In this week’s edition, the guys interview PGA Tour executive Andy Weitz about the findings from the fan forward survey, discuss what happens if reunification isn’t possible, and break down the storylines for the Arnold Palmer Invitational. #GolfChannel #PGATour #golf
Chapters:
(00:00): Jay Monahan met with the media — again. Here’s what he had to say.
(05:30): Bryson DeChambeau is looking forward to LIV’s future, but does he hold all the power?
(09:00): Xander’s return, Scottie’s driving, Rory’s Florida Swing on our radar
(12:30): PGA Tour executive Andy Weitz joins the show!
(33:30): Takeaways from our conversation on the future of the Tour
(40:00): Rex is heading home – and off to Bay Hill
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Did Andy come to the Tour from the Taylormade marketing team? The jargon and spin from his gob came out of the blocks hard, hit the red line and blew the motor. Therein lies the problem, the guy responsible for improving the product is out of touch with reality.
Anyone who thinks Bryson won’t renew his LIV contract and come knocking on Jay’s door asking to be friends again is on crack. They will work out a deal and Bryson will play on with LIV.
There has to be a hard line that one side can’t/ won’t agree to. If I had to guess I’d say the pga wants liv to end, live to be a complete puppet entity that would make it pointless or something to that effect. It’s just a guess but knowing the pga a little I imagine they want a lot of to come out in complete control and liv just won’t do that. If that’s the case then no amount of discussion is going to see reunification unless the pga accepts that they can’t dominate and give up on it or liv allows themselves to be dominated
The reason for the shift is that LIV is moving forward with international golf. They are very interested in leading into Asia. If they can get what they want out of PGA, that will be fine, but they aren't focused on PGA.
The fans want the few good LIV players to be able to play on the Tour. There is not a big craving for LIV golf. Its fun, its gimmicky, its Over funded. but no one takes it seriously as a golf competition and they shouldn't. The Saudi's want political influence they don't give a crap about golf. You don't hear from themBecause they don't know what they doing. Getting Trump involved is a big mistake. Everything he touches turns to shit. My guess is the Saudi's are tired of putting up the big bucks and not getting major traction. The fact is they don't understand the market. The PGA doesn't need their money. Sure it would be nice but they are right not to concede any control of operations. Let the Saudi's have their little 3 day shit gun start with loud music playing in every hole. The fact is the better players skills are eroding do to a lack of real competition. Their heart isn't in it. They get big money whether they play well or not .
Also your Fab survey is BS. I play and watch more golf than anyone I know and no one surveyed me for my opinion. So I take your analysis and opinion with a grain of salt.
I'm not sure how Rex can claim that Xander is NOT rushing back from his rib injury when he's only played 18 holes for the first time last weekend.
There are TWO events in every PGA tournament .The Friday CUT and Sunday final day. A Friday cut show has all the drama of Sunday.
Not real impressed with this PGA marketing and communication guy. Also, the PGA turned on Trump like a junkyard dog, and now they want his support? I imagine Jay walked away from the White House with his tail between his legs.
Every single "expert" or person of authority on all these podcasts (Not just JRE) all have the annoying verbal tic of adding "RIGHT?" to the end of almost every statement they make. It's like a virus, more and more people are doing it, and it drives me nuts.
Andy Weitz looks and sounds like Christopher Reeve.
Where are these fans voting polls for Golf. 😊🎉❤
Academy Awards: Watch Dune 2. It’s a 12 Oscar winning movie to me. ❤❤❤
LIV and the PGA have never been unified right? So we are talking about “unification” and not “reunification” or am I wrong.
How do I get to do the fan forward survey for the pga tour.
No to team golf on PGA tour. We need our heros.
This marketing guy is a loser. Master of saying a lot without saying anything. Just a bunch of BS corpospeak. Keep people like this off the pod.
ok..just watching this…i cannot believe you let Andy off the hook that easily!!! Good communication from the tour?? Truly disappointed that you went baby "j" rather than an ADULT, big "Journalism" questions. Mr Lavner…disappointed you let him off… Rex…you should have charged ahead.
RATINGS pay bills. its a math equation that can be monitored.
Is Eamon Lynch the only JOURNALIST with the integrity and guts to ask the direct question that is plain for everyone else to see?
How does Bryson get 10mil views on YouTube, but can only convert 2% of those people to watch him on LIV? Or use the "showdown" as a comp.
If Bryson DeChambeau is the most popular player why don’t people watch him play golf; nobody’s watching him; have you checked out LIV golf’s ratings?
squirrel cam at 13:23
LIV has 5 players that interest the U.S. golf public at large and since the PGA TOUR is a U.S. Tour that's all that matters. The 5 players are Cam, Rahm, Brooks, Bryson, and Hatton.
People also care about DJ and Reed and Sergio and Phil and Bubba, but THEY'RE WASHED and guess what? They all won green jackets so those casual fans get to see them one of the 3-4 times a year they watch golf.
It has nothing to do with reunification. It has to do with a bag of money from a foreign entity that the PGA wants their hands on. Full stop.
I’d add one more. Get rid of Smylie’s corner. What a bunch of fan forward b.s. Reminds of the movie Network.
#Ask-Lav-n-Rex : Tell us something about Sungjae Im that we the PGA fan may not be aware of.
in actuality, it's a Fan Forward survey that doesn't really exist.