GO PHIL!! Phil Mickelson has slammed the PGA tour, and quite rightly so in my opinion…This is all about a $1 billion rejection that the PGA made towards Phil Mickelson.
Phil Mickelson has made it VERY clear that he believes if the PGA Tour leadership had bought into his ideas to emphasise its marquee players, it wouldn’t find itself in the position of contending with LIV Golf! There has been so much talk about Liv Golf and the PGA tour recently, with so much golf news, golf gossip, golf stories, all about LIV golf. And to take this a step further, maybe the the upstart Saudi circuit wouldn’t have come into existence at all…
The breaking golf news was that on Tuesday at the Players Championship, PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan announced there would be 8 tournaments in the 2024 PGA Tour season and beyond that would be considered “elevated,” with those joining the four majors, three FedEx Cup Playoffs events and the Players Championship as the most rewarding draws in the game. The eight tournaments will feature limited fields of 70 to 80 players, with no cut, larger purses and more points awarded for the FedEx Cup.
Phil Mickelson SLAMS PGA Tour Over $1 BILLION REJECTION!
Mickelson was not happy about this and used twitter to voice his opinion, he has slammed the PGA tour over $1 billion rejection!
The battle between the PGA tour, the PGA players, the PGA schedule, LIV tour, LIV tour players, LIV tour schedule is clearly entertaining the golfing world right now!
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BIG QUESTION did phill send it…your thoughts
Bigger question is who cares he’s no longer part of the tour.
It looks as if “The Open” isn’t really open after all. I hope that Cam Smith takes it to everyone at the Masters.
Sports Illustrated commented about LIV:
“LIV’s "Golf, But Louder" motto is severely tested without big crowds, and that will be an important factor this year as many tournaments last year had restricted crowds or were simply poorly attended.”
I, for one, don’t really care. It seems the players are chasing the money (and I don’t blame them), and the “team” concept is very confusing (and as I understand it, the players change teams all the time).
What’s the Point?
It’s difficult to cheer for a sport (or follow it) when EVERYONE is a winner 🤷🏼♂️
(… a big paycheck)
LIV has opened the PGA Tour up to a whole new corral of good young players.
I’m not interested in watching Cameron Smith. I don’t even get the CW Network, so I can’t watch LIV anyway.
Personally, I don’t think it’s going to last
… UNLESS:
LIV players are allowed to play against the best players in the world (ALL the majors), and when a LIV player wins, professional golf will have two divisions (like when the AFL merged with the NFL).
A bigger question:
Does this tarnish Phil Mickelson’s legacy?
… Greg Norman’s legacy?
… DJ? Koepka?Sergio? DeChambeau? Bubba?
… all the other LIV players?
How will they be remembered?
Sorry bro but these guys were already playing for boatloads of cash but wanting more. That's their right to leave and get more but they get no sympathy from me.
Like I read somewhere it's like cheering for Leonardo Dicaprio to get more girls.
Screw that sh*t.
Talk is cheap and I wouldn’t believe Phil about anything. He is self-serving and duplicitous. Why would he be out there on his own trying to create new competition on the PGA? Sounds far fetched to me. Having said that, there is no question that LIV golf has made the PGA make many changes to make things better for the touring pros. I am skeptical that LIV will last for a long time because the business model isn’t sustainable. The Saudis are just giving money away. How long is that going to last? Frankly, I am enjoying all of the new young golfers who are getting a chance to play. I like it. If LIV is going to get on my radar, they got to get a major tv network contract. They can’t be viable with 3.1 million viewers on a streaming channel. I haven’t watched 5 minutes of LIV golf.
It’s almost like the PGA were too set in their ways until LIV gave them the proverbial kick in the pants.
I think the PGA is the superior tour, but Monahan is a lousy leader who is always on the back foot. It's Rory who is showing the leadership on that tour, and only yesterday he acknowledged these big changes were due to LIV.
I believe Mickelson. His initial gripe with Monahan is that the PGA Tour own the players' media rights, which I think is unfair.
The great thing about all this is that LIV golf has actually exposed the PGA tour for their failings. Amazing how they have managed to find all this extra money and now mimic LIV Golf all of a sudden. Can't take them seriously when they run their mouth at a rival and then mimic them
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I’m definitely against “elevator” events…. I can’t imagine swinging a club in an elevator let alone having an entire tournament in one.
Couldnt agree more with you about Cameron Smith and the fact that he should be able to defend his title even tough he is in LIV golf now. I have the opinion to let the guys play all the golf they want in which tour they want and even more a player that prove its talents over the years in a tour by dominating. Great video and keep up the great work 👏
I play golf with my buddies and couldn't care less about golf on TV. Nothing but a bunch of whining rich guys complaining about only getting millions of dollars a week for playing a game. To each his/her own, but for me, they can all just piss off.
The dp tour needs to align with the liv tour.
Hi mate why don’t you just come out and say your pro LIV? You keep putting videos out bashing the pga tour in a very stealth way which is fine and your right to do so but atleast be transparent with your audience to say what you stand for. Not once have I heard you speak about the atrocities the financiers of LIV are responsible for which is where the money is coming from, you are effectively contributing to sports washing.
If DP tour folds I will totally blame JM. DP, LIV and USPGA should all be able to coexist. That was Normans vision. I want to see all of the best players able to compete freely.
I think Mickelson is telling the truth with the $1 billion sponsorship for the 8 events. The reason, he is a top player whether he is in Liv or the PGA tour. He has been in the top 20 players for eons and is well respected . I can't see him telling a lie to be honest. There is a few comments on here about greedy players and I agree in the same way I agree with UK soccer players earning stupid money but the golfers don't win all the time and one slight injury sees them earn far less from the PGA tour at least. Trying for more money from their profession is nothing new, we all do that. If anyone on here thinks getting to Elite Tour Pro standard is easy go do it. Turn pro with your maximum 6.8 handicap and then get to +6 or something similar. Work your way through the lower tours earning piss poor money even for winning, be massively in debt and even then before the mental demons kick in, you will jack it in. Top Elite Players earn the money because they are like the Top Gun of the golf world