Is this the death of pro golf? Seems pretty weird what is going on here.
Is this the death of pro golf? Seems pretty weird what is going on here.
What would you say.....ya do here?
I can't imagine it's the death. There's never been more money flowing around.
Chip R (06-09-2022)
Just the PGA for monopolizing all the networks.Originally Posted by bucksfan2
The PGA has contracts with CBS, NBC, and ABC (ESPN.) There is really no monopoly when you consider multiple networks have contracts. Put it this way, say a competing football league decided to play in the fall. Do you think Fox, NBC, CBS, or ABC would carry those games? They aren't going to upset their current partners for a new upstart league. It makes no business sense.
I don't know about this, today everything seemed gimmicky. You saw the scoreboard, but it was just initials so you really couldn't tell who the player was.
I wonder if it would work better using a Monday of a holiday weekend as your final round? Or paying the week after the majors when the PGA field is pretty slight. Or play against the John Deere or other lesser tournaments. Playing at the same time as a PGA event with a quality field is a recipe for disaster.
I wish a competing organization would happen to the ATP and WTA. Those in charge right now need to be challenged and changed.
Maybe the same is true of the PGA and we don't know it.
Competition is never a bad thing.
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Redhook (06-09-2022)
It seems like in every other industry we're happy to have more money in the hands of "labor", which the golfers are in this case. Why not here? The PGA Tour comes off like the NCAA in this from my perspective.
I didn't say any of that. But why should any of us care whether the PGA Tour incinerates? If the players get more money on the LIV Tour, then the LIV Tour is likely to be the better option IMO. Is that model sustainable? Probably not, but I also suspect the PGA Tour could find a way to get more money to the players without folding up shop. If the end result is more PGA Tour money to the players and LIV folding, that's probably an overall win.
Fair, I guess, but the LIV's sponsor is the Saudi sovereign wealth fund, and it's willing to pay more. More is better than less. I don't think you're going to find an industry where a competitor would not be allowed to win by overwhelming the labor with money.
If it weren't the Saudis doing this, I would guess this is some sort of money laundering scheme.
Willy Z has to win one of these sooner or later. I think he gets his major tomorrow.
Also, the USGA has taken a lot of heat for their US Open setups over the years. This year's setup is perfect. It's incredibly difficult but not unfair.
Redhook (06-19-2022)
I’d love to see him win. I just hope he doesn’t have to make too many of those testers. It’s a great leaderboard on a phenomenal course. It’s been a perfect championship so far.
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Stray (06-19-2022)
Zalatoris played well today. Hit tons of great putts. Few wayward drives was the difference. Feel bad for him but it's gotta happen sooner or later. He's too good to keep coming up short.
Fitzpatrick played an amazing ball striking round. I think he missed one green? On this course that's absurd. Made some huge putts and his par on the 72nd was clutch. Easy guy to root for. But seeing pros hit 7 footers with the pin in is really awkward lol.
I guess I'm just an old man yelling at a cloud but I thought the players were putting too many balls in the fairway and getting shots too close to the pin for my taste at a US Open. Few too many players under par for my taste.
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