may i start by offering my premeditated apology?
Shifty do you really believe this entire situation comes down to a decision equivalent to flipping a light switch to choose between capital letters?
How else is it going to play out, you think the majors are going to want a bunch of the best players in the world not playing their events?
I'd love to hear an explanation of why the Hero challenge gets OWGR points but LIV shouldn't.
Because there was a process in place long before Sharky tried to pull one over on everyone because he’s a laughable person and LIV doesn’t want to play by the rules in place. Btw everyone in the LIV cult knew the rules before they signed the dotted line
Sorry, if you have to ask this question you are either clueless or trolling.
It's a reasonable question. The biggest names on LIV have exemptions to the majors for the next few years.
The average golf fans won't miss Gooch, Ancer or Kokrak from the majors.
Then after a few years of LIV and getting their ducks in a row when they get some OWGR points or the majors say the top 3-5-10 whatever guys from LIV get in it'll all be worked out anyway
LOL at this part regarding the Shipnuck interview/book
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Mickelson issued a statement after the interview saying his comments were off the record and shared without context.
On Thursday he said, "I never did an interview with Alan Shipnuck. And I find that my experience with everybody associated with LIV Golf has been nothing but incredibly positive and I have the utmost respect for everybody that I've been involved with."
if you never did the interview, then why did you say the comments were taken out of context instead of denying making them in the first place?
lol @ the desperation merger move. the prince must be getting close to pulling the plug
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Wrong. He replied to me saying majors aren't going to want to bad a bunch of the best players in the world from their events.
where does Thinman mention banning LIVtards exactly?
this discussion is revolving around your lol assertion that "Either OWGR become meaningless or they give them to LIV. I don't care either way."
but you knew that already and are just being disingenuous. if i were you, i'd reach out to Greg Norman to see if he's looking to add PR talent to his pet project. you seem to have the credentials for the job
Come on man. I'm still waiting to hear who the bunch of the best players are who are not going to play in the majors due to lack of OWGR points. DJ and Cam smith are exempt to every major through at least 2026.
Will the Saudis and Donald Trump Save Golf—or Wreck It?
High-level defections! Tiger Woods and Jared Kushner! Lawsuits and blacklists! Is the new LIV league a way to reward players, or the vanity project of a despot, or something else?
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The energy in Bedminster was of the unpent variety. LIV, or Trump, or some combination of the two, had attracted an interesting crowd, part maga rally, part high-school lacrosse party. Behind the tenth green, I saw a guy watching porn on his phone. A middle-aged man wore a shirt depicting the Twin Towers wrapped in the flag and the words “20TH ANNIVERSARY, WE WILL NEVER FORGET.” I asked him if it was a protest. “You’re, like, the third guy to ask me that,” he said, looking perplexed. “I’m just wearing it so nobody forgets.”
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At the final round, on Sunday, I started to follow the lead group but heard a roar from the sixteenth tee and detoured. The hole was a par-3. The tee sat in front of the clubhouse, where Trump was holding court on a patio: Marjorie Taylor Greene, Caitlyn Jenner, Eric, Donald, Jr. Tucker Carlson showed up to belly-laugh at Trump’s jokes. Rumayyan and Sorour stopped by periodically. Several hundred spectators were there, just staring. “This is actually Christmas,” one said. “Pelosi for prison!” another yelled. Young women began tossing Budweisers into the crowd, prompting scuffles. Someone said, gleefully, “This would never happen on the P.G.A. Tour!” The previous day, Trump had arranged for a microphone. “You wanna do a rally?” he said. “We will make America great again! They’re not doing a very good job of it right now!”
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There have been conflicting reports about the valuations that LIV puts on its teams, which consist of four players: a hundred million, half a billion, a billion. Sorour told me it would vary by team. Outside LIV, the numbers are treated skeptically. McIlroy told me, “People have to remember, golf is a niche sport. All you’re getting is four golfers. And I get it, some M.L.S. teams are worth seven hundred million dollars. But it’s all tied to the economics of the league, and right now that league doesn’t have any economics.”
I said as soon as they announced that 2 of the 8 tournaments were at Trump courses, that this was essentially going to be the MAGA golf league. People said to not make everything about politics, but I think it's fairly obvious from their fan base. When you see pro-Liv tweets or whatever, they are almost always from MAGAs (the ones that aren't bots at least). They think anyone objecting to the Saudi regime is a hypocrite/virtue signaling lib. They love that Liv is anti-PC, and partners with Trump even after Jan 6. It's the main selling point.
I said as soon as they announced that 2 of the 8 tournaments were at Trump courses, that this was essentially going to be the MAGA golf league. People said to not make everything about politics, but I think it's fairly obvious from their fan base. When you see pro-Liv tweets or whatever, they are almost always from MAGAs (the ones that aren't bots at least). They think anyone objecting to the Saudi regime is a hypocrite/virtue signaling lib. They love that Liv is anti-PC, and partners with Trump even after Jan 6. It's the main selling point.
yup if you drill down into the LIVtard accounts they all inevitably have RT Tucker orDJTjr or some other lunatic. They whole thing is just so laughable
