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Originally Posted by ntnBO
Why are we trying to compare golf, an individual sport, to team sports? That makes no sense to me as the models are completely different. Why not compare it to other individual sports such as tennis or bowling?
Exactly. Tennis probably a better comparison as it's an individual sport where most of the focus is on the majors. There is also a tour of regular events that generates far less interest.
Trying to compare golf to a team sport where an owner pays the salaries, and the owners are competing with each other for talent, makes no sense. Individual sports are almost always meritocracies where those who perform best make the most.
Look at a guy like CH III, just signed with Liv. Made well over $40 million as a non-star playing professional golf. He just had to be consistently better than average to make millions. Guys who don't perform to that level, don't make as much or flame out altogether. That's the nature of individual sports.