Mods it's probably time to merge this thread with the LIV golf one.

Not sure how I missed this last week. Chad Ramey with a 13 on the 9th hole after hitting his drive in the fairway and having 106yds in for his second shot.

Nope. Everything plays out as is until 2024.

Rumors have it Justin Trudeau is concerned about this announcement

what i'm curious about is how the merger impacts the liv player payments.
it's been publicly demonstrated the publicity numbers were not up front cheques; instead promises to compensate up to a certain amount based upon performance and tournament purses.
hard to imagine that cash dam will remain in place

from my understanding they did get huge up front payments in the form of signing bonus, but the players had to work through their signing bonus before they got additional payments. i doubt they would have been able to poach that many big names with only the promise of future payments with the players knowing the league could fold up at any time.

Does this mean we can celebrate Brook's amazing PGA win now and can stop talking about that guy who folds shirts for a living but made the cut?

Can the PGA Tour and LIV legally merge? It’s no sure thing, experts say

https://golf.com/news/antitrust-impl...ur-liv-merger/

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all this said, Chamblee brought up an excellent point yday. KSA wins either way the gov't(s) rule. think about it, let's say the merger doesn't go through. elite golfers will just migrate to a KSA golf league anyway now that the PGAT has stabbed them in the back

Monahan had to know this deal would be unpopular with many, and that he would look like the world's biggest hypocrite after using the 9/11 families as a talking point.

So I think the only explanation is that he literally thought his choices were either sell out to the Saudis, or preside over the demise of the PGA Tour. Sponsors were already pulling out. The elevated purses that were designed to keep even more players from defecting to Liv, were not sustainable. The PGA Tour, I suspect, was closer to circling the drain than anyone imagined.

So, Monahan made a deal with the devil. Either that or have his legacy be as the guy who did nothing while the PGA Tour wilted and died.

Rumour is the PGAT thought it was going to lose the anti-trust battle and it wasn't a financial decision.

With no legal knowledge, I still see this as the real reason....

Maybe this was the end game for the Saudis for the whole LIV venture was to force a merger so they get something permanent from now on and included in the PGA tour

My thoughts on the reasons, completely pulled out of my butt with no specific information:

1/ Tour was about to lose a lot of sponsors, with Honda being the canary in the coal mine. Partly because of them not wanting to cough up larger purses for elevated events, especially in the face of economic concerns.

2/ They were going to lose the antitrust case and there was some damning stuff about to come out in discovery. I have a strong suspicion there the tour was doing a lot of shady stuff behind the scenes to keep LIV off TV and not covered by media outlets, and that was not going to look good.

3/ The Saudis realized trying to buy all the world's best players one by one for huge amounts of money was stupid. They just had to buy one guy who is a douche bag in a cheap suit.

Jay's wife now right wondering much he's cheated on her:

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Roger Goodell's brain must be spinning in hyperdrive right now.

So the solution to that is to create a worldwide monopoly?

Yes, if the choice is to allow discovery and exposure of some possible underhanded things the leadership may have been doing. Better to float on a large boat than overturn in a canoe.

Full Swing had their cameras rolling Tuesday!

I think almost exclusively the bolded. Jay kept going back to the well and the sponsors had to start thinking this was too much

Maybe but I'm not sure how merging with the only competitor solves this issue. I fully expect this to go through but if there is a snag this could be it??

I also think the Saudi's weren't super thrilled with the idea of going through discovery

Correct. LIV as we know it now was maybe just an entre to put pressure on the tour. Laughable that Greggy was running the show to be honest unless it was meant as a loss leader

weird seeing Omar Uresti grouped w Rose and RORS at the RBC

yeah LIV was just an idea that took a day or two to workshop. it was never serious

i do feel bad for the shiftys and gmcs of the world that really took a liking to "team golf", shotgun starts and loud music emanating throughout the grounds during tournament play. sux for them that their dream golf product was never meant to be thing

Weird, because I don't think or care about you at all. Whatever helps you sleep at night I suppose.

sure you do

your posting history serves as proof otherwise

I haven't really been online today to keep up, but I'm not sure any of that is going away.