I thought the same thing. Joe Dirt mixed with:

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I have no clue wtf those are but if you see that you might want to see a shrink.

Rumors that tomorrow a big swath of players are moving to LIV…names include Cam Smith, Matsuyama, Leishman, Bubba Watson, and Henrik Stenson who would then be stripped of the Ryder Cup captaincy.

Cantlay, Fowler, and David Feherty linked too….

One of the great things about the PGA is that they create a lot of proceeds for charities. I don't know that LIV will do that but it seems to be more of a greed based operation.

LIV is a complete sham funded by Saudi blood money…

It’s a joke and **** every one of these players that jump to it.

The PGA Tour is going to be forced to make a deal with that "complete sham" in the next year or they will completely cease to exist as they have for the past several decades. LIV is only going to continue grabbing more and more of their top players until there is little left. These guys are professional golfers who play golf for money, they'll leave the political/social/moral implications of that decision to others to debate.

Yeah I believe they'll lose a lot of fans IMO. I won't be pulling for them.

When I was young I was a Norman fan but not anymore.

The PGA Tour is in no way shape or form going to cease to exist…that is just silly.

LIV has no TV deal, no one they’ve signed is a true needle mover, they don’t have the tournaments/history/venues the PGAT does and their product is garbage considering there’s ZERO incentive to win or compete and the format is hilarious.

Golf fans aren’t going to move over in droves and the general sports fan could care less.

Do they any fan turnout or television audience?

I would think that playing on a tour with no fans would hurt the marketability of the players who choose to do so. I guess they won't need that money if they get enough guaranteed from the LIV but if that tour doesn't last they could be screwing themselves. In my case I don't do Nike or Adidas but a lot of people do.

But certainly not as currently constituted, which as the point.

As LIV continues to take more and more of their top players, the networks are inevitably going to come to the PGA Tour to demand that they rework their television contracts. To avoid that, they're going to have to fold and let the banned LIV guys back in because it's simply good business to do so (it would also be likely illegal if they didn't given that the players are officially independent contractors but that's another issue entirely).

You don't think LIV getting a massive TV deal is inevitable with all these players they're taking? Come on now. Someone will come to them soon enough.

Also, as far as true needle movers (if Dustin Johnson and Bryson DeChambeau don't count for some reason), it sounds like they are about to get the #2 golfer in the world/current Open Champion in Smith. There's absolutely no way that's going to be the last elite guy they're going to get given the amount of money they're throwing around now either. I'm struggling to find where the incentive is for any of them to stay with the PGA Tour?

Golf fans will watch where the best golfers are playing. If that's at LIV in a year or so and they're readily available on TV, they'll watch that over tournaments like the 3M Open this week (whose best players are Matsuyama, Finau, and Sungjae Im).

I did find this.

https://www.livgolf.com/news/liv-gol...he-uk-ahead-of

Yep and there is only one Major attributed to the PGA. The Masters, US Open, and The Open are run under different organizations. The PGA championship could fall into the Ocean and no one would really notice. The writing is on the wall, the PGA will have to compete for talent.

I guess we'll see next year after they've taken half of the best players in the world from the Tour. Assuming they get a TV deal from someone (and why wouldn't they be able to? Networks are in to making money, not taking moral positions), I'd assume they'll do just fine in that regard.

PGA Tour doesn't even run the PGA Championship, that would be the PGA of America. The PGA Tour's primary events are the Players Championship and the FedEx Cup Playoffs (which nobody gives a shit about).

They're in trouble and the sooner they recognize that and make a deal with LIV, the better for their chances of remaining anything close to what they are. It makes no sense at all as a business model to continue banning your top players from competing in your own events.