2025 PGA and other non-LIV golf

well we're a week into PGA season and that Rory-Tiger simulator league thing tees off tonight so its high time we have a thread. Matsuyama went thermonuclear on the field last week. should be a strong year for him. Scheffler should be fully recovered from his "Christmas dinner cooking" hand injury in a few weeks and will be back to his regular criminal activity.

i'm gonna tune in to the TGL simulator thing for a few minutes. it will probably suck but hearing tour pros talk shit and shoot the breeze should be somewhat interesting.

hopefully this is LIV's last year of existence. fuck em.

fuck patrick reed i hope he misses every cut.

gotta love golfs hypocrisy. few years ago the pga was all high and mighty not partnering with the saudis, telling lefty to not let the door hit him on the way out over his financial issues. today, the pga is setup for the top players to make more money than evr and keep new players down, welcome liv players back and created arena golf almost exclusive to top players to get new tv and ticket holder money.

i still watch golf, but dont tell anyone youre better than they are golf; youre not and youre all about the money and propping up the starts just like every other pro league.

Didnt watch the TGL thing last night (past my week nite bed time/not that interested).....how exactly does it work - its like a hybrid simulater / physical in a stadium?

I love that starting on January 1, we start to see commercials for The Masters, and images of warm spring days and blooming azaleas fill my head.

I tuned into the TGL thing for about 5 minutes last night and I have to admit the venue is a really cool thing - hitting off natural grass, the tech that goes into it, the sheer size of it doesn't make it feel like a crappy garage simulator, and the rotating, changing contours green is pretty fascinating as well. Without giving it more time than I already had I like it better than anything LIV has to offer simply because its so different.

Will I tune in regularly? Probably not.

See you in Augusta.

The TGL venue is awesome, especially the rotating green that can be manipulated with all of the hydraulics. I think it would be pretty fun to attend one of these in person, but for television I'll have it on in the background at most unless it's a close battle at the end. I like that they're trying different things, however.

I’d rather watch replays of Shell’s Wonderful World of Golf than modern men’s professional golf.

so the waste mgt is/was this week and its stadium hole, 16 i think; where they had 20k people all hyped for great shots and i heard on two of the four days they made it a difficult hole location ? the whole point of that hole is to light up the crowd and make a buzz ! and its in direct compettion with the superbowl for attention this weekend, nothing but hole in ones or near hole in ones will get any attention.
whoever is choosing the hole for that on all four days are morons, make some other holes harder if you want to keep scores down but that hole and the island hole on the players should be set up for hole in ones all four days. todays pga is all about money and attention today and they are not using those two holes to their maximum, idiots !

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todays pga is all about money and attention today and they are not using those two holes to their maximum, idiots !

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Breaking news!!!! Golf on TV is about attracting new viewers.

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Originally Posted by SkiCougar

so the waste mgt is/was this week and its stadium hole, 16 i think; where they had 20k people all hyped for great shots and i heard on two of the four days they made it a difficult hole location ? the whole point of that hole is to light up the crowd and make a buzz ! and its in direct compettion with the superbowl for attention this weekend, nothing but hole in ones or near hole in ones will get any attention. whoever is choosing the hole for that on all four days are morons, make some other holes harder if you want to keep scores down but that hole and the island hole on the players should be set up for hole in ones all four days. todays pga is all about money and attention today and they are not using those two holes to their maximum, idiots !

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i take it you missed the slam dunk ace by Grillo on friday. coolest shit i've ever seen. place went ape shit.
there were plenty of other great tee shots and some massive putts sunk all four days. no hype was lacking.

Apparently The Open and US Open have come up with a way to give one (1) LIV tour player (who is not already exempt, and in the top 5 of LIV standings with respect to The Open and top 3 with respect to the US Open) an exemption to play.

At some point the big names that defected to LIV will age out and LIV will still be an unwatchable product, I don't think this fixes that. I think this lets us see a small handful of notable players that might not already have the long term exceptions from another Major win for a short period of time until moving on to getting admitting one lesser known LIV player in the field each year.

https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id...n-championship

Liv will go away, and pga tour becomes the liv tour, high profile names at the top practically every week.

take this week, limited field to the top 50 and rory and scottie at the top. wall street bankers dont have it as lucky as what liv did for the current top pga players

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Originally Posted by BmillsSkier

Apparently The Open and US Open have come up with a way to give one (1) LIV tour player (who is not already exempt, and in the top 5 of LIV standings with respect to The Open and top 3 with respect to the US Open) an exemption to play.

At some point the big names that defected to LIV will age out and LIV will still be an unwatchable product, I don't think this fixes that. I think this lets us see a small handful of notable players that might not already have the long term exceptions from another Major win for a short period of time until moving on to getting admitting one lesser known LIV player in the field each year.

https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id...n-championship

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The Open is run by the R&A, not the DP Tour. The US Open is run by the USGA, not the PGA Tour, which is different than the PGA. They can do whatever they like. As can the Masters, which is run by Augusta National and the PGA Championship, which is run by the PGA, not the Tour


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I’ll be down at the Mexico Open this week doing my Swirlo Golf brand thing… looking forward to a week in PV. My buddy just built a new condo down there so perfect time to check it out.

Know a few folks who may have some inside scoop on how this “merger” may actually look, in theory.