DJ wow. but where is Phil?

Would love to see the world ranking points given out for the event.

Let’s see if Jay will actually ban him now.

dbenick3 zero they aren't recognized yet

Gonna go ahead and recuse myself from this thread lol

iennis I mean they are going to have to if they give tigers 20 person field points. I mean the usga and r&a should have no dog in this fight.

dbenick3 I don't think its a we don't like your league so F u. Its a thing of it taking a year before you are recognized in the process of applying. Of course LIV probably doesn't have their paperwork in order seeing it took them this long to list people who will be in the first event.

iennis from what I have gathered. Liv is actually well run just Norman as the face is the dumb move.

I’m honestly surprised. No Bryson. No Adam Scott no kokrak. rickie I thought was going to be their big surprise name

The LIV Tour Discussion Thread

illest

Eddie exactly. It’s generational wealth. I will become the biggest fan of the first guy who comes out and says “I have the opportunity to set up my grandchildrens’ grandchildren by making the move and that’s not something I can turn down.”

OffTheDole

GMac basically said it: https://www.si.com/golf/news/graeme-mcdowell-explains-his-liv-golf-decision-this-is-a-compelling-opportunity

“It just boils down to the fact that I am a business and I’ve operated all over the world for 20 years. This is a compelling opportunity. It’s a fun format and there are some guarantees there.

“It wasn’t a decision I took very lightly. I realized the consequences could be far ranging. But I felt like it was the right decision for me and my family – to be able to take an opportunity like this and play on something new.

“At the end of the day, it’s another golf tour, which we’ve operated on all over the world for the last 20 years. I feel like I have the right to do that.’’

Eddie

Phil's statement is a doozy.

Moni_SLO

I keep seeing Rickie's name floating around but he literally just said on the Full Send podcast a few days ago that he wasn't going to leave the PGA tour so not sure what to believe on that....

dbenick3

Moni_SLO probably hasn't signed that guarantee money yet and can't have sponsors backing out an hurting his negotiation

Moni_SLO

dbenick3 interesting take....and if he does join LIV, he is a damn good faker on that podcast lol

OffTheDole

Here you go, @geaux

ckay

OffTheDole BS money isn't the motivator. Guy cant make a cut to save his life.

bjackson2718

Wowww just saw Dustin Johnson renounced his PGA Tour membership. This snowball is going to be wild. Time for popcorn

dbenick3

An interesting one was said at the club today. What happens if a sponsor of a pga event wants him to play in their event? You are going to tell me the pga tour is going to say he can't play and risk them losing a sponsor?

iennis

Are all the club sponsors going to drop these guys now. Taylormade and Callaway both have marketing with the PGA tour. The opening reveal for LIV was super cringe. Those GC logos are awful also, spend some of that Tiger offered money on someone other then the 5 year old Saudi prince that made them.

epyon

Patrick Reed and Bryson are heading to LIV too!

ckay

epyon Rickie too apparently.

C'mon Monahan, let's see the ban hammer.

OffTheDole

ckay All I can go by is what he said.

$100M for Bryson just got reported.

Moni_SLO

ckay the ban hammer has dropeth!

https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/34063037/pga-tour-suspends-all-players-taking-part-first-liv-golf-tournament

Eddie

So searched for a while and they still don’t have TV rights in the US, apparently YouTube live?

iennis

Eddie Yeah I think No Laying Up said YouTube. Also there has been a lot of YouTube guys out there trying to bring the hype up.

illest

OffTheDole I’ll chip in on that if it means I never have to watch Bryson play again

ckay

OffTheDole I wonder what the contingencies are on these contracts or if its guaranteed. Love it, take the money fellas!

shank_guru

I don’t watch PGA tour and I won’t watch LIV tour. So I’m not really concerned with who is playing golf with who and where they are playing golf.