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1 hour ago, stuka44 said:

I'm just happy 2 of the rounds are going to be on TV.  I will be watching, many of those players are the ones I tuned in to watch, and just enjoy watching regardless of how they are playing.

I agree with this statement. I really liked watching Cam Smith last year, and I've always been a DJ fan, so I am looking forward to getting some more opportunities to watch them outside of Majors

 

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I don’t have much of a problem watching them. I enjoy the shotgun start and wraparound coverage. I wish and hope the quality of teams and players steps up a bit more, some of the teams weren’t competitive at all. Also will be interesting if teams start trading players and selling rights to OEMs, although I think that may be dependent on how well this tv deal goes

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I read the highlights from an interview with Harry Higgs recently that said something to the effect that LIV took all the villains from the PGA Tour. People loved to hate Bryson, Brooks & Reed and now the PGAs become kinda Jordan Spieth vanilla. I haven't watched any of the first 3 PGA events this year, but did tune for a bit of the DP event just for the Rory/Reed drama. Maybe there is something to Monsieur Higgs hypothesis. 

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12 hours ago, RollingGreens said:

I don’t have much of a problem watching them. I enjoy the shotgun start and wraparound coverage. I wish and hope the quality of teams and players steps up a bit more, some of the teams weren’t competitive at all. Also will be interesting if teams start trading players and selling rights to OEMs, although I think that may be dependent on how well this tv deal goes

It will be interesting to see how it changes now that it is on a network and where commercials are and if some of that benefit from being on youtube is now gone. 

As for trading I thought they had said they expected a lot more, but nothing so far has happened. May it is just later in the season that it may pick up? Either way if no real trades happen I think we can move on from that aspect of it. Agree the teams should be a little more balanced. 

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3 hours ago, GolfSpy_APH said:

It will be interesting to see how it changes now that it is on a network and where commercials are and if some of that benefit from being on youtube is now gone. 

As for trading I thought they had said they expected a lot more, but nothing so far has happened. May it is just later in the season that it may pick up? Either way if no real trades happen I think we can move on from that aspect of it. Agree the teams should be a little more balanced. 

Seems like for now it's going to be more "free agent" focused. Will be interesting to see what team Munoz joins, and I've seen stories of some LIV golfers trying to recruit their countrymen to join their teams.

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Just now, gavinski91 said:

Seems like for now it's going to be more "free agent" focused. Will be interesting to see what team Munoz joins, and I've seen stories of some LIV golfers trying to recruit their countrymen to join their teams.

I would argue it's more interesting to see who gets to boot. Every new guy coming in means someone else is getting kicked and then they have limited ability to have golf as s true career.

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1 minute ago, shootmyage said:

i wonder if a liv golfer just out of college ( never a pga member ) get in the pga tour if he quits or booted  from liv ?

 

He’s not suspended so probably yes but the reality is he’s not qualified to be on the pga tour so he would have to earn a way there. Probably also not qualified for the dp world tour either.

Also probably doesn’t qualify for the korn ferry tour so he would have to Monday qualify on any of those tours or get sponsor exemption. More than likely would need to go to McKenzie our or pga Latin America and try to work his way up.

 In the end tho who cares because there’s nobody that currently matches that criteria 

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1 hour ago, shootmyage said:

there may be because of the bumps an quits and both will happen , of course he would have to qual to get in a pga event .

There has to be someone already on LIv tour that is there straight from college which as of now there’s not and doesn’t seem to be likely 

dealing with hypotheticals is pointless

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6 hours ago, RickyBobby_PR said:

There has to be someone already on LIv tour that is there straight from college which as of now there’s not and doesn’t seem to be likely 

dealing with hypotheticals is pointless

James Piot went straight from college to LIV and has a 2 year contract. Nice article about him in the current Golf Digest magazine. 

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On 2/1/2023 at 8:02 AM, GolfSpy_APH said:

It will be interesting to see how it changes now that it is on a network and where commercials are and if some of that benefit from being on youtube is now gone. 

This is my concern as well. LIV was easy to watch  with no ads, but will it get boring like the PGA broadcasts with endless commercials? Guess we'll find out. 

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On 2/1/2023 at 8:19 AM, GolfSpy_APH said:

I would argue it's more interesting to see who gets to boot. Every new guy coming in means someone else is getting kicked and then they have limited ability to have golf as s true career.

They do have the ability to play in the Asian Tour based on the agreement that LIV has with them, but I can see how that might not be appealing for North American golfers.

3 hours ago, Headhammer said:

This is my concern as well. LIV was easy to watch  with no ads, but will it get boring like the PGA broadcasts with endless commercials? Guess we'll find out. 

Given the feature that they had where they would show highlights of things happening around the course (I don't remember the name they used for it) I could see them doing something similar coming back from commercial breaks. Come back from commercials and get a quick highlight reel of 10 shots that happened while you were away.

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The back and forth continues. 

I really wish LIV would run in the "off season" would give them some more viewership while allowing some to play and maybe not double dip, but maybe just have a bit of peace between the sides.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/golf/pga-tour-new-rule-latest-29111621

This rule however I think will have some significant effects longer term.

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4 hours ago, GolfSpy_APH said:

The back and forth continues. 

I really wish LIV would run in the "off season" would give them some more viewership while allowing some to play and maybe not double dip, but maybe just have a bit of peace between the sides.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/golf/pga-tour-new-rule-latest-29111621

This rule however I think will have some significant effects longer term.

Guess that answers the question from a couple of days ago about college players that go to LIV 

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1 hour ago, cnosil said:

Guess that answers the question from a couple of days ago about college players that go to LIV 

oh , jay put in a new rule , courts will have a great time with this one ,

Max Homa played a skins game papago gc here in phoenix ( i was a men's club member for 25 years 4 hc then ) , great muni untill AGA then ASU redid it , .they painted over the MONA LISA with a tooth brush

max won $400 , there were other pros playing , i wonder if jm said it was ok .

just make the pga tour a private company , pay taxes like everyone then they could do what ever they want .

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9 hours ago, GolfSpy_APH said:

The back and forth continues. 

I really wish LIV would run in the "off season" would give them some more viewership while allowing some to play and maybe not double dip, but maybe just have a bit of peace between the sides.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/golf/pga-tour-new-rule-latest-29111621

This rule however I think will have some significant effects longer term.

Man, PGA is really acting insecure. “You aren’t a pro yet and you haven’t done anything wrong yet and we don’t have any legal power over you yet but if you do decide to join LIV and then want to come to PGA after then you’ll have to wait a year. Best to just not do it.” SMH.

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57 minutes ago, PeterHenric said:

Man, PGA is really acting insecure. “You aren’t a pro yet and you haven’t done anything wrong yet and we don’t have any legal power over you yet but if you do decide to join LIV and then want to come to PGA after then you’ll have to wait a year. Best to just not do it.” SMH.

I mean sure, but I get it as well. They want to protect their brand. It is clear that neither want to work with each other so they need to do what they can to protect their side. Just like LIV needed to offer millions upon millions to lure players away. Without that those players wouldn't have gone and they leveraged that because the PGA couldn't so in my eyes it isn't much different. 

Both sides doing whatever they can to protect and build or better their sides and if it hurts their opponent it is all the better. 

I wouldn't say it is acting insecure. IMO.

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I appreciate your comments. The PGA is the biggest league and for a long time was the only league. Now that they have some competition, they are trying to force some potential new members hands. You know the saying “you didn’t quit, I fired you.“? This is not the exact same thing, but it FEELS like the same thing to me. they are trying to scare any potential new LIV members so that they will not actually join.   the PGA doesn’t just get anyone that they want anymore so they have to cover their selves, yes. That is coming from a place of insecurity and good business, IMO. 
 

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