Ryan Lavner says that both legacy and leverage seemingly carried the day in regards to the PGA Tour’s merge with LIV Golf and the DP World Tour and thinks it’s good for fans in the long term but maybe not the short term. #GolfChannel #PGATour #LIVGolf
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PGA Tour’s ‘amazing about-face’ in LIV Golf merger — Ryan Lavner | Golf Today | Golf Channel
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What if the fans reject this move and the PGA ratings drop 50%. Why is no one talking about this.
Saudi money calls the shots.
Lol so much for the 'bLo0d m0neY 🥴' the Pga tour & Jay monahan fan boys have been crying about 😂😂😂
Screw Jay M and the PGA Tour. They came out with the Saudi song and dance. I believed and supported them. Now all these things don’t matter. Screw you all
Can't, and will not ever watch a tour event on TV. Fortunately Tiger brought me to the game and as he will likely never win another event, there is not all that much to see. Will miss the Masters the most, but compromising morals for a few hours of Sunday entertainment is not worth it.
PGA Tour players who stayed loyal were totally betrayed.
Great job Damon Hack 👍
I don't think the designated event model was working. I don't think those events were generating enough additional revenue. I think the PGA Tour was legitimately in financial trouble especially when you factor in pending lawsuits. I now think this was always the plan of LIV. They could afford to keep hemorrhaging money for as long as it takes for the PGA Tour to cave, the PGA Tour could not afford to wait for LIV to fail. The couple hundred million dollar check that Jay Monahan will likely be getting from this is probably a pretty big factor as well.
Willing to bet that Jay either got a huge pay increase or some sort of bonus, just like CEO’s of companies get when they merge and they get the Golden Parachute.
Any golf fan who loves this move is a casual and loved LIV from the start. Classless by the PGA
da da dup da dum dada
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They gave Jay an offer he couldn't refuse?
15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudi.
I hope all of the players get 2,977 million dollar bonus, for every American that died that day.
Jay Monaghan is a tricky sneaky snake. To use 9/11 families and 9/11 attacks on National tv for years to then not even consult w the players who put their reputations, $ and friends on the line for the pga tour? That’s shameful and low.
Some ppl will benefit, players too and some ppl will run away from golf tv. Sportswashing from the Saudis whom never played golf like we do over here and in Europe and all of the sudden they want to grow the game. I guess oil reserves are running low and in the meantime cutting oil production to rack up oil prices! Money talks but at the end I have an opportunity to get away from golf tv. I was looking forward to not see reed or Garcia again playing on the pga😢. 😊. But every one makes their decisions. Some ppl love it others don’t. We all have morals and principles we live by. To each it’s own. Monaghan is sneaky though.
Blood money lol
"EVERYBODY'S GOT A PRICE!!! HAHAHA!!!" — The Million Dollar Man Ted Dibiase
Bahahahahahaahhaa all of the PGA loyalists GOT SCREWED. Should’ve took the money 😊
LOL MERGER?? YOU MEAN ACQUISITION
Done with Gold
The answer is the same as always… $$$
for profit entity. why in the world should this mean higher player payouts rather than less, since there is no competitive reason to pay the players more. so ironic, this now truly creates monopoly employer power, the very thing the lawsuits and hypocritical assholes like Phil complained about
Total disgrace on a political level🙄😈 Disaster on a sporting level: how are they going to merge 54 hole tournaments vs 72 hole tournaments? Cuts vs no cuts? Guarantied $ vs Making the cut? Attribution of WGR Points?? 🤬🤬 This is the most crazy decision by the PGA since their creation……….. The wind was blowing in the back of the PGA and was blowing in the face of LIVE golf but now??? Unbelievable and disappointing😫🥱
Are you kidding? President Trump said this was to happen in July 18, 2022. Obviously “ those in the know” had this planned. Comments won’t let me share my screen capture else I would.
Imagine not going to liv on “principle” that the PGA is all things holy, missing taking the big Ms and your buds coming back stacked to the gills 😂 I fugging love to see it
I guess money fixes everything. The Saudis have been funding terrorism for years and have responsibility in 9/11. But hey, it's all about that money right.
RORY KNEW ABOUT THE MERGER FOR SOME TIME…BUT KEPT QUIET
Take the F-ing money: Logan Roy Succession.
🖕🏼PGA
Its now the Bonesaw Tour.
Sellouts
The PGA Tour is a "player run organization?" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
PGA just joined the fascist party. Later! Saudi butchers want to thank you
🖕🏼PGA
Imagine turning down all that money just for the PGA tour to stick a shive in your back and take that “dirty money” after all. I’d be pi$$ed.
Disgraceful day in golf history.
How much money did they pay Jay Monahan to sell his soul? Last year he was with the 9/11 families, saying he would never think of joining Saudi Arabia. Amazing what money can buy.
Used to love watching golf; but not anymore.
If you can’t beat ‘em join em