The Golf Thread

Cliffy6745 said:

bootlegger10 said:

I do find it humorous that Tiger and Rory are lecturing people on not going to LIV and then they are starting companies and getting ownership likely in the PGA Tour.  Yeah, I don't think the 40th ranked player has those options.

I'm not bashing Tiger and Rory, but you can afford to let LIV money go when you can start up your own companies to compete against LIV.

I don't know man. The big guys are always going to get their money.  What is happening is that the 125th player now has a base salary of $500k, which seems like a pretty big deal, while it's also possible for a player to make Lebron type money (Lerner tweeted this)

So there will be basically a two tier tour with the vast majority of the best players in the world and players can play their way into the bigger events

bootlegger10 said:

Yeah, I think the $500k makes sense.  Nobody is going to coast making $500k a year as that will get spent quickly on tour costs and you can’t coast on the tour anyway.

These changes will be good and get us viewing more tournaments with all of the best players.  Will probably take the PGA Championship and Players tournaments down a notch having more comparable fields (unless they invite LIV players to the PGA and add some cool storylines). 

Ledbetterman10 said:

bootlegger10 said:

Yeah, I think the $500k makes sense.  Nobody is going to coast making $500k a year as that will get spent quickly on tour costs and you can’t coast on the tour anyway.

These changes will be good and get us viewing more tournaments with all of the best players.  Will probably take the PGA Championship and Players tournaments down a notch having more comparable fields (unless they invite LIV players to the PGA and add some cool storylines). 

Monahan indicated today that they would never be invited back to the Tour. Unless you mean the PGA Championship when you say PGA. In that case, as it stands now, the LIV guys will continue to be eligible for the PGA Championship and the other three majors. Though, many of them will see their edibility go away as they fall out of the top-50 of the World Golf Rankings since LIV won't be getting OWGR points. Past winners like Mickelson, Koepka, etc. will always have their exemptions though.

There's talk of the LIV guys being outright banned from the majors, but I doubt that would happen. It would be total bullshit if it did. But....if they fall out of the top-50 and have no past-winner exemptions, well then they're shit out of luck. 

Cliffy6745 said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

bootlegger10 said:

Yeah, I think the $500k makes sense.  Nobody is going to coast making $500k a year as that will get spent quickly on tour costs and you can’t coast on the tour anyway.

These changes will be good and get us viewing more tournaments with all of the best players.  Will probably take the PGA Championship and Players tournaments down a notch having more comparable fields (unless they invite LIV players to the PGA and add some cool storylines). 

Monahan indicated today that they would never be invited back to the Tour. Unless you mean the PGA Championship when you say PGA. In that case, as it stands now, the LIV guys will continue to be eligible for the PGA Championship and the other three majors. Though, many of them will see their edibility go away as they fall out of the top-50 of the World Golf Rankings since LIV won't be getting OWGR points. Past winners like Mickelson, Koepka, etc. will always have their exemptions though.

There's talk of the LIV guys being outright banned from the majors, but I doubt that would happen. It would be total bullshit if it did. But....if they fall out of the top-50 and have no past-winner exemptions, well then they're shit out of luck. 

I don't think the majors will straight ban then because that then helps the anti-trust case against the PGA and that seems to be in a decent spot as it is.  I did hear somewhere (NLU probably lol) that Reed will not be welcome at the Masters after this lawsuit.

Ledbetterman10 said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

bootlegger10 said:

Yeah, I think the $500k makes sense.  Nobody is going to coast making $500k a year as that will get spent quickly on tour costs and you can’t coast on the tour anyway.

These changes will be good and get us viewing more tournaments with all of the best players.  Will probably take the PGA Championship and Players tournaments down a notch having more comparable fields (unless they invite LIV players to the PGA and add some cool storylines). 

Monahan indicated today that they would never be invited back to the Tour. Unless you mean the PGA Championship when you say PGA. In that case, as it stands now, the LIV guys will continue to be eligible for the PGA Championship and the other three majors. Though, many of them will see their edibility go away as they fall out of the top-50 of the World Golf Rankings since LIV won't be getting OWGR points. Past winners like Mickelson, Koepka, etc. will always have their exemptions though.

There's talk of the LIV guys being outright banned from the majors, but I doubt that would happen. It would be total bullshit if it did. But....if they fall out of the top-50 and have no past-winner exemptions, well then they're shit out of luck. 

I don't think the majors will straight ban then because that then helps the anti-trust case against the PGA and that seems to be in a decent spot as it is.  I did hear somewhere (NLU probably lol) that Reed will not be welcome at the Masters after this lawsuit.

I'm not sure Reed has ever been "welcomed" anywhere for any reason at any time in his life. And his lawsuit might be one of the most pathetic things I've ever seen a pro athlete do.

Ledbetterman10 said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

bootlegger10 said:

Yeah, I think the $500k makes sense.  Nobody is going to coast making $500k a year as that will get spent quickly on tour costs and you can’t coast on the tour anyway.

These changes will be good and get us viewing more tournaments with all of the best players.  Will probably take the PGA Championship and Players tournaments down a notch having more comparable fields (unless they invite LIV players to the PGA and add some cool storylines). 

Monahan indicated today that they would never be invited back to the Tour. Unless you mean the PGA Championship when you say PGA. In that case, as it stands now, the LIV guys will continue to be eligible for the PGA Championship and the other three majors. Though, many of them will see their edibility go away as they fall out of the top-50 of the World Golf Rankings since LIV won't be getting OWGR points. Past winners like Mickelson, Koepka, etc. will always have their exemptions though.

There's talk of the LIV guys being outright banned from the majors, but I doubt that would happen. It would be total bullshit if it did. But....if they fall out of the top-50 and have no past-winner exemptions, well then they're shit out of luck. 

I don't think the majors will straight ban then because that then helps the anti-trust case against the PGA and that seems to be in a decent spot as it is.  I did hear somewhere (NLU probably lol) that Reed will not be welcome at the Masters after this lawsuit.

I'm not sure Reed has ever been "welcomed" anywhere for any reason at any time in his life. And his lawsuit might be one of the most pathetic things I've ever seen a pro athlete do.

hahaha, well this is accurate.  It is so bad and so pathetic.  It does sound like it was all written by his wife, which is incredible.  What a bunch of lunatics.  They literally aggregated every hilarious thing anyone has every said about him. What a self own.

It's such a hilarious self-own that it needs a re-posting......



I love how they differentiate between "You suck" and "You fucking suck."

Indifference71 said:

Wild day for golf.  And now this Tiger/Rory thing.....looks interesting.

https://twitter.com/TGL/status/1562446996178251776

The Juggler said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

Indifference71 said:

Wild day for golf.  And now this Tiger/Rory thing.....looks interesting.

https://twitter.com/TGL/status/1562446996178251776

Sounds exactly like LIV minus Trump roaming about the grounds and shitty music playing over the PAs.. 

Except they make clear it's basically an exhibition to be played on Monday nights that in no way, shape, or form interferes with the PGA Tour. Not even real golf. It's something different. So it's nothing like LIV.