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Originally Posted by Zarley
I'm enjoying this LIV golf coverage - I like the shotgun format.
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I flipped it on for a second, but don't really see anything the least bit compelling. The leaderboard is far less interesting than any PGA or DP event. What is enjoyable about it?
The course they are playing is about the length of a mid-level Junior boys event, and still their scores of any of the named players are pretty mediocre.
I think the PGA is losing the narrative on this. The right instinctively has pounced on this as all cancel culture and now it's turning into a right vs left issue. These guys taking money from the Saudi's is only part of the issue and yeah it's pretty easy to reply about all the Chinese money and products that are part of golf.
There was a comparison about Saudi's buying a premiere league team earlier. But that's missing the point, this would be like the Saudi's offering 100s of millions to star players to quit competitive soccer and play exhibition matches for the royal family. As hockey fans, I'm sure we'd all be livid if an exhibition league offered Johnny/McDavid/MacKinnon 100s of millions to quit the NHL and play exhibition games for some rich guys, no matter how they got their money.
They haven't got the A stars yet, and if this is basically all who go, then it will probably die off quietly. If it gains momentum and the PGA loses more players, then it is really going to ruin golf for golf fans. Most golf fans want to watch the best play the best. I have zero interest in watching my favorite golfers play meaningless rounds of golf.