LIV Adelaide was a hoot... the crowds came and enjoyed themselves...I watched some of it on free to air TV...
the par 3 "watering hole"..
the par 3 "watering hole"..
Looks like the PGA blinked
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jackinjax
Friend of Leo's
I'm rather ambivalent to the whole thing. I really only watch the majors and a couple of others and then only if I know the day three and four leaders. It's the players, not the organization. So, they could call it the LMNOP Tour and it wouldn't bother me in the least.
slauson slim
Poster Extraordinaire
What’s next for golf tournaments? Cheerleaders, walk-on music, DJs, mascots? Animated leader boards?
Remember when eBay tolerated Reverb for a year or so chafing 3.9% when EBay was charging at least 7% (or had they already started the 10% thing ?) and then - boom “Good news eBayers ! We have lowered our fees on all musical instrument sales to 3.9% !”
Remember how you could literally hear my laughter from 5 states away ?
Well, sorry Hawaii , if I woke up anybody this afternoon with my guffaws upon hearing the PGA cave in.
Sooooo pathetic/ridiculous .
Everybody in golf now is a smarmy eel down in the muck like Mickelson, Kuchar, and the guys with the curved swords.
Tiger emerges as the voice of reason ?!
Remember how you could literally hear my laughter from 5 states away ?
Well, sorry Hawaii , if I woke up anybody this afternoon with my guffaws upon hearing the PGA cave in.
Sooooo pathetic/ridiculous .
Everybody in golf now is a smarmy eel down in the muck like Mickelson, Kuchar, and the guys with the curved swords.
Tiger emerges as the voice of reason ?!
fretbuzzard
Tele-Holic
I don’t particularly care about pro golf tours. Though I do wonder how, if at all, this will affect everyone down to PGA teaching pros at local clubs or, for that matter the PGA’s whole teaching/outreach mission.
Tiger and Rory, they got blindsided by Monahan. Monahan is THE man, if you like that sort.
Stubee
Doctor of Teleocity
Right with you TD. I watch sports because I appreciate the competition & the difficulty of performance. I kept watching baseball after the strikes, and watch NFL football even though I detest the overreaching corporate “boss”. The only golf I watch is the Majors but I’ll admit the PGA seemed not so transparent in their greed…and I was shocked to hear this. One more case of deceit and two-faced leadership in sports.
I get the attraction of $$$$ but it’s hard to stomach “the world’s biggest choker” winning in this. Ugh…
stxrus
Doctor of Teleocity
I know a couple of teaching pros. Both are very opinionated regarding LIV. It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out down the road.
Sad day for the world of golf. I personally wouldn't care at this point in time if they ever broadcast another PGA, Saudi, Desert Dogs, Camel Droppings game again.
Won't surprise me and the tour has it coming if it happens, if one day the Saudi's tire of playing this particular little game, and just walk away from it, leaving everyone involved in a lurch. A lot of decent guys got stabbed in the back by both Monahan and Norman. I'm an old man, don't have much time left, but I wouldn't trade places with either Norman or Monahan.
kuch
Friend of Leo's
It wasn't Greg Norman.
The PGA sold out for $$$$.
I'm personally boycotting them.....
The PGA sold out for $$$$.
I'm personally boycotting them.....
Without Greg Norman, none of this would have happened. He set it all in motion.
Except - golf isn’t a sport, it’s a game.
Like billiards.
And the people who play that game aren’t athletes.
Some of them are in shape but many of them are not.
A fit one wins, a chubby one wins. It goes back and forth
You sure enough have the part about Norman being the world's biggest choker. It's pitiful to see that pic of Nick Faldo comforting him holding him to his chest like a child who has skinned his knee.
I think what you say was once true, but not now. There are no John Daly fat boys winning today, in fact John didn't do a whole lot of actual winning after he got to be rotund. There are a few chubs, but not many, and I haven't seen one win in several years. There is a certain atheism to hitting a 340 yard drive into an area maybe ten yards wide. In fact, you simply cannot do that unless you have talent, and the physique to support it. The good ones are showmen too, the lesser lights they just provide fodder for the good one's to beat.
nvilletele
Friend of Leo's
I am disgusted by this.
And also by the now viral tweet that some golfer sent out right after the news became public, calling (in jest) for a “Welfare Check on Chamblee,” referring to a very vocal critic of LIV.
As far as I can tell, everything Chamblee said about LIV was spot on. It is front for murderers.
That’s right. Murderers.
And worse.
And also by the now viral tweet that some golfer sent out right after the news became public, calling (in jest) for a “Welfare Check on Chamblee,” referring to a very vocal critic of LIV.
As far as I can tell, everything Chamblee said about LIV was spot on. It is front for murderers.
That’s right. Murderers.
And worse.
I have had to adapt to a lot of changes to still be able to watch Football. I don't know if I can make the adjustments mentally that will be necessary for me to watch golf after today. Both will survive without me, but I'm pretty sure I can get along without either.
nvilletele
Friend of Leo's
I ended up with a (free) set of golf clubs recently.
I haven’t played the game for many decades.
I was thinking about giving the clubs away.
But now I feel like just throwing them in the garbage.
I used to just hate golf because of my dad.
I got over that, but then I hated golf because of, well, golfers.
Now theres an even greater reason to despise the game.
Other than golfers and the top golf organization being run by completely and totally evil despots and murderers, whats not to love?
I haven’t played the game for many decades.
I was thinking about giving the clubs away.
But now I feel like just throwing them in the garbage.
I used to just hate golf because of my dad.
I got over that, but then I hated golf because of, well, golfers.
Now theres an even greater reason to despise the game.
Other than golfers and the top golf organization being run by completely and totally evil despots and murderers, whats not to love?
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