LIV Boston Invitational - The International - Bolton, MA (*** NO ANTI-LIV, ANTI-PGA DISCUSSIONS/REFERENCES ***)

[Tpfol]

I really enjoy the LIV tournaments, and the finish yesterday was awesome. Its far from a finished product, there surely are some improvements that need to be made.

My take on the teams, I think that will grow on people based on how the team captains move forward. I could see teams creating their own content, maybe have some 2V2s etc. Integrating the LIV tour with the youtube/streaming community is going to be huge

Me? I love watching golf, LIV, PGA, Korn Ferry, NCAA, LPGA, DP etc and I dig all the content on youtube/instagram/tiktok 

Just a huge win for fans that its going to reach a higher level

[MtlJeff]

5 hours ago, Short Pete said:

I watched an hour on Sunday and checked the results. What did we learn?

 

- The course wasn't as difficult as the announcers made it.

- If you're fresh from the PGA Tour and still in competition mode you can fare pretty well at LIV. Smith, Lahiri and Niemann were on point.

- Good for LIV that DJ won that thing. He can really play, the winner's circle needed a little star power.

- Westwood showed us why he hasn't won in a while.

- The team competition is a joke at this time. Horsfield, Westwood, Poulter and Al-Kurdi (who???) cashed 250000 dollars each. What for? At least al-Kurdi contributed one result for the team.

- The PGA events should be quiet places from now on. All the morons who holler "Get in the hole!!!!" even on unreachable par fours visit LIV from now on. Golf, but louder!

- Pat Perez shows what's wrong with this exhibition format: In three tournaments the Aces team got 21 scores counted. Perez contributed exactly two. This great feat was worth 2.25 million dollars. Next time on the plane he should sing "They are the champions!"

- Sihwan Kim is a close second. 87 - 63 - 76!! One more birdie from Kevin Na, and Kim would have pocketed 250000 dollars. Cmon!

- Talor Gooch finally is a superstar. When the patrons holler GOOOOOOOOTSCH! every time he hits the ball he must be. But at least he delivers good scores...

- ...BDC, Koepka, Mickelson, Reed not so much. Will that get better with time when they play even less competitive golf? I don't think so.

 

 

The Pat Perez thing is just the nature of team sports i guess, i imagine when they have deeper fields there will be less of that. Except for the team saddled with Mickelson i suppose , because he will still be there for ratings

 

I agree with some others that for the team element to be entertaining I think there needs to be some other hook to it. It just feels now like guys pairing up to play hoops at the Y

 

But again i guess they are still signing guys so when they get a Cam Smith it disrupts things a bit

[Htk084]

What a tournament.  So disappointed lahiri or Westwood didn’t win

 

I absolutely love watching lahiri and hope he’s back in contention soon!

[One Putter]

1 hour ago, iBanesto said:

Can't deny the entertainment.

 

 

 

[iBanesto]

4 minutes ago, One Putter said:

 

Trust me. I never fake it.

 

[iBanesto]

18 minutes ago, MtlJeff said:

 

The Pat Perez thing is just the nature of team sports i guess, i imagine when they have deeper fields there will be less of that. Except for the team saddled with Mickelson i suppose , because he will still be there for ratings

 

I agree with some others that for the team element to be entertaining I think there needs to be some other hook to it. It just feels now like guys pairing up to play hoops at the Y

 

But again i guess they are still signing guys so when they get a Cam Smith it disrupts things a bit

 

I wonder why they just don't go for an accumulative team score (counting all scores).

 

Then the best team will win and no free riders like Perez.

 

Probably an easier team format to follow.

[MtlJeff]

28 minutes ago, iBanesto said:

 

I wonder why they just don't go for an accumulative team score (counting all scores).

 

Then the best team will win and no free riders like Perez.

 

Probably an easier team format to follow.

 

That would probably make sense too, again maybe they are doing it this way now because they know they have a few people who are more ummmm, ambassadors...then guys who are gonna win tournaments

[vbb]

It's a shift of thinking...at least it is for me. Now that I've watched some of this, I make the analogy to tournament golf vs. my Tues night league. I like playing in tournaments and I like playing in league. They are not mutually exclusive. League sometimes involves music, drinking and trash talk whereas tournament golf doesn't, but I'm trying hard at both and playing poorly hurts no matter which I'm doing. The issue right now is Greg Norman and others want us to think they're the same, and they're not. Shooting level par in league night is not the same as level par in tournament play. I've won more money in league than tournament play as well, but that's besides the point. 

 

From a consumer's perspective, I like the fact that there are options. If the LIV guys would stop trying to insist their product is the same and that they should get the same ranking points, I think everyone will get along fine and I think fans of golf will watch both. Viewership is all that matters from a business perspective. But I am firmly against LIV doing it differently but then asking for the same world rankings and major eligibility for their players. 

[manku]

Here are some photos from the LIVGolf after tournament Mensa party.

 

https://nypost.com/2022/09/05/paulina-gretzky-dustin-johnson-celebrate-4-million-liv-golf-win/

 

It's good to be the King!

 

[SurfDuffer]

So far I've liked everything about the LIV broadcasts and format.  DJ winning is the icing on the cake.  So much more action to watch than a stale old school telecast.  Brilliant.

[dcmidnight]

Just now, manku said:

Here are some photos from the LIVGolf after tournament Mensa party.

 

https://nypost.com/2022/09/05/paulina-gretzky-dustin-johnson-celebrate-4-million-liv-golf-win/

 

It's good to be the King!

 

 

Mensa...ROFL..."growing the game"...

[GwrxMod]

Same tired arguments cropping up. Locking this - please feel free to move back to the LIV Discussion Thread.