Jon Rahm and Phil Mickelson respond to Rory's comments that golf isn't sustainable in current form

[@TheGolfster3]

Can you imagine asking the players of any other sport what their thoughts were on the sustainability of the game they played?

[@Vegasrat]

Golf has peaked amigo, and we dont need more chops and hacks out there...try getting a tee time lately for less than $150....its comical out there

[@johnh7464]

I agree with you that it’s at its peak. What I hate is being asses to elbows with the entire golf course.

[@TP-ne6ez]

Well you can blame the PGA for that. They have been advertising it for years now to get as many involved in the game as possible from junior golf, attire, cheaper clubs for starters, the golf channel to watch, supporting as much minority and female population to take up the game which there is nothing wrong with that so it’s working for the PGA because they are making millions off all this

[@mith2946]

150 dollars... Lmao where are you trying to play at?

[@SM-dv6wi]

I feel asleep watching the final round of the Houston open….they need to do something!

[@weedmanthegreat3574]

Greed is gonna destroy golf

[@TheGolfster3]

As if it was in bad place in the first place. You just had a bunch of whiny complainers jumping at the opportunity to wear shorts and get paid even at their worst.

[@TheBooze13]

It really sucks not seeing the top guys compete every tournament hopefully they figure something out to bring them all back together soon because watching Stephen Jaeger win a tourney just isn’t fun

[@TP-ne6ez]

Yeah but the big names in PGA aren’t doing crap for the past 5-6 years. Spieth sucks Morikawa is doing nothing JT is sucking Fowler blows right now Homa is up and down and can’t seem to get anything going Fleetwood is like an hourly wage earner yet they still play in all these top events and do nothing the best I look for is a 3-6 way tie each Sunday to add excitement. Only thing really worth watching anymore is The Masters

[@TheBooze13]

@@TP-ne6ez agree 100%

[@Shasta69]

@@TP-ne6ez you accurately summarized the pga tour. Every week a new hack that nobody but their family knows, wins. The truth is, on a scale of 1 - 10, with 10 being the likes of Nicklaus and Woods, these players today are 6's. And so are another 1,000 college golfers. The closest to greatness are playing LIV.

[@TP-ne6ez]

@@Shasta69 Agree!

[@Shasta69]

@@TP-ne6ez you pegged it. These so-called 'stars' are no better than top NCAA Division 1 players.

[@raymondalvarado4097]

Best ranked world players are on the PGA Tour. Best weekend scramble players are at LIV golf

[@louist003]

Even the best ranked PGA tour players don't agree with the world ranking system. They know it's flawed and want new standards.

[@raymondalvarado4097]

@@louist003 the system is fine. Is the elevates tournaments that's the problem

[@Shasta69]

The 'best ranked' players are on the pga tour only because the OWGR refuses to rank LIV players. You know so very little about golf that Rahm, Koepka, DeChambeau, DJ... players whose asses you were kissing yesterday, are not better playyers than 99% of those on the pga tour? You are a joke.

[@jacobwebert2856]

"I put my trust in Yasir" ?? Isnt he just the guy with all the money? Isnt that a good way to fuck up golf even more, there must be 10.000 real golf brains better to decide the future of golf.

[@jinkyungkim9006]

You guys should spit out all the money you received from liv golf and talk about it. hungry hypocrites🤔

[@mrd1228]

PGA vs.LIV- everyone has their own view, but we all agree on the fact that we need a great field... Fans want to watch the best players compete

[@raymondalvarado4097]

I play experience LIV gold every weekend. Rather play it than watch it.

[@JimmySimmons-ci9qp]

I disagree. There are excellent players on both sides - LIV and PGA. The PGA has lost 20% of their followers, that would include physical appearance at tournaments or on line. Secondly, the players on the PGA are unrecognizable. Thats Hugh. Jim Monahan is the biggest set back - he has a salary of $18 million and abuses his PGA sponsorship privileges. Example: he uses the NetJet sponsored plane for personal use and isn't willing to make correct business decisions to merge the two leagues. There is no reason for Jim to be entitled to more money than 90% of the athletes? Phil recognized this many years ago. Overall, LIV has more talent than the PGA as it stands today. The Masters will prove my statement!!

[@Shasta69]

Agree with you 100% Jimmy. I seldom watch regular pga tour golf tournaments anymore. The so called 'stars' are a joke ... great players do not miss cuts week after week between fluke wins. And no offense but it's 'Jay' Monahan - no doubt the most incompetent, egotistical turd disgracing the pga tour.

[@TheHawkfan57]

Hahahahahaha😂😂.

[@TheHawkfan57]

Sportwashing by a terrorist nation, trying to buy respectability. Every LIV golfer should be permanently banned. How much money do these guys need? What a joke.

[@Shasta69]

@@TheHawkfan57 your jealousy of LIV players, and your incredible ignorance of the facts about LIV vs PGA Tour funding (without billions from Saudis FedEx wouldn't be funding the pga tour) renders you null.

[@granthelman7905]

Your prediction didn’t pan out so well, how much money did you lose betting on Liv guys last week lol

[@Happypucks]

Liv was awesome to watch today

[@mcvicarross7]

There's not ONE single man that joined LIV that gives a shit about anything other than how much more money they're gunna get PERIOD! 😂

[@Shasta69]

MC, You trying to win the 'dumbass comment of the year' award?

[@bassman9699]

$150.00 😅😅 what courses you trying to play? Im in kc mo and i can play any day of the week for no more than $58. And those are decent ass courses.

[@aledwards6119]

Golf for the everyday player is getting out of reach. From the cost of a round to the cost of equipment to booking tee times at popular coarses. These guys want the big pay days to play and want the fans of golf to foot the bill. But what are they really contributing to the game? The are the best in the world but most either live in America or have a home in America where they spend the off season. Where would LIV golf be if only European or Asian born players could play on it? The answer is nowhere.

[@johnlee7909]

I don’t watch PGA anymore. Players, sponsors etc are greedy. Ruined a pure sport. I support golf at the amateur level or LPGA.

[@brycebender2818]

Didn’t hear from Bubba???

[@jpmaximus]

If you guys hadnt taken millions of dollars to defect to a rogue tour it wouldnt be so awkward.

[@steeloned]

Rahm would make a good sasquatch.

[@mrloyal_gains]

Competition is good and it brings out the best.

[@allensignaturetreeservices]

So funny to see how the majority of comments on this topic are so biased to the PGA. Ignorance at its finest......

[@ST-xg3gy]

Happy for them, I just don't get the format. Teams? Golf teams? Logos? It's beyond my attention span.

[@JJG86]

What’s so hard to understand? They play stroke play, the exact same as the PGA. They play a 54 hole tournament and it’s a shotgun start. The second part of it is a team competition. The best three scores of each team are counted every day. if you can’t understand that, then you’re just too stupid.

[@SiLoMixMaster]

🤣🤡

[@Shasta69]

So you don't 'get' the Ryder Cup either? You know, teams ... logos (U.S. Flag etc.).

[@JJG86]

What’s so hard to understand about a team format? I’m sure most five-year-olds can understand it. Why do logos bother you?

[@Tianton1]

Fewer Comps on the PGA and less players.

[@peacethroughstrength172]

When Tiger left, it left as well.......Truth Semper.Fidelis

[@JJG86]

Bullshit

[@rorygee482]

I don’t watch, trust or care about the pro game anymore. I’ll play the game I love but not getting involved with the spoilt whiny pros who are hell bent on destroying it for cash. When multi millionaires start telling you what’s best for a game that’s been around for 600 years, run.

[@magnificentmuttley2084]

Spot on, Rory! I still watch PGA and DPWorld and, more often now, LPGA golf. I will always support the golfers who stayed true to those associations that made their careers and lifestyles possible. The golfers who appreciate the fact that their exceptional lives and incomes were made possible by the PGA and PGA golf schools and, because they continue to honour that, they deserve our respect and support. Those that have forgotten where they owe allegiance, particularly the likes of Chief Whiner Mickelson and his like, will never be supported or liked by any true golfer who knows the meaning of the words honour, integrity and respect - they have taken money, solely, because they are ‘past’ champions who no longer have the talent or ability to perform at the highest level. The likes of Cameron Smith are just cheap, nasty, greedy little whatsits, who would sell their grandmother for pennies. How despicable. To hell with them.

[@JJG86]

I’m hoping all the clowns that took up Golf during Covid, will get bored with it and move onto something else. I’ve been playing golf since the early 70s, and it is now difficult to get a tee time, and greens fees have skyrocketed.

[@Vegasrat]

100% agree....covid destroyed golf for the aversge Joe...the good news is all those newbie idiots will quit soon

[@innovativeprogramschool7979]

I took up Golf in late 2022 and I love it. I have nothing but respect for the game. I don't play much but go to the range and putting green every week.

[@JJG86]

@@innovativeprogramschool7979 Good to hear.

[@TP-ne6ez]

Join a private club then

[@JJG86]

@@TP-ne6ez I don’t want to spend a ton of money to play the same course all the time.

[@ShaneLockridge-pl6id]

I would not watch golf if you come back

[@alan8887]

The problem for a few of us golf enthusiasts and P.G.A. players is having to watch morally corrupt golfers from the Saudi Arabia L.I.V. tour playing tournaments here on American soil. Thats all.

[@Shasta69]

Alan, that Saudi excuse is weak. Even Monahan has backed away from it because he had to admit that the pga tour takes millions annually through companies like FEDEX, who do billions annually with the Saudis. Try to stay current on the facts before commenting.

[@NinjaOrchids]

100%

[@InTheWeeds314]

Whoa

[@billbegley2329]

LIV will never make it. Painful to watch.

[@Shasta69]

Maybe time to pop your head out of your backside and watch as LIV thrives and the pga tour crumbles under the pathetic leadership of monahan and the over-rated 'stars' who are getting their asses kicked by college level newbies week after week.

[@davidchipman7612]

Don’t agree listen to the crap that’s gets spoken on the pga tour it’s like watching a second coat of paint dry and it’s keeps only showing only 3 or 4 groups doesn’t roll down the leaderboard there’s a lot that can be done to both tours imo

[@Shasta69]

LIV is far more entertaining than the pga tour. Not to mention, all the top players (with the exceptions of Scheffler and McIlroy) are playing LIV.

[@billbegley2329]

Not all the top players playing LIV……More like all the over the hill players with the exception of a handful.

[@Shasta69]

@@billbegley2329 what an ill-informed comment. Jon Rahm, Masters champion, Brooks Koepka, PGA champion, Cam Smith, DJ, DeChambeau and many others are 'over the hill?' Meanwhile the PGA tour has two types of players - 'stars' who are little more than choking dogs along with unknown nobodys who show up and win once, never to be heard from again. There are about 15,000 college and mini-tour players who could beat hell out of 99% of the pga tour regulars. You really don't know much about pro golf do you begley.

[@itistrue101]

More Oil Money the better...

[@JJG86]

Go check out how many big corporations in America are doing business with Saudi Arabia and the PIF. Amazon, Alphabet , Black rock, JP Morgan, Uber, Live Nation… I have to laugh at low information people like you. You’re the same type that vote for Joe Biden.