Fans everywhere are scratching their heads over LIV Golf’s latest policy change…could this mean a PGA TOUR merger is happening sooner rather than later?
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It’s a shame that the PGA and the media are acting like babies
I watched it on FS1 & FS2 wish the golf media would shut up and focus on falling at the feet of the PGA
Liv bots out in full force. The fact that we are all okay with the Saudi Arabian gov buying golf is such an incitement of our decaying character.
Team golf every week is so insanely lame especially when they’re a bunch of soulless Mickey Mouse named teams.
Stroke play tournis with international team tournaments complementing them is the way forward.
Great podcast guys!
It is on the same weekend as the waste management one of the most popular pga events, just saying
There will never be a LIV , PGA merger . There is no need . LIV is failing dismally . It will go away all by itself and the PGA knows it .
Can you expect many people to watch something played in the dark? 🤔
I think the biggest problem is there isnt any promotion for this stuff. I had no idea TGL was on ESPN and I heard about the FOX deal for LIV but have seen no promotion that it was actually going to be on. If these media companies don't start promoting on social media platforms, they will all be doomed…
If your household does not have traditional cable, the PGA tour can be very hard to watch sometimes. Part on ESPN in the morning until it flips to CBS or NBC in the afternoon. Sometimes it's exclusive to golf channel which you cannot get without traditional cable. Very frustrating sometimes. LIV might have a leg up if they stick with one platform (fox).
I also watch in the UK, first round didnt really show on the new TV deal with ITV, so i watched it on the app, rounds 2 and 3 free to air ad free on ITV, great coverage and all my pals watched. Love that its over in 4 1/2 hours, my 21 year old daughter loved it and we have booked Dubai to play night golf, she loved the lights and music. US viewers are irrelevant, as there will be unwarranted push back. Golf exists outside the US, thankfully as i tried to watch the PGA tour event, unwatchable ad fest full of putts and little else
I doubt that the 4th round and other issues will change on the LIV tour, however any co-sanctioned events may well be different.
Tried to watch liv event once. Forced myself to watch it for 30 minutes. I thought it was terrible. The background thumping of music made it an awful broadcast experience for myself. Also thought that commentating was superficial and did not add anything substantial (maybe it was, but all I heard was the blasting of music. Maybe I’ll try to watch it again but my viewing experience was poop. I’m glad people like it and there’s room for both. Wish that I could see my favorite players playing in the traditional pga tour so I’ve also not been watching the pga as much as LIV has bought all of the top pga guys.
I will watch Liv on the app at work or YouTube so I don’t think you’re ever going to get the truth figures. I cant stand the pga coverage only due to the constant ads. 2mins of golf 5 mins of ads….. pathetic
They make it hard to know what channel a broadcast is on.
All the LIV guys are rich, but completely irrelevant. They sold their souls and gave away their rights to free speech. They bent the knee to the crown prince, got paid, and now no one cares at all about any of them.
TGL is actually fun to watch. Juiced about the playoffs.
Why do you guys hate liv so much why can't you accept that LIV is better you hurt yourselves with bias pga takes eveyone can tell you hate liv
US golfers will spend more money as consumers to play golf.
In addition to what’s laid out in this video and in the comments, this change from the CW to FS2, coincides with the LIV app becoming pay-per-view for the first time this year. I’ve watched every tournament since LIV’s kickoff, that ended with this last tournament because I don’t want to pay for another service…I’m very disappointed!
EDIT: …also, the LIV YouTube channel no longer shows the first round live…
I watch on the LIV App most times! Also I watch on YouTube as well after the live broadcast. Basically I watch at the time I want to with no commercials. To me it cannot get any better that.
Liv golf is ausume way better and more exciting than the pga tour
Under the lights killed my interest right from the get go.
Could have sworn rangegoats guys wearing shorts
Colt is a resentful douchebag. He's a failed PGA pro that gets to talk shit now. He's a jealous dick. Maybe I'm wrong but that's what I've noticed since he failed at being a touring pro
Have only watched LIV highlights on YT. Have watched the PGA tour since 1993 live on Sky Sports (I'm from the UK). Regular PGA Tour events have almost become unwatchable live, IMO due to an obscene amount of ads between shots, sterile commentary from so called pundits/experts and the coverage only focus' on a very small amount of players creating gaps in the coverage. LIV Golf doesn't excite in the sense of the gravitas of the event but I do enjoy seeing more top players per event versus the PGA tour which lets face it if it's not a signature event there isn't the depth through the field to get the fans excited. I would love to see the WGC events return with a 50/50 field of PGA and LIV players, coupled with the majors the fans could see up to 9 events where the top players go head to head.
I enjoyed Liv on ITV in the UK. The establishment golf media in the US are so myopic . Many people around the world enjoy watching Liv. I did watch some of the PGA @ Phoenix, but only the last round. Did not bother with earlier rounds.
I’ve been watching LIV since it started. I was surprised by it not being free anymore on the app. Now there is either a weekly charge or a $60 yearly charge.
Watch in Quebec with no adds with livapp on my TV
So US centered discussion… Guys, consider the whole picture…
I like watching LIV but they tried to make it you tube golf and blow it big time. Go back to normal golf (daytime)
even if LIV blow it, its still not as bad as PGA/golf channel. they are unwatchable
I believe its a headline grabber for now. I'm personally a lover of Golf in general and you have great Golfers in both Leagues. I personally am on my computer most of the time and have a 2 monitor set up where I can watch both LIV and PGA. This reminds me back in the day when you had WWF and WCW in wrestling. Of course you leaned towards one more than the other but if you were a fan of wrestling in general, you would do your best to watch both.
night golf and switched to FOX; highlights only for me…