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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,340
    Hmmmm….eldrick is “sick” when he’s 15 strokes off the lead.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    Wobbie said:
    Hmmmm….eldrick is “sick” when he’s 15 strokes off the lead.
    They took him to the hospital man
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  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,260
    The Juggler said:
    Wobbie said:
    Hmmmm….eldrick is “sick” when he’s 15 strokes off the lead.
    They took him to the hospital man
    Yeah, the dude hosted the tournament and is clearly going way beyond what most would do in his situation.  His problems are self-created, but at least he is trying and not just becoming a worthless dopehead staying at home spending the money.
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,340
    anthony kim?
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    Wobbie said:
    anthony kim?
    Yeah who gives a shit. Guy will shoot in the 80's and still be playing in the weekend. Liv baby!
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  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,995
    edited February 2024
    A more interesting LIV-related development is Joaquin Niemann getting a special invite to the Masters. He had a recent win on the European Tour and a recent LIV win. Denmark’s Thorbjørn Olesen and Japan’s Ryo Hisatsune also received invites. This is the first time since 2008 there have been three "special invites." 

    Ridley's quote on the invites...

    “The Masters Tournament has a long-standing tradition of inviting leading international players who are not otherwise qualified. Today’s announcement represents the Tournament’s continued commitment towards developing interest in the game of golf across the world. We look forward to welcoming each player to Augusta National this spring.”
    2000: Camden 1, 2003: Philly, State College, Camden 1, MSG 2, Hershey, 2004: Reading, 2005: Philly, 2006: Camden 1, 2, East Rutherford 1, 2007: Lollapalooza, 2008: Camden 1, Washington D.C., MSG 1, 2, 2009: Philly 1, 2, 3, 4, 2010: Bristol, MSG 2, 2011: PJ20 1, 2, 2012: Made In America, 2013: Brooklyn 2, Philly 2, 2014: Denver, 2015: Global Citizen Festival, 2016: Philly 2, Fenway 1, 2018: Fenway 1, 2, 2021: Sea. Hear. Now. 2022: Camden, 2024: Philly 2, 2025: Pittsburgh 1

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  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,913
    Wobbie said:
    anthony kim?
    Good for him.  Hasn't played professionally in 12 years and gets a shitload of money to go play on an exhibition tour.  He was a lot of fun back in the day.  Him absolutely crushing Sergio in the Ryder Cup in 08 is one of my favorite golf memories ever.
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,030
    https://x.com/TwoInchesShort/status/1762936125813821915?s=20
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,260
    Age catches up to us.  Not surprised he chose LIV.   When he doesn’t play to make money from insurance, seems like he would seek out the option with the most money.
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,260
    edited March 2024
    “Suddenly, the LIV Tour, let’s just say it like this: the PGA Tour has fast become the qualifier for LIV, and it’s a sad day for golf. Yeah, I’ve watched a little bit and I’m not I’m not missing it that much. I’m not missing it at all.”  - Paul Azinger

    I flipped on golf yesterday.  On the LIV channel there were players names that I recognized.  On the PGA channel, I recognized about 3 names on the top 10, and those three are "mules".  If i was going to watch for a bit, I would have probably picked LIV.   Some tournaments have history, but the Honda/Cognizant isn't something I'm concerned about who wins every year.   Golf is in trouble.   I would be only slightly surprised if Rory went to LIV.   The nail in the coffin for the PGA Tour comes when LIV gets worldwide points.  I'm not sure what money can do for the sport unless it actually goes to the broadcast channels to afford to display a fun product.
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,923
    I watched LIV and the scores  are ridiculously low but I got bored so early I turned off. It just doesn't seem real to me.


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  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,260
    lastexitlondon said:
    I watched LIV and the scores  are ridiculously low but I got bored so early I turned off. It just doesn't seem real to me.
    Yeah, it has been a while since I've intentionally sat down to watch golf.  Crazy all the money being pushed into the sport and it doesn't seem like there is a big audience for it.
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    edited March 2024
    Sure seems like LIV is doing the opposite of "growing the game" then...

    This week should be fun though, and then we got the Players in a couple weeks. 
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  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,923
    edited March 2024
    The course was empty no fans there at all and all the bollocks around Antony Kim was embarrassing. The guy was crap


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  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,260
    edited March 2024
    The Juggler said:
    Sure seems like LIV is doing the opposite of "growing the game" then...

    This week should be fun though, and then we got the Players in a couple weeks. 
    I wonder if golf fans should all just wave bye bye to pro golf.  The pro game has lost all creativity.   They already practice 4 hours a day, so handing them a club where they can hit it anywhere on the club face and it will still go 300 yards is ridiculous.  Tiger would have won a lot more if technology didn't take over the game.  

    The remaining PGA players were willing to bankrupt the tour to get paid more and not to leave, so they aren't in it for growing the game either.  The tour could grow the game by letting the networks have a budget that allows them to display their product to fans in a fun way.  But they just squeeze out the networks so that we have playing throughs and commercials every 4 shots.  
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    bootlegger10 said:
    The Juggler said:
    Sure seems like LIV is doing the opposite of "growing the game" then...

    This week should be fun though, and then we got the Players in a couple weeks. 
    I wonder if golf fans should all just wave bye bye to pro golf.  The pro game has lost all creativity.   They already practice 4 hours a day, so handing them a club where they can hit it anywhere on the club face and it will still go 300 yards is ridiculous.  Tiger would have won a lot more if technology didn't take over the game.  

    The remaining PGA players were willing to bankrupt the tour to get paid more and not to leave, so they aren't in it for growing the game either.  The tour could grow the game by letting the networks have a budget that allows them to display their product to fans in a fun way.  But they just squeeze out the networks so that we have playing throughs and commercials every 4 shots.  
    Can only speak for myself but I'm a golf fan who is anxiously looking forward to this weekend, the Players in a few weeks, The Masters after that, etc etc etc
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  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,913
    I think I said it awhile back on this thread but golf is slowly becoming tennis.  Apart from a few big time non-majors like Riv, API, Players, Memorial, the majors are the only tournaments that will really matter. 1 mediocre tour and 1 joke of a tour is not good for golf fans.  It's a sad state of affairs.
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,260
    The Juggler said:
    bootlegger10 said:
    The Juggler said:
    Sure seems like LIV is doing the opposite of "growing the game" then...

    This week should be fun though, and then we got the Players in a couple weeks. 
    I wonder if golf fans should all just wave bye bye to pro golf.  The pro game has lost all creativity.   They already practice 4 hours a day, so handing them a club where they can hit it anywhere on the club face and it will still go 300 yards is ridiculous.  Tiger would have won a lot more if technology didn't take over the game.  

    The remaining PGA players were willing to bankrupt the tour to get paid more and not to leave, so they aren't in it for growing the game either.  The tour could grow the game by letting the networks have a budget that allows them to display their product to fans in a fun way.  But they just squeeze out the networks so that we have playing throughs and commercials every 4 shots.  
    Can only speak for myself but I'm a golf fan who is anxiously looking forward to this weekend, the Players in a few weeks, The Masters after that, etc etc etc
    Maybe 7 tournaments a year will be interesting.  
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    edited March 2024
    bootlegger10 said:
    The Juggler said:
    bootlegger10 said:
    The Juggler said:
    Sure seems like LIV is doing the opposite of "growing the game" then...

    This week should be fun though, and then we got the Players in a couple weeks. 
    I wonder if golf fans should all just wave bye bye to pro golf.  The pro game has lost all creativity.   They already practice 4 hours a day, so handing them a club where they can hit it anywhere on the club face and it will still go 300 yards is ridiculous.  Tiger would have won a lot more if technology didn't take over the game.  

    The remaining PGA players were willing to bankrupt the tour to get paid more and not to leave, so they aren't in it for growing the game either.  The tour could grow the game by letting the networks have a budget that allows them to display their product to fans in a fun way.  But they just squeeze out the networks so that we have playing throughs and commercials every 4 shots.  
    Can only speak for myself but I'm a golf fan who is anxiously looking forward to this weekend, the Players in a few weeks, The Masters after that, etc etc etc
    Maybe 7 tournaments a year will be interesting.  
    There's 8 signature events, The Players, the 4 majors, 3 weeks of Fedex Cup playoffs and then President's Cup. So, like 17 weekends of good golf at least this year. 

    LIV has definitely ruined things, but let's not act like there's not good golf on the horizon just because of a couple off weekends. 
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  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,260
    Part of it is all the money talk makes me not care.  Still good golf, but I am just turned off about how it is all about the money for these people. The signature events dilute the majors.  

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