re: That's a whole lot of blood money, Rory

Yeah it’s a bit suspect that this random newspaper no one has heard of runs the Rory piece, while the next day the Guardian, which is one of the most respected sports reporting newspapers in England, runs an article saying all the talk is about Hovland and Hovland is the next big target.

Seems like if the Rory stuff really had legs they would run with that as it’s a much bigger story. But again at this point who knows, such a shitshow.

I agree….. Rory
Is a cash cow merch wise. Rory never had to touch a club again and still have generational wealth. His legacy would forever be tarnished if he jumps….

Good. Scheffler is a class act, unlike a lot of the LIV guys.
Also, LIV is the golf equivalent of the portal and NIL in college FB.
Ruined the damn game and is nothing but a sideshow trying to cater to people who can't look up from their phone for more than 10 seconds at a time. I have tried to watch/like LIV, but it just plain sucks.

I don’t know if SSG can outspend the Saudis.

If for no other reason than the Saudis don’t care about turning a profit at least in the short term.

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The OP is a big PT poster

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(Checks own post history) Last post of mine on the PT board was on 4/8 - over a week ago. Yep, pride, you nailed it. I'm a massive PT poster.

But, for a little additional pride levity, take a look at this post of his. Take note of the date of posting and his "two weeks" statement. Then go back and look up the date that Rahm announced he was jumping to LIV*.










*Hint: it was exactly 2 weeks from his post. I had to save the screenshot. It was peak pride.

Hovland hasn't been playing this year so it's not shocking scheffs caddy has made more.

Played a few tourneys then decided to go work on retooling his swing

That is why Keith Pelly is the biggest idiot involved in all of this for what he did with the Euro/DP World Tour and the Strategic Parnership. I think Jay is two faced and what he did using the 9/11 families was despicable, but the PGA had an existential crisis on its hands so it was somewhat understandable.

The DP World Tour's "Strategic Partnership" with the PGA was one of the worst business deals ever. They took some money from the PGA, and in return their top players get PGA cards and will make the jump across the pond. What did the DP World Tour get in return? Guys who are in the 150's in the PGA rankings get some spots in Euro events. Creating an easy way for Europe's top players to jump ship to the PGA and the Euro's get Charlie Hoffman and Jason Duffner in return.

The DP World Tour would have been in much better shape getting bought out by LIV, giving LIV's players access to OWGR points, and in return having players like Brooks, Cam Smith, Phil, Neiman, etc. playing in Europe a couple times a year.

This just signifies that golf really isn't gaining any viewership, anywhere. Probably will be relegated back to a country club sport.

Well that’s true when it’s The Masters & you have everyone plus Tiger.

They’re not setting any viewership records with the RBC Heritage this weekend. & LIV isn’t getting any viewers until they get on a major network