Golf

John Rahm is reportedly set to move to LIV for a shit ton of money. Rory will be livid

@canefan $600m US, hard to knock back...even if you likely already have 10s of.mill in the bank

@canefan anyone would take that money, especially considering he can still play in the majors.

It just makes me sad. How much money is enough to people? I can't be happy for Rahm, or anyone here.

The real losers, as always, are golf fans. As the landscape fractures further and for the worse.

@barbarian more so with the ball roll back rule...

It's much like many elite sport though isnt it, obscene sums of money on offer.

@taniwharugby said in Golf:

It's much like many elite sport though isnt it, obscene sums of money on offer.

At least with other sports the obscene sums are somewhat commensurate with added global interest.

Golf's pay packets are now so wildly out of sync with the actual popularity of the athletes its insane.

The facts...money talks.

This could even be the Masters for me now. Totally and utterly devoid of any interest in the professional version of this sport.

I don't blame Rahm, I'd do it all day if I was him.

Honest response about Rahm joining LIV from a former PGA tour player.

@barbarian said in Golf:

I don't disagree broughie.

I hate LIV though. There's a good idea in there somewhere - I like team golf, I like taking the game out of the US - but the product on TV is unwatchable. There's no juice. It's an exhibition.

Looks like a tonne of fun to be at the course, but realistically that's not going to sustain it long term.

I say it is in its' infancy. Give it time.

@canefan Rory is going to have a hard time deciding who to direct his anger at. I guess the Irish always end up gettiing the short end of the stick and my mums maiden name is Galway.

@barbarian Well at least the money is coming from PIF but tournament costs etc will go up. It will reach a point when the average guy can't pay the price of admission and economics will step in.

@broughie said in Golf:

@canefan Rory is going to have a hard time deciding who to direct his anger at. I guess the Irish always end up gettiing the short end of the stick and my mums maiden name is Galway.

Yeah, the guy took it way too personal and he lost out. I notice he's stated Rahm must play RC. A bit of a different message to that for the other (mainly US) golfers who already defected

@canefan I think he was manipulated into being thier puppet to an extent, and he bought it hook line and sinker.

@taniwharugby He should have realised the PGA are as much to blame as anyone, and hide behind so called custodianship of the game when in actual fact they were the cause of the problem

@taniwharugby said in Golf:

@canefan I think he was manipulated into being thier puppet to an extent, and he bought it hook line and sinker.

That will teach him from acting from a supposed moral high ground.

@broughie said in Golf:

@taniwharugby said in Golf:

@canefan I think he was manipulated into being thier puppet to an extent, and he bought it hook line and sinker.

That will teach him from acting from a supposed moral high ground.

Should have known better, it was always about the money

@canefan yea I saw a tweet from Westwood I think pointing that out, particularly years back when they got more TV money, increased purses and made that tour the preferred one, now they have competition for eyeballs and can't really compete dollarwise, they taken thier toy (OGWR)

@taniwharugby IIRC the players have quietly voiced concerns about the length of schedule, and prize money for some time. The PGA did nothing, which opened the door for LIV. Funny that many of the innovations introduced by LIV have been taken up in some form or another by the PGA

Great win by Lydia Ko and Jason Day in the GT Invitational this morning. Cool tournament setup actually and a pretty enjoyable watch. Day 1 was a scramble, Day 2 best ball, and then today's final round was a modified best ball where they play each others tee shots.

Nice to see Lydia playing a bit better too. Expected a huge year from her but its been super disappointing after getting off to a pretty good start.