Catch all the highlights from a thrilling final round of the LIV Golf Invitational Portland, from the Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club.
Dustin Johnson and Carlos Ortiz are tied for the lead heading into the last 18.
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36 Comments
This tour will not last
Format sucks
@3:50 PGA every time they hear another player defect
Lol at all the comments. Fuck liv golf.
Money grabbing scum!
Welcome to the civil war of ⛳⛳⛳
Is it me or do all these comments seems fake?
confusing highlights, all over the place..
This is a circus! 🤡
The crowd is too loud . Don’t know if it is by design but I don’t care for it
I’m done with the PGA …. This is much better
This is golf
I reckon a lot of these comments are posted by made up names , far too many positive comments
Let’s go Brandon 😂
Liv golf is so much more appealing to the new generations …… first time I’ve ever fully watched a live event without falling asleep unlike the pga tour
REALLY WAS AMAZING THIS TRANSMISION BY LIV GOLF, SENSATIONAL, CONGRATULATIONS. MUCH, MUCH, BETTER THAN PGA.
The course looked great, the players hit great shots. Cheers to many more!
I like 54 Golf. Breath of fresh air. Drone view is very cool. I like the leader board on the screen. Very exciting tournament to watch.
Was at the final day and saw the long mickelson putt and Brandon Graces shot on the 16th. Crowd reactions were great for both shots
Why is their shot tracer so bad?
This LIV golf is not as good as PGA no way
Mr. Poulter , Westwood, Mickelson, Koepka, De Chambeau, Perez, Casey, Johnson, Ancer, Mc Dowell, LIV Golf players ….. do you know what “Human Rights”, Torture, Flogging, Religious discrimination, Forced marriages, Freedom of Speech, mean?
Do you know what Greed, Selfishness and Avarice mean? You do know that Saudi Arabia ranks among the worst countries regarding Human Rights Violations? Why do you support a regime by playing golf for it when you are already rich and very privileged people?
Why do you not use your position to do the right thing and improve the lives of people?
Why do you support an organization which tries to destroy another golf tour which helped you to become rich and famous for many for years?
Are you backstabbers without integrity and ethical values ? That is an easy answer.
I would not want your company no matter how rich you are! What a shame you are for this world and human beings in 2022
First, I should say that I was skeptical of the team format and the shotgun start.
However, after attending the Thursday round in person I am sold on the shotgun start. I've attended a few PGA events and to see all the players I was interested in usually turned the experience into a long day that required an early start. The shotgun start allowed me to show up at 11 am, check out the Fan Village and spend an hour watching the players warm up at the range. Then it was five to six hours roaming the course following various groups with a break in the middle at the Fan Village having something to eat while keeping up with the action on a monster tv. It was not perfect but there was very little to be improved other than the addition more on course scoreboards and bleachers.
As for the team format, I had no expectations and thought that it would be an annoying intrusion to the tv coverage, particularly on the final day. Couldn't have been more wrong. It appears that the players brought some welcome team spirit to the proceedings that, for me, added significantly and quite unexpectedly to the entertainment.
Pumpkin Ridge looked like a very good challenging course on tv, worthy of hosting a professional event. However, as is often the case, the tv cameras did not do it justice and I am thankful for the opportunity to have walked it on Thursday. I have played many top tier courses (ie Pebble, Bethpage, Torrey, St Andrews, Plantation etc.) and Pumpkin Ridge is as beautiful and challenging as any of them. The greens were very fast and firm, as could be seen on tv. However, while watching the final round coverage I was very taken by how much the elevation changes were lost with two dimensional video display. On a number of holes those elevations often add length and reduced target visibility making the hole play a lot harder than you would expect from only the tv view.
I walked Augusta for four rounds of the Masters one year and don't believe that the players found Pumpkin Ridge any easier last weekend.
To the critics who labelled the event a meanless exhibition, don't go a LIV event to see it for yourself, don't watch the YouTube feed of the three rounds of play, just go to the three hour mark of the final round and watch how the final nine holes played out. A golf exhibition is a friendly but casual game where the participants, for pride's sake, want to win but never treat the event as a truly meaningful competition. No one who watches those final nine holes could relegate the tournament to the exhibition classification. The individual competition was as intense as it gets. However, unexpectedly, the team format kept the heat on many of the players who were long out of the individual competition. No exhibition there either.
As for the tv commentary, Folz was more than adequate to provide professional insight in the booth and he has a welcome tone and demeanor that is just the right mix of earnestness and humility with a dash of folksy wit to show he doesn't take himself or the entire performance too serious. The on-course commentary was a bit flat and uninspired. However, I wouldn't be surprised to see that improve as Heng and Mullins get more acquainted with their roles.
I don't know who the genius was who hired Arlo White to be the lead talking head for the broadcast but, whoever he was, Greg Norman should give him a raise! Not only did Arlo show himself to be more than capable (with a few minor gaffs) but the addition of his Premier League soccer energy was, surprisingly from my perspective, just what the show needed. Thank you Arlo.
Finally, for those who disparage the LIV events either because they despise the source financing the endeavor or they see it as an unwelcome dilution of the PGA Tours talent pool, consider this. Do you turn your back on the Saudis when they are selling you golf but not when they are selling you gas? All that means is that, like the players joining LIV golf, your principles also have a price. When in your personal life you make the effort to pay the full price for you principles maybe then you may have earned the right to demand that others also pay a price for your principles. Let me also say, to be clear, I have no love for the Saudis or any other of the myriad of regimes that oppress and abuse any portion of their populace. However, I also recognize the hypocrisy of selective protests that are either intentionally or inadvertently in support of another less noble agenda.
As for the PGA Tour, the drama playing out in the media is nothing more than PR campaigns of the two sides in a battle to win a majority public opinion in support of their respective business interests. The PGA Tour and its media supporters bemoan the peril of lost tradition and the horror of blood money while LIV tries to paint itself as a great innovator intent on bettering the state of the game we all love. Both are bullshit! The PGA Tour, afraid of competition from a well funded organization, is trying to protect the turf that fills its coffers and LIV, like all startups, is trying to get in on the action.
There was a time when I would have been concerned that the introduction of LIV would impair the quality of play on the PGA Tour. Now I no long fear it. For entirely selfish reasons, I just want to see really good golf. If LIV continues to deliver content like the final round Saturday, I and others will keep watching. If it doesn't it won't survive because there was already the John Deere Classic for me to not watch.
hopefully to see more living legends in next round of liv golf.. probably fred couples, vijay, ernie and greg could play for good memories there..
I love LIV. Puts you in the here and now this moment is great. I love the promoting of family and traditional values.
Team/players should wear same colored caps or shirts to tell who is on what team. And would be great for merchandising. Still awaiting the LIV shop on the web page.
Great event and also cool looking production. Well done LIV !
The Liv is hard to watch. The players have all made their money. So the competitiveness is missing. They even walk with and talk to each other on Sunday. It’s like Nascar. They are already in and just enjoying the inner circle. Most of the rest is fake.
The pga should watch and learn…. This is what a decent highlights reel looks like
miles better than the uspigga. miles.
by the way PGA tour raised over $200mm last year for charity, $3 billion all-time, What is LIV's plan for Charity ???
That scoreboard has to go, way to distracting !!!
Lot of positive comments here
LIV Golf needs to invest in some better cameras.
Loving LIV 🔥
These guys would play for Putin in Ukraine if it paid enough.
If I’m a golfer who ends up winning on the LIV tour, I’m still less of a golf career than someone with 5-8 PGA wins. 54 holes, same as the Champions Tour.