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Originally Posted by metallicat
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It's not ideal, that's for sure. If they went to 18 of these, it basically leaves the regular events as alternate field type events. I guess if that's what the players say it takes to stay, then there's not a lot of choice. At least it would still be structured as a merit based tour, and not an invite only league where your paycheck is based on how big a name you are.
The pga tour is in a tough spot. They have to compete with a competitor who has no concern about whether they lose a couple billion dollars and no interest in building a sustainable business model. If the liv tour was sincere about building a business model that could bring in more revenue than the pga tour model, then so be it. Instead they are willing to throw away how many billions are necessary to put the pga tour out of business and that is far more anti-completive than anything the pga tour is doing.