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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOuch! Twitter on the PGA - LIV (Saudis) golf merger
Good thread here.
Link to tweet
?s=46&t=3VBm1LJ8j8qLp6JTs_8J2A
The Unmitigated Gall
(3,797 posts)Join em apparently.
Deuxcents
(16,154 posts)They still have us with gas/oil issues. Now, another institution falls for them.
comradebillyboy
(10,134 posts)underpants
(182,718 posts)spanone
(135,802 posts)PGA caved.
Sad.
ProfessorGAC
(64,951 posts)They caved to a tour hardly anybody is watching.
A few weeks ago, the tour was playing the Honda Classic. Few major names were there. Coverage on Golf Channel & NBC.
LIV was playing in the US, with coverage on CW.
The Honda had an average daily viewership that 6x that LIV's aggregate for the week!
PGA should have just waited out the Saudis' desire to pour money into a sinkhole.
spanone
(135,802 posts)...and the players found out about it JUST TODAY.
It's all they will be asked this week.
underpants
(182,718 posts)I guess the Saudis have so much money they could bleed the PGA for years in court.
underpants
(182,718 posts)If I were one of the PGA loyalists I'd be pissed. I stayed loyal turning down a huge payday based on principle while others cashed in but were told they'd never be welcome. Now they're all welcomed back with open arms and fat accounts while I'm rewarded with what...
ProfessorGAC
(64,951 posts)They offered Tiger a half-billion. Rory got offered a hundred million more than Koepka or Johnson. They said no.
Now, this.
Takket
(21,549 posts)They sure changed their tune.
spanone
(135,802 posts)So much for morality where money is involved.
Jerry2144
(2,093 posts)I need to nap. And if I need deeper sleep, I listen to golf on the radio.
I guess I can now watch Paint Drying TV and Grass Growing Channel for equivalent excitement
LymphocyteLover
(5,639 posts)Disaffected
(4,554 posts)to remove fairway and rough obstructions.
calimary
(81,179 posts)using an assault rifle or some such.
underpants
(182,718 posts)AZ8theist
(5,447 posts)Ilsa
(61,690 posts)Comfortably_Numb
(3,797 posts)get an earful on the links.
AZ8theist
(5,447 posts)There are TONS of Fascists who attend PGA events. I've seen them first hand.
Most of them will be perfectly fine with this abomination.
Comfortably_Numb
(3,797 posts)believe theres more like me that will make bonesaw noises and shout insults.
Ilsa
(61,690 posts)Comfortably_Numb
(3,797 posts)Bird Lady
(1,818 posts)To be unexpectedly falling from windows, and they have will to play through the body parts.
I used to watch golf but now I will watch anything else. I will not support murders.
Does trump have anything to do with this?
Ilsa
(61,690 posts)This seals it for me: no more golf on my tv.
Tetrachloride
(7,826 posts)buzz saws, kazoos, death metal. those might happen.
Pas-de-Calais
(9,904 posts)PortTack
(32,750 posts)catbyte
(34,358 posts)Woods won The Masters back in 1997. I'd occasionally tune into a golf tournament if it was being played at Kapalua, Maui just for the scenery (that's my favorite part of the island -- I stay in Napili when I go & that's just south of Kapalua) and to see if I could catch a sighting of a whale, lol. Everything else is one big snooze.
panader0
(25,816 posts)spent our nights on the greens at Kaanapali. In the early morning the groundskeeper woke us up and shooed us away.
So beautiful.
SouthernDem4ever
(6,617 posts)Not for me!
PortTack
(32,750 posts)Its an expensive sport which is the catch with the younger generations. Guess well see if the current resurgence continues
The Bopper
(184 posts)Mr. 45s golf course will be back in the cash next week.
BarbD
(1,192 posts)GreatCaesarsGhost
(8,584 posts)puke.'
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Last edited Tue Jun 6, 2023, 05:45 PM - Edit history (1)
just aren't into it, plus increasingly expensive land and maintenance costs, environmental issues.
We know two couples who bought homes in subdivisions whose golf courses have fairly recently been abandoned without their having any say in it by the companies that actually owned the golf courses themselves. After a messy, what-now period, they've been/being converted to common natural habitat with walking paths, ponds, wetland, etc.
People wanted to buy the homes but more and more not to pay for memberships in the golf courses and costs to maintain go up with fewer members to spread them around. Increasingly common. Our friends aren't unhappy, except one husband a bit, but he's resigned and okay with ditching the increasing annual fees. Writing on the wall.
I wouldn't be surprised if this had a measurable negative effect on the sport, increasing the trend.
underpants
(182,718 posts)You can put a lot of houses on that amount of land.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)providing upscale views and amenities to subdivision homes for middle classes. Some gates and a clubhouse and pool, and voila! "Luxury" subdivision. Very pleasant places too. A lot of them were developed while there was a healthy market for them.
C Moon
(12,212 posts)It's also noted to be one of the top environmentally destructive sports.
OverBurn
(950 posts)poli-junkie
(1,002 posts)AltairIV
(380 posts)When I first saw this story on, I believe, The Daily Beast, the first thought that ran through my mind was how much money changed hands here. My second thought was it's golf, I really don't care, but god these people are whores.
mopinko
(70,067 posts)Ilsa
(61,690 posts)I'd laugh if the truth wasn't so serious.
sellitman
(11,606 posts)That said, this is sad.
Deep State Witch
(10,421 posts)Will compete on a Par 3 course, because the Saudis don't allow women to drive.