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LEGITIMATELY CLAIM TO HAVE ALL THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD. I WANT TO GO BACK TO SOMETHING TIGER SAID YESTERDAY TALKING ABOUT HOW HE IS BULLISH ON A DEAL. THERE WILL BE A HEALING PROCESS MOVING FORWARD AND HE SAYS FANS WANT TO SEE THE BEST PLAYERS PLAY TOGETHER WHICH IS TRUE, BUT I AM CURIOUS IF YOU THINK DECISION-MAKERS AND GOLF ARE MOVING PAST THE GRAVEYARD BECAUSE THEY KEEP SAYING THAT AND IS IT TRUE BUT THAT, IS IT ENOUGH? THE KIND OF FANS WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS WITH THE DIVISION WITH MONEY WITH OTHER ASPECTS OF THE PRODUCT, THEY ARE NOT HAPPY, BUT WILL IT BE AS EASY AS SAYING NOW PGA TOUR AND LIV GUYS WILL BE TOGETHER AGAIN AND LET’S SKIP DOWN THE ROAD HAPPILY? >> I THINK IT’S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT. THE PGA TOUR NEEDS TO FOCUS ON THE FANS THEY HAVE AND SPONSORS. FOR ME AS A X PLAYER, I GUESS IT’S IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE SPONSORS HAPPY. WE ARE ASKING THEM TO GIVE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS SO WHAT ARE THEY GETTING IN RETURN? IT COULD BE A SMALL THANK YOU NOTE TO THE GUYS WHO PLAYED IN THE PRO-AM MONDAY OR WEDNESDAY, TAKES FIVE MINUTES. A LOT OF TOURNAMENTS PUT THE CARDS IN THE LOCKER I KNOW THE PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS DO THAT. IT’S AMAZING WHAT ONE LITTLE LETTER CAN DO SO TAKE CARE OF YOUR SPONSORS. THE PGA TOUR CANNOT KEEP UP WITH THESE CORPORATIONS NEEDING 15 OR 20 MILLION. HOW DO YOU GET IT TOGETHER? I GUESS THE BEST WAY, THE PLAYERS WHO WANT TO COME BACK IF YOU HAVE STATUS REMAINING, MAYBE THEY COME IN. THERE WILL ALWAYS BE THAT FRACTURED PART THAT’S ALWAYS GOING TO HAPPEN. I LOOK BACK WHEN I WAS REPRESENTING THE BRICKYARD CROSSING IN THE INDY RACING LEAGUE, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. THERE WAS A SPLIT IN OPEN WHEEL RACING IT DIVIDED ALMOST DESTROYED IT. I LOOK WHAT’S HAPPENING NOW AND THAT’S WHERE WE ARE GOING DOWN THE ROAD AND YOU DON’T WANT TO GO DOWN THE ROAD. WE HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FANS, GOLF FANS ARE GOING TO WATCH GOLF BUT YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING ELSE. FC AND THE GUYS SAYING WE NEED TO BE MORE ATTRACTIVE. YES, SPEND TIME SPENT 30 MINUTES WITH A SPONSOR NOT 10 MINUTES WALKING IN TO SAY THANK YOU, GIVE THEM 30 MINUTES. GO SIT WITH A BUNCH OF FANS AND AUTOGRAPH AND HAVE A SESSION 30 MINUTES. THAT’S HOW YOU GET KIDS AND PEOPLE INVOLVED. GIVE THEM SOMETHING FOR THEIR MONEY BECAUSE IT IS FRACTURED. NOT THIS EASY COMING BACK TOGETHER I DON’T SEE IT HAPPENING THAT WAY BUT IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN SOON. TALKING ABOUT THIS THREE YEARS IT HAS NOT HAPPEN, LIV CAN HAVE LIV, PGA TOUR CAN HAVE PGA TOUR BUT HOW DO WE MAKE GOLF BETTER AND BACK TOGETHER? THAT’S WHY THESE COMMISSIONERS MAKE THE MONEY THEY DO AND THE DECISION-MAKERS MAKE THE MONEY. IT’S ABOUT MONEY AND THAT’S WHAT BOTHERS ME THE MOST. PLAY FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME AND I THINK THAT’S GONE AWAY. WE’VE GOT TO BE AWARE OF THAT AND THAT’S MY OPINION. IF SOMEONE CAME TO ME WITH 50 MILLION AND I HAD FOUR KIDS, SEE YOU. I’M SORRY, THAT GOES A LONG WAY WHERE I LIVE. TOUGH TO TURN THAT DOWN. I UNDERSTAND WHY THEY DID IT. >> MY BIGGEST CONCERN TECHNICAL WHAT YOU SAID. THERE WILL BE FANS AND IT COULD EXTEND TWO OR THREE YEARS IN THE FUTURE EVEN AFTER REUNIFICATION. LIKE BASEBALL AFTER 94 IT TOOK UNTIL THE HOME RANCHERS TO GET BACK TO THE SIMILAR FAN ENGAGEMENT AND VIEWERSHIP LEVELS. THE THING THAT HAS BEEN LOST IN ALL OF THIS IS WHAT IS BEST FOR THE FANS? SO FOR YOU, AS WE ARE ABOUT TO WRAP IT UP, WHAT WOULD BE A WIN FOR THE FANS? >> I SOMEWHAT DISAGREE BECAUSE WHEN THE MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS COME EVERYONE IS SO EXCITED TO SEE CERTAIN PLAYERS PLAY UP AGAINST PGA TOUR PLAYERS, PRICING AT THE JOHN DEERE, YOU DON’T THINK PEOPLE WILL TUNE INTO THAT? I DO NOT SEE THE DROP OFF. I SEE THAT THERE COULD BE A LEVEL OF EXCITEMENT WITH REUNIFICATION THAT WOULD BE SPECIAL FOR BOTH ASSETS, LIV FANS GET A CHANCE TO SEE THEIR PLAYERS PLAYING AND VICE VERSA. THEY TEND TO SEE IT SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FROM HOW YOU GUYS MAY SEE IT PLAY OUT. >> SO MANY DIFFERENT OPINIONS, SO MANY DIFFERENT ANGLES, SO
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"Fans want to see all the best players playing together" without qualifying that LIV is literally Rahm, Hatton, Smith, DeChambeau, and Koepka. That's it for LIV players that move the needle in the U.S. which is where the PGA TOUR is.
We consume the product differently. We r not going to sit for four hours for a non major when we can just watch highlights on YouTube.
Just as I don’t watch golf channel on cable, I watch it on YouTube cuz I do t have. Cable….
Look, I'm sick of all the over-analyzing, speculations and worn out discussions. I'm sure you want to justify your jobs but it's as old as the main stream media doing the same thing. Report news when it happens!
PGAT fan here..
I don’t care to see LIV players come back. I hate that tour.
I was sad when C. Smith and J. Rahm left. The others… I’d be fine to never see them again.
Athletes make a ton of money across all sports
It’s okay for golf
I hope they don’t merge but cross compete
Serious question:
When Some of the players and MOST of the media says "Reunification" what exactly are they referring to?
The PGA and LIV where NEVER united.
Are they all talking about "Reunifiying" the Players??
They've ALL been a bad joke for a long, long time now.
Everybody changes their minds about everything when it comes to money… they'd probably sell their own parents for the few bucks more.
Good thing yall have Paige 30 seconds at the end there to make some sense. Liv players back on Tour would be a boost for any event immediately. And the fact is so would pga tour players playing on liv.
Will a few people threaten to unsubscribe because they don’t like one side or the other ? Yes.
But most people don’t care about all that. They just want the games top players together more often. Which btw was already a problem before Liv ever existed.
Yadayadayada
Liv isnt going anywhere, just signed new 5 year deal in adelaide. Deal will just have their players allowed on pga tour
Shout Out to BabyFace for a Wonderful Valentine's Tour at the Palms Casino and Hotel over the weekend.. I mean what's better then Cocktails at the Hotel pool whilst waiting for the concert? I should mention that even I on that day, wouldn't want to see "Rory" winning the Genesis or even watch LIV players on the PGA tour golfing greens..
When the history of the PGA Tour is written, Jay Monahan will be remembered as the absolute worst commissioner at the absolute worst time. Fans are gone forever.
Jim is right. the merger will be ugly, no matter what. also, some LIV players will never want to come back, due to "issues" with PGA tour. it is almost never 3 million things that makes someone leave, however it is almost always more than just 1 thing. fans will always pick hero's and villains, so that will just be the way it is. but there should probably be 2 tours, still, with a half dozen (regular season) overlap either way, where LIV can play their favorite PGA tour courses, and PGA players can go play LIV for some high dollar stakes. just my way of seeing it.
It's always the money. Always will be. Never about the fans. No one cares about the fans. Just care about the money. The PGA is a business. No one plays for the love of the game.
Fan engagement is a huge issue. There are no personalities on the PGA Tour any more. Guys make a great shot, and at best you get a smirk out of them. Very few of them look they're having fun any more.
There is no Lee Trevino, or Lanny Wadkins, or John Daly or Chi Chi out there. Tiger was not only a great golfer, but he was as excited about a great shot as the fans.
who cares about the sponsors. Think about the broadcast! It is boring to watch on TV. It is not interesting or exciting. I stopped watching the PGA tour cause there was more time seeing the leaderboard and hearing the wind and now all I watch is LIV. It is exciting to watch their broadcast – its interactive, interesting and non stop action of golf.
I don't miss any LIV players.
Why isn't anyone talking about the availability of "on demand" option to watch PGA tournaments on line, instead of having to watch PGA tournaments on networks such as NBC or CBS, where we fans have to tune in on a certain date and time in order to watch our favorite tournaments and players. I'm sick and tired of having to do that in today's day and age. We should be able to watch the tournaments when ever we want to, just like everything else on line… Until then I continue to watch LIV online, simply because of the "On Demand" access…
I’m a HUGE golf fan… I watch it all, PGA Tour, Youtube, AND LIVE!!! … my least favorites these days is PGA.. and specifically The Golf Channel… as usual, moronic, hypercritical AND hypocritical commentators, THE MEDIA, are bringing down the PGA Tour… terrible TV production, stupid ideas being pushed as truth when they’re not, moron anchors trying to install Ludvig as #1 after two victories… it’s idiotic and hard to watch!
I’m a HUGE golf fan… I watch it all, PGA Tour, Youtube, AND LIVE!!! … my least favorites these days is PGA.. and specifically The Golf Channel… as usual, moronic, hypercritical AND hypocritical commentators, THE MEDIA, are bringing down the PGA Tour… terrible TV production, stupid ideas being pushed as truth when they’re not, moron anchors trying to install Ludvig as #1 after two victories… it’s idiotic and hard to watch!
The Golf Channel needs serious help in production.
Nobody wants to watch a fairway, or people walking on for 60 seconds, when there are players making shots. Y’all are stuck in an old paradigm that won’t work. Figure it out! And stop with all the bias… “anti-Scottie”, “pro-international” is so blatant!!! Stay neutral!
Selling out to an autocratic regime is so cool 😎. Glad we are talking about that and not just endlessly quibbling over details that no one is sure of.
Oh, now that 20 million dollar events with 4 million to the winner are normal, they want to do what's right for the fans?
Sorry, I hope your ratings continue to tank. Thankfully, when I play each week, it's still just me against old man par.
Me and him still remember what the game really is about.