

3 hours ago, Ghost of Snead said:

 

Maybe not - Norman tried to get Nicklaus to sign on as a spokesperson as well. 

 

Maybe you do have a point, they would probably pay Tiger $200 million to just tweet once "LIV Golf is a good Tour".

 

Also believed that the likes of JT and Rory follow Tiger's lead so if Tiger legitimised it, it would make it much easier for them to follow. DeChambeau hasn't been talked to by Tiger since he moved apparently. Rory was enjoying playing links golf with his boyhood hero before the Open, that sort of stuff is priceless.

[bcc624]

3 hours ago, idrive said:

Can't make this stuff up.

 

In an interview on Sunday, Dustin Johnson admitted that LIV has improved his family life. “We can now afford three babysitters so I can literally party whenever I want and not have to worry about the kids. I actually see them less than when I was on the PGA.”

 

I'm not judging... just not what I'd expect him or anyone else to say.

That was fake quote from a meme Twitter account. Cmon!

[pingbling23]

4 hours ago, idrive said:

Can't make this stuff up.

 

In an interview on Sunday, Dustin Johnson admitted that LIV has improved his family life. “We can now afford three babysitters so I can literally party whenever I want and not have to worry about the kids. I actually see them less than when I was on the PGA.”

 

I'm not judging... just not what I'd expect him or anyone else to say.

thats an odd interview to give.  link to the interview please.

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Edited August 2, 2022 by SheriffBooth