LIV Golf is a 'business decision' for Bryson DeChambeau | Live From the U.S. Open | Golf Channel

[@JC-se8mi]

I gotta respect Bryson for being clear and honest with his answer. Anyone of these talking heads interviewing the LIV golfers would sign up for $100+ million in a heartbeat.

[@s.marshian8455]

Lol right

[@tunavis77]

Agreed

[@washredskin887]

If I were Bryson I would never play there. He has cheapened his brand, his name and his reputation. The excuse that it gives him more time is a croc of BS. Tour pros have time to do whatever they want. I never hear Rory complain about not having time w/ his family.

[@debrajohnson4689]

@@washredskin887, Why do you care what he does?

[@ABCDEFG-bk9gx]

@@washredskin887 the PGA tour doesn't own golf.

[@lrn_news9171]

Bryson was more honest than other golfers here he actually said it was the money and time

[@blackout07blue]

Anyone cheering LIV would be cheering golf leagues paid for by Hitler or Putin too. Disgusting.

[@energyflowswhereattentiongoes]

he refused to agree and use the word money. Looks like another one who's sold their soul and pretending it's something else.

[@lrn_news9171]

@@energyflowswhereattentiongoes I think saying "business decision first and foremost" speaks for itself

[@minisurfbanana]

But he is still the asshole of the tour! Eff him!!!

[@alarmservicepros]

@@energyflowswhereattentiongoes then you sell your soul every time you put gas in your car

[@mattfletchh]

Bryson is being as honest as he can and you have to respect him for it. He said that he is in it for the money and that he still wants to play PGA Tour events which is probably what every LIV golfer is thinking but wont say. Bryson also has never really been liked on the PGA Tour. A lot of fans don't like him and many players don't care for him either. I don't know why people are shocked about his descion, it cleary makes the most sense for him.

[@marvkwia3973]

He's got every right to go and I hope he's happy there. But don't cry to come back to the PGA.

[@cueball7428]

I want to see the look on his face when he gets a letter from the Masters to never show his face there.🎉

[@asdknjakljye]

@@cueball7428 Why would they do that?

[@maxsmart8954]

Seems like the problem children are leaving. Reality TV golf at its best! AAA league at best.

[@marvkwia3973]

I have nothing against anyplace going for money that's there choice go for it. Only a few can go that's the point. If Rory did not play or the other top payers play at Canadian tour would they sell that many tickets no they would not. So what would happen to these places that did not have the best players they would go under. There are lots of young players that need a chance to become someone great if all the small stops don't have good players. If player goes to Sadie's it's o.k but don't come to PGA tour.

[@georgesealy4706]

Bryson is the biggest loss for the PGA Tour. When he is in the field people will go just to see him play. I like the guy because he is unique and himself. He is fun to watch.

[@jefferyzielke7665]

The guy is an asshole. You two are confused. He yells at officials. Chews out a cameraman for "following" him. Asking for second opinions on rulings. He is currently ranked 200+ on the FedEx points race. This is an attack on the PGA. The very reason they can play for money!! Did you hear that right? The PGA is responsible for them even having the opportunity to see who is the best of the best and having a career. I don't watch him because all he can do very, very well is drive the golf ball.

[@Diogenes-ty9yy]

Bryson has that intangible star power, a charisma, like Arnie had once upon a time. People will watch a broadcast just to see him. Same thing for Brooks Koepka and the rivalry between these 2, whether real or contrived, will only make the LIV more interesting to watch.

[@nathanakers45]

Bryson's a data driven guy. He can win $4 million by beating 47 players over 3 rounds with LIV, or win $1.5 million beating 130 guys over 4 rounds with the PGA. Honorable or not he clearly sees where the value is...

[@johndidier7849]

Sure and right now Chamboo boo is engineering a method to take His resources with Him when He passes....after all He is a scientist.

[@debrajohnson4689]

@@johndidier7849 Yeah, because he is so old! lol

[@gary_neilson1896]

The problem is that he probably won't be the top over 47 players very often.

[@distiller56]

Yup less competition

[@waltvancourt5052]

And/ or .75 mil if he plays bad one day and his team still wins its competition.

[@steveniemyer9288]

The total purse for the LIV London tournament was $10 million more than the Masters. Higher purses combined with contracts LIV is giving players, makes for an easy “business decision”. If the PGA does not adapt they are going to have a hard time competing.

[@kc72186]

They know they are done and gonna happen pretty fast if they keep going like this, real golf fans see through this PGA panic..

[@ThePwig]

It’s not even possible to compete with that, though. It’s not “free enterprise.” It’s unlimited money to sportswash an entire kingdom that we all know has done horrible things and continues to do horrible things.

[@washredskin887]

How long do you think they're going to be 25 million dollar purses w/ no real money coming in for the LIV Tour? Where is their income? They don't have any. What this is is the Saudi's wanting to try and clean their reputation up, so they're trying to do it through golf. At some point the Saudi's are going to pull the plug on this. I have seen this act before in other sports. I remember the USFL in the 80's. Same type of thing, they signed numerous big names. What happened in the end? They folded, sued the NFL and they won a dollar.

[@jeffjob6995]

The PGA tour is certainly not sure how this will play out but they don't have to adapt. All their money that they make (tv, sponsorships, ticket sales, etc.) goes right back out to players and running their various tours. It's not like they are making a billion dollars and paying the plays a small fraction. What they can (and will) do is do what they've done. Ban the players... and let their events (which are nationally and even internationally broadcasted) showcase a better product. Watching Ian Poulter get upset about his ban when he knew it would happen is laughable. Knowing Ian Poulter (who was a ryder cup all star) knows he won't play in any more ryder cups and will never be a captain or have any connection to it is the kind of thing the PGA Tour has to continue to do to get players to not just run for the money. If the Masters follows the PGA Championship and not allow players in good standing with the PGA tour to compete, that will further keep players from leaving. I watched the london event (on youtube) and it had no drama... no climax... and it's really hard to cheer for a guy who is there only because of the money. No American TV network is going to do a deal with them and no major American sponsor will buy ads so its all about how long the saudis want to overpay the players who know they are done being viable on the pga tour huge amounts of money to produce what is in essence a celebrity pro-am. **But most importantly what will keep players put is when the liv tour starts firing/cutting/kicking out players because others who are higher ranked have crossed over. They only want 48 in the field.. if they got to 100 players (more than they need) and they tell several that they won't be in anymore events, that will all but kill their chances of getting more players.

[@ryanmaccarthy4845]

@@kc72186 Call yourself a real golf fan? I call you a joker!

[@giii7599]

"Forty years ago, it was considered by some a risky move for the guys who play professional golf to break away from the group created for golf professionals." This was about the PGA Tour splitting from The PGA of America in 1969. "The golf breakup occurred largely because of the influx of money that television had started to pump into the game. The top players (Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer among them) wanted to use the additional TV money to pump up the purses." "The PGA of America wanted to put the money in the general fund. That's when the compromise was reached, with the golf professionals and the professional golfers going their separate ways." Sounds a bit like today... The PGA tour categorized itself as a non profit so it could avoid hundreds of millions in tax revenue. That decision is now haunting them since it also means they can't hand out guaranteed money contracts like other professional sports.The LIV tour is doing exactly that so it's not surprising top level golfers want guaranteed money. If someone loses their PGA tour card they're gone with very little support. I don't see how you can treat people as independent contractors and then complain when they go elsewhere.

[@jeffmahoney1271]

Very well put, you just changed my mind.

[@lucasmulvehill6300]

I see where your coming from but where’s the motivation to play well in that scenario, how can you build a historic record which is a big part of the “legacy” people are talking about, and you can’t say a “top player” doesn’t make enough money on the PGA Tour, it’s a lazy - greed issue that’s tied to an organization that doesn’t represent most Americans values

[@joefnd]

@@lucasmulvehill6300 what makes you think that they can just laze around yet do well on LIV Tour, which is comprised of the world's best talent still? Statistically "easier", but no, it's not easy. You probably think that they are getting paid to enjoy golf like weekend warriors, but you don't put into account the struggles they all go through. As for prizes, you're only looking at the top 10 prize money and considering it big. What about the other 130+? You just need a more open mind to be able to accept it.

[@jonburrows8602]

@@joefnd The LIV doesn't have the world's best talent, lol.

[@blackout07blue]

except the other league wasn’t sponsored by Arab Hitler.

[@PowersFamily2011]

The Saudi International is a golf tournament held at Royal Greens Golf & Country Club in King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia. The title sponsor of the tournament is PUBLIC INVESTMENT FUND, a Saudi government sovereign wealth fund. PGA players were granted permission, by Jay Monahan, to play in this tournament back in February. I wonder if Jay's bank account got a little bigger back around February when he granted PGA players permission to play in the Saudi International tournament. The sponsor of the Saudi International tournament is the exact same people who sponsor LIV Golf, but somehow the Saudi International isn't "Saudi backed". Hypocrisy to the core.

[@kc72186]

Gareenteed

[@Tom-ok2rh]

That event you speak of in February was one single tournament. LIV is another tour altogether. Big difference

[@PowersFamily2011]

@@Tom-ok2rh it's not a big difference. If they can grant permission for 1 "Saudi backed" tournament, then they ought to be able to grant permission for 7. What's the problem?

[@Tom-ok2rh]

@@PowersFamily2011 Well for starters each of the LIV tournaments are being held opposite an established pga tour event. Any diluted field is not good for any tour

[@PowersFamily2011]

@@Tom-ok2rh the European Tour also has conflicting events offering more prize money. Yet players do not get PGA suspensions for playing on those.

[@georgesealy4706]

LIV has 8 events this year, and more next year. They will attract more players, more young players. The young hot shots coming up will make a choice: get paid sooner or go through the Korn Ferry Tour and maybe get a Tour Card. It's up to them.

[@tonyladokguy8985]

I believe it will be just the opposite, as we're seeing now. All the young hot shots coming up want to make their bones on the PGA tour, they're fearless, and they're driving fading stars like Dustin Johnson's and Kevin Na's over to a tour that requires less effort for more money. Injured players like Bryson DeChambeau will also find it attractive.

[@tonyladokguy8985]

@Tyler Holt I agree with you about the money, and I think we'll shortly see a significant increase in prize money on the PGA tour. But I don't think the LIV is trying to attract unknown players or Korn-Ferry drop-outs. They're limiting the field to 54 players per tournament and I would think any young player would have to prove himself on the PGA tour before the LIV would be interested. So I'm not sure such an option would be available to any 18-year-old, unless he was the next Tiger Woods.

[@jonburrows8602]

​@@tonyladokguy8985 Exactly. LIV is not paying untested players 10s of millions of dollars as the other poster intimated.

[@blackout07blue]

Anyone cheering LIV would be cheering golf leagues paid for by Hitler or Putin too. Disgusting..

[@truthvenum5468]

100% the way you said it. Plus there is the European Tour where more talent will build a broader schedule and more options for players to choose their calendar events. Future talent from the US will strengthen the global tour.

[@marcusdolby1]

It's called Freedom and Free Enterprise. Its ok for the PGA Tour to partner with Saudia Arabia but not anyone else? Give me a break.

[@equinoxshadow7190]

And the U.S. and many other countries have been importing Saudi Oil for decades. A multitude of product manufactured in China imported into the U.S. Both resulting in gargantuan amount of profits made by various businesses. So if all those greedy jack-holes are allowed to make $$$ off of Saudi oil and China-made product, the LIV golfers have every right to make some $$$. There is a massive hypocrisy about whiners bashing the golfers playing LIV golf.

[@mkzapata5098]

@@equinoxshadow7190 and the PGA tour has the right to tell them to pound sand too.

[@LapesFame]

If the cooking Chanel offered these golf host triple thier salary,,, they would be commenting on eggs and steak the next day.. stay true to yourself period.

[@canefan17]

fax

[@aidangriffiths5075]

And so would you

[@amarug]

I totally understand these players decisions and I understand the ones that stay at the PGA as well. Listening to all the interviews it is quite clear that most of the players that join LIV are in to make a good buck in a relatively short time and then retire to follow other pursuits in life. The ones sticking with the PGA seem to be the ones who have no plans to retire yet and/or are not driven to follow other projects in life (yet at least) and they are fully focused on golf. This could be bad news for LIV since all the good players that joined now might be out in a few seasons and it remains to be seen if new talent follows. Otherwise it could be that people lose interest in LIV and thats where it ends...

[@brett7011]

That’s not entirely true. Bryson. Wants to play for a very long time.

[@jonburrows8602]

@@brett7011 If he did, then why did he join LIV when he knew it would result in his suspension from the PGA Tour?

[@amstone2258]

Imagine the conversations 'new talent' will have with their financial planners and parents. It'll be the same as any young professional prospect, that is, to earn as much as possible in the shortest amount of time. Which is why, going forward, the best young talent will be signing up for guaranteed millions before they take to the first tee in a LIV tourney. The PGA is already on the outside looking in, they whiffed and continue to whiff on the entire matter.

[@amarug]

@@jonburrows8602 I think so too, but in Bretts defense here, he might think that if LIV stays alive, he could earn well with fewer tournaments per year, leaving him more time for other projects. Hate him or love him, but Bryson is a very intelligent man, he must know that even if LIV goes to the dogs, he would have made enough to retire.

[@amstone2258]

@@ScottyP123 Time will tell the tale.

[@yamamancha]

"Where the money comes from" but the while the PGA has a full tour in China...

[@dr.pendyke4887]

hypocrites and their fake outrage is pathetic. The PGA Tour praised the Saudi golf investment made over the years, not to mention China and nothing, then this, which is a threat to them and now they are outraged. Spare me.

[@mwright9106]

Literally thinking same thing, and you just mentioned the tip of the iceburg.

[@darrenhill3514]

Spot on, C.E. Massive hypocrisy from the comments of these videos being completely clueless about the PGA and other sanctioning bodies.

[@muyuanma5449]

PGA has no tour in China.

[@thecptproject8184]

the PGA tour is still a charitable organization that helps communities. The PGA tour also is not entirely funded by a murderous regime. Not really comparable. The USA trades with Saudi for the good of millions of people that doesn't mean the USA is a bad country. These players are giving a platform to the Saudis because of money and themselves.

[@scatterbrain9490]

How dare someone seek other employment

[@cqaqa]

What a legacy he is leaving behind!!! He chose money and free time - what a champion!!!

[@jasonshapiro9932]

Oh no! Not money & free time! Lol

[@cqaqa]

I’ve got money and plenty of free time myself but I’m not gifted with any golf talent. I guess that’s my point! Isn’t it a waste of talent when you can have it all - glory, money and legacy?

[@jasonshapiro9932]

@@cqaqa we’re all going to the same place when it’s all said and done my friend. What means most to you, may not mean most to others.

[@cqaqa]

I agree with your point but my point was about being a champion or not. A golf champions mindset would be about glory and legacy….wouldn’t it???

[@jasonshapiro9932]

@@cqaqa maybe. Maybe not. I guarantee a lot of these golfers show up every week with one goal in mind. Make the most $ possible.

[@werquantum]

Not that he’s obligated to, but he makes a defensible case.

[@americankid9378]

The media is ruthless to players who have been nothing but kind to them. Disgusting

[@Jacob-ed1bl]

I totally agree, it's making the PGA look pathetic.

[@Everafter282]

Because the Golf Channel is NBC and they run the cameras at the PGA Tour, so you can guess what pays their bills.

[@TreyWK]

Not at all. They deserve it

[@MrMaritoJavier]

He handled it great. Honest. Not apologetic. Good for him.

[@Al-po2oh]

I guess the PGA Tour and the Golf Channel will now move into the Geo-Political arena with respect to their reporting. I liked it better when they stick to golf talk.

[@williamrowland8997]

When they were taken over by NBC and its political bias they have lost any credibility---the yappers are under orders or they are gone. Good for Phil, Bryson etc who stand up for what is great for America-----live the dream.

[@equinoxshadow7190]

And the U.S. and many other countries have been importing Saudi Oil for decades. A multitude of product manufactured in China imported into the U.S. Both resulting in gargantuan amount of profits made by various businesses. So if all those greedy jack-holes are allowed to make $$$ off of Saudi oil and China-made product, the LIV golfers have every right to make some $$$. There is a massive hypocrisy about whiners bashing the golfers playing LIV golf.

[@12345Itsme]

Pga doesn't deserve Bryson. They did him wrong and disrespected him by punishing him for his style of getting the ball to the hole. Jealousy of his power and trying to change rules to not showcase his ability. The PGA needs to see that and wake up

[@snaphookright4767]

Putting aside all the manufactured criticism of the player that went to LIV, I think Bryson’s recent injury has more to do with this decision. He understands that his adopted style of golf is only going to give him a limited shelf life to prosper - so he better prosper now.

[@GTF85]

Great point

[@mickclarke5741]

Spot on

[@joelkenton3563]

This is so true

[@richardjones3112]

He’s earned enough money for his future to be secure already.

[@jbanders2358]

Manufactured criticism? Is Saudi Arabia paying trolls to comment on their behalf now?

[@EmilioYepez]

This is a hit to the PGA Tour and I think the Tour needs to reconsider their decision to properly compete and co exist with LIV. Its the only way - LIV is here, they have the money and they are another Tour allowing players to play golf under a contract. Its the players choice to do what they want. TAKE NOTE: LIV has not prohibited them to play on the PGA Tour! Why cant the PGA do the same and let it go. Unless of course they are concerned they will bleed players and it will officially be the beginning of the end of their business model?

[@Diogenes-ty9yy]

Amen, brother!

[@funkmobb9368]

Don’t let this distract you from the fact that Hector is going to be running three Honda civics with spoon engines, and on top of that, he just went into Harry’s and bought three t66 turbos with nos, and a motec exhaust system.

[@ukillinmesmalls80]

😂😂😂

[@davidk3523]

It is ok for the president of the USA to beg the Saudi's for more oil production, but these guys are bashed for taking their money.

[@franz289]

Athletes are only as good as their talent will take them. If Bryson turns out to be half the power after surgery, signing a $100m with LIV would be a brilliant move. Too many athletes missed out on a big pay day because of injuries.

[@Tom-ok2rh]

Yea but do they still pay him hundreds of millions if he’s sidelined with injuries? I think not

[@blackout07blue]

He would join a Nazi golf league sponsored by Hitler if paid enough.

[@stevewilson890]

Go LIV stick it to the USPAGA

[@RK831]

Hell yeah it's a business decision. If you play a PGA Tour event and miss the cut, you will not get paid for the week. Andy Ogletree came in dead last at the LIV and came home with $125k. What does Jay Monahan say about that?

[@ludwigslughole9403]

This is sport. This is not working in an office. They have chosen to be sports people and that carries risk of not being as good as others doing that. LIV removes competitive drive and everyone gets paid however poor they play. Where is the incentive and drive to be the absolute best?

[@tomsanders2533]

Good for Bryson

[@robsterrider]

If you look at the history of rival or new startup leagues, the commissioner and the low-brow reporters sound just like the other leagues dumping on the new upstart. Think NBA/ABA, National Baseball/American Baseball Leagues, NFL/AFL. All of them ended up creating more opportunities, not only for the players, but owners, new employees, and all of the other supporting industries around the new leagues. Frankly, Jay Monaghan is probably not the right guy to be running the tour. If the right person was running the tour, then they would have been having conversations with the rival league to determine if the sum of the two parts can create something great. Jay just seems to want to be the Commandant dealing out punishment. I would think in the end, we’ll end up having a new look to golf, with hybrid tournaments, teams and yes, the majors! Hopefully, Jay will be on the outside looking in and realize the opportunity he missed.

[@flea41]

Jay has $8.8m worth of reasons to see LIV fail. PS: $8.8m is his annual salary, no wonder the players are pissed.

[@blackout07blue]

LIV is equivalent to a league run by Hitler….just Arab Hitler.

[@Diogenes-ty9yy]

" If the right person was running the tour, then they would have been having conversations with the rival league to determine if the sum of the two parts can create something great. Jay just seems to want to be the Commandant dealing out punishment." Amen, brother, amen!

[@mikeburke3660]

Liv golf coverage was far better than the pga from filming, sound, commentators, no adverts. Better format simple as that.

[@breakingpar715]

Bryson handled this simple and honest!

[@jefferyzielke7665]

All they have to say is, " I went for the money".

[@Chuck68ify]

So, they turned their backs on the PGA? Seems like the PGA suspended them to me. The President of the PGA makes about $5 million a year, pretty good for "administration", making rules for others to follow. Organizations do not change or improve without outside pressure.

[@Jon-fc2ss]

If the PGA treats its players like a business then those players will make business decisions who would've thought

[@blackout07blue]

These players would join a Hitler or Putin sponsored if paid enough. These LIV golfers are like scum on the bottom of our shoes.

[@glennmartin4232]

Golf is a business for pro golfers. Who doesn’t want to make more money from there business. The PGA have been asleep for a long time. Now there is competition

[@paulcontreras3264]

This happens in the business world everyday. Everyday someone is offered more money to go work for someone else ( different company). Athletes are are also offered more money by other teams to come play for their team. PGA Tour using the woke media to shame the players and bash LIV Golf. My guess is that the PGA Tour and the media will continue to shame players and bash LIV golf.

[@bodesqedum]

PGA is wrong for their actions against these players, sometimes healthy competition makes everyone better. If you want to prove the PGA is better then challenge them. That's the true spirit of sports.

[@PGO_Gaming]

It's not "healthy" competition, because the owners of LIV Golf have an unhealthy advantage monetarily. If they are allowed to co-exist with the PGA, they will eventually overtake them based on an man's nature for greed. If there were limits, regulations regarding the involvement of Saudi money, perhaps competition could occur, but that is not the case.

[@oscarlavista7677]

They are moving in the right direction? Do you mean by removing a reporter from the premises at the inaugural event?

[@NZFarmboy80]

If he was being a jerk then fair enough

[@CD-sz7tf]

The reporter was not murdered.....so I would say that's a solid move in the right direction...

[@captaincruel8170]

As much as he annoys people. He's one of few to call it as it is. Fair play sir, enjoy it!! 😎

[@georg5674]

Good stuff from this young man. Simply straight forward logic. We all live once only and who cares about every Tom, Dick and Harry's perception of your 'legacy' when your dead?

[@jonburrows8602]

Actually, that's what a legacy is: all you have left after you're dead.

[@Tom-ok2rh]

@@jonburrows8602 yep all the money is left behind but your legacy lives on.

[@thegreatid3595]

@@jonburrows8602 Not everyone gives a shit about legacy I rather get 100s of millions of dollars to leave behind for my family so they can be set for generations rather then be viewed as a god by some fat old guy who plays golf on the weekend.

[@georg5674]

​@@jonburrows8602 'all you "have" left behind after you're dead?' That means usable or physical goods like money, property that has value to your descendants or like a discovery that benefit mankind. Having been one of many good sportsman does not count for me as legacy beyond perhaps anyone who had a good live working hard at anything senseable. Another argument is that whatever one leaves behind cannot benefit you in death unless you believe like the pharaoh's who took most of their valuables with them to their graves believing it would be usable to them in the afterlife. Point remains, you, the dead one, cannot have anything left when you are dead. Full stop. If you had left the 'have' out of your sentence, it makes sense though. Perhaps it is your double meaning use of the English language. Better to have phrased: 'all that's left behind after one's death'. Legacy is overrated anyway and most is forgotten within a generation.

[@blackout07blue]

These golfers would join a NAZI golf league if paid enough by Hitler.

[@DiscipleofChrist33]

Seems like all the LIV players have been coached on how to answer questions from the press.. they talk about having freedom to choose between organizations, but when players sound like politicians we can see thru what their passions have always been about. Not growing the game, but growing their bank accounts.. Bobby Jones was right, money was going to destroy the game.

[@sendboi_9726]

Love his answers, as clear as they can be!

[@blackout07blue]

He’d join a Nazi league sponsored by Hitler too if paid enough. That much is clear.

[@gh4707]

Good for these guys. They have earned the right to make the decision that betters their life

[@meech37]

Atleast he's honest.

[@Art-gq7ul]

It’s really a no brainer, drip, drip, drip, I think more are going

[@ABCDEFG-bk9gx]

The PGA tour is in trouble.

[@blackout07blue]

These golfers would join a golf tour funded by Hitler or Putin if paid enough.

[@prestonstandley9247]

People who question the “it was a business decision” clearly are terrible with business and financials

[@mwqjdpk]

Looks like you have experience on that

[@Jon-fc2ss]

Clearly making 100x more money is bad business

[@prestonstandley9247]

@@Jon-fc2ss never said it was bad business. I said it’s clearly the opposite of that

[@bennyb44875]

Question....why are people from the Golf Channel talking to these people from the LIV tour? Why are they making money from people they think are selling out the tour? Isn't the fact that you are now making money off of these players is in a way dealing with the Saudi's? You people are a joke! Why wouldn't you have a back bone and refuse to talk to these players? Hypocrites

[@noinapaseurt3236]

Hundreds of millions happened! Why make them feel bad when other sport athletes chase money all the time? Why does the golf channel only repeat PGA stance? PGA is scared because their slow leak of over the hill players is now a broken damn of young top talents breaking away also.

[@Adrian-zw6sc]

".. a broken damn of young top talents breaking away.." Really🤔?? Like.. Morikawa (no) Scheffler (nope) Hovland (notta) Rahm (nope) Sungjae (not so) Cantlay (no) Sam Burns (notta) Cameron Young(no) Zalatoris (no) Davis Riley (notta) Aaron Wise (nope) Etc, etc...

[@aladdin3241]

He is very honest and straightforward with his answers.

[@blackout07blue]

Yes, he’d join a Nazi golf tour paid for by Hitler if paid enough.

[@nurzyboyone8826]

I hear Ricky Fowler and Bubba Watson will be next to go.

[@georgesealy4706]

I am thinking Jon Rahm. He has ties to Mickleson and Loy behind the scenes.

[@kab4092]

The PGA requires golfers to play in 15 tournaments. Can you imagine having a job you love and you only have to show up for work 15 weeks a year. Wtf. Am I missing something?

[@TitleistGolf13]

Yup now they are paid to show up to work for only 8 weeks out of the year!

[@MrDrMeow]

Less events - more money it’s pretty simple. Same reason the NFL, MLB and NBA players want less games. Let’s say he gets 100+ mil for going to Liv. That’s probably 10+ year long wins+ endorsement trip on the PGA tour for him to maybe make that much. That’s a huge maybe too. This is right now and it’s front of him. Easy

[@yahkthx]

you can show up to work, but the money's not guaranteed and you have to pay your own expenses. What happens if you get injured or if you're out of form? LIV golf is guaranteed money with less play time. Easy decision.

[@johnrotten3268]

They are being give absurd amount of money upfront by doing LIV... Bryson is going to make 100M for 32 events over a 4 year period. That is a lifetime career earnings on the PGA tour for the top 10% of players. I'm honestly surprised more players haven't jumped ship yet. I wouldn't pass on that...

[@kc72186]

@@johnrotten3268 its coming and the PGA seems to be speeding up the process.

[@manifestyourlife6]

Do you want to get 125k for last place, or miss the cut, play practice rounds, pay for travel, your caddy and lose money. Maybe a tougher decision for the top tier players, but 90% of the PGA has made less than the first LIV winner this year lol.

[@jbanders2358]

Are you entitled and want everything given to you?

[@tedurquhart]

Folks from PGA, CBS and Golf Channel need to stop the low-road criticism. Pathetic. There was no reason these players couldn't have played both tours, so long as they met the minimum number of PGA events. Monahan's comments calling them "free-loaders" crossed the line by a mile. Pro Athletes "change teams" all the time, simply going to the team which pays them the most guaranteed money.

[@drackkor725]

LIV is great! long live LIV! So glad LIV was created will be nice watching another tour and the head-to-head competition in a few years between the tours.

[@blackout07blue]

Saudi-Terrorist-dictator funds this entire league which he created, because he knows he & Saudi are considered terrorists and wants to improve his image. Lol

[@blackout07blue]

He is Arab-Hitler.

[@blackout07blue]

Anyone cheering LIV would be cheering golf leagues paid for by Hitler or Putin too. Disgusting.

[@gabetelevisiononline]

The first one to be completely honest! Respect to Bryson Never been his fan but I respect his honesty. Good luck going forward Bryson!

[@blackout07blue]

Goofy would join a Nazi league paid by Hitler if paid enough money.

[@jbanders2358]

Ugh he’s lied on multiple occasions. Might want to watch more than one video before making such a bold statement

[@vbeard5887]

I'm not sure which was said more... "It was a business decision" by Bryson or "Practice?!" By Allen Iverson.

[@Diogenes-ty9yy]

I think that, as Bryson has thus far dedicated his life to be a golfer, he simply wants to maximize his financial security as he has suffered from some physical problems lately. And, probably the same can be said concerning Brooks Koepka who has yet, IMO, to recover from his knee ailments. Time to "stop and smell the roses" for both, maybe? But, now that both are in the LIV, they have something the PGA Tour could sorely use: their "rivalry" and the interest which that can provide for the LIV. Both Bryson and Brooks are colorful characters but who's left on the PGA Tour who can be as entertaining? Justin Thomas, Scottie Scheffler, and Rory McIlroy are all marvelously talented golfers, but they are about as colorful as a glass of milk. They play the game wonderfully but you can fall asleep watching them. (And, I may digress, but every time I see Rory I think of Howdy Doody, the puppet character from the kiddie show 60-odd years ago. "Hey, kids, what time is it?") Now, Bryson and Brooks? Wow, even if they're not playing well, they're still entertaining to watch. Bryson is the nerd who grew up to be powerful and talented while Brooks is like the bad guy with the black hat in a western movie (think Lee Van Cleef). That's the kind of star power and colorful characters the Tour is now lacking. It was the swashbuckling Arnie, the on course gambler, that made TV golf in the '50s and '60s and then the ascetic, cold and calculating Jack Nicklaus later on. They were entertainers in what they did; can anyone say the same about the loyalists on the PGA Tour anymore?

[@deanbayley6960]

I love the way the yanks always ask "where is the money coming from" the same place where you sell weapons and buy their oil ,such hypocrite 's

[@waltvancourt5052]

Liberal wimp yanks !

[@af5235]

I respect his honesty....business decision....I have been opining all along that this is about $ and I can hardly blame those who were paid a ton of money and took that opportunity.

[@enorth15]

Would one of these commentators making let's say...$200,000 per year working 40 weeks join LIV for $600,000 per year to work 15 weeks per year?

[@jcman240]

Jerry Foltz left Golf Channel for Liv

[@TrojanMars1]

That’s what Foltz (announcer) did.

[@enorth15]

@@TrojanMars1 Good business decision. Just like Bryson and others.

[@glenndoty739]

Not to mention Phil has been working for the PGA for thirty yrs......who keeps a job that long anyway?!

[@robshook8866]

This polarizing issue reinforces the fact that there is more to consider than one might originally think at first glance. There is a degree of validity to both points of view. The business of playing professional golf cannot detach itself from the fact that big money does matter. A lot. It’s not the only factor, yet it’s a factor that’s hard to ignore.. I respect Bryson’s candid approach.

[@R_J_G]

All the free pub PGA Tour Channel is giving LIV during US Open week. Geniuses over there.

[@brett7011]

The PGA is a bunch of hypocrites.

[@TheDjcarter1966]

This is so ironic....it is a made up controversy if the PGA would have released these players this would have been a non story and players would have played a few events a year and it probably would have died off after a few years or just been a novelty like the other paid oversees events are but the PGA turned this into a war and they are outgunned for now and if they ever get a TV contract it might be hard for the PGA to recover especially if the majors remain open to ALL, if the Masters, US and British Open don't restrict the PGA Championship might be the replaced by a tournament that actually allows ALL players to participate and it will no longer be a major.

[@Diogenes-ty9yy]

Amen. Why the PGA Tour did not seek a compromise and not fan a spark into a full blown blaze is strange to me, Then again, the Tour considers itself the plantation and the idea they have is that the members should be happy to work the fields for whatever money they can make and intangibles like "tradition" and "history." Intangibles like that are nice, but the old saying is so true that "money talks and BS walks." Pros play for money and this is the salient fact here, that the LIV can provide enough money to make a pro's life comfortable enough to remove the stress of keeping a card, finishing in the top 125, etc. If the LIV ever decides to invite 27 handicappers who are 72 years old to play for big $$$s, I hope they give me a call as I wouldn't care about politics or from where the money came.

[@mkzapata5098]

@@Diogenes-ty9yy probably because of Greg saying chit like...The PGA tour is dead....its OVER. I completely understand the players that go...even though they wont admit why they went....not one that ive seen said its simply about the money...but how is this good for golf? playing half the time and watering down the competition is good for golf? HOW? And why do they keep saying its about family and more time for them when they will be out of the country 30% of the time and they still want to play on the PGA tour also? Every one of them has been coached what to say and its gross.

[@golfinguru11]

Ironically, the guys with passion who LIVe to play golf (the ones who would still play if they weren’t making millions) are staying with the pga and the guys who are in it for the money are off to LIV. Seems fine to me. Koepka is probably next.

[@darrylmclendon2193]

The thesis is time! Time with money is happiness. At a certain age, your time is shorter thus each hour becomes priceless. If you have 1 week left in life how much money would it take for the PGA to buy that last amount of time! I bet they couldn’t afford it. Great answer BD!!

[@blackout07blue]

BD would join a Hitler funded tour if paid enough.

[@mkzapata5098]

he (or phil) aint spending any more time with his (as he called it) "future family" than he ever has. DJ, Poulter maybe...but not those 2 dbags. they are clearly reading a script LIV gave them. lol If you buy his BS, I got some ocean front property here in Illinois Ill sell you cheap. hit me up

[@MrTtranpds]

PGA needs to listen to these guys and change with the times. Otherwise PGA will be obsolete like the VHS DVD and Satellite TV.

[@mkzapata5098]

how are they supposed to "change with the times"? you mean give phil 200 million dollars they dont have? cmon man. they cant do anything. when the saudis come for all the sports in the US, will you feel the same? Cause when they get bored with golf....they'll be coming for the MLB or NFL.

[@justchilling7594]

You can always tell when people are uncomfortable about a decision they have made the way they answer questions and their body language gives them away. You can tell who it bothers and who it doesn't just by they way they answer the reporters questions. I don't care either way just find it funny how some of them squirm when asked to rationalize their decisions.

[@blackout07blue]

How else could they justify being paid by arab-Hitler?

[@waltvancourt5052]

Good luck Bryson

[@nsxdarin]

LIV membership is a good measure of how much you truly love the game. Those who join don't have nearly the love for the game as those who didn't.

[@blackout07blue]

Also have zero morals. Would join a Nazi league sponsored by Hitler if paid enough.

[@NoIwont]

I must be missing something here...I have listened to all the LIV players say nothing but the best about the PGA, cept for Sergio, but have heard nothing but crap from tv pundits and PGA officials...why is that? protection of a monopoly.

[@washredskin887]

that's because when LIV folds they want to still be in good graces. this league will not last.

[@RJ_S_182]

@@washredskin887 That could have been said about the IPL too... Same model, private owners buying players all around the world to compete from all teams and countries that play cricket ... Except , their local associations did not pull this crap on them.... and look at IPL today.... Bias is a bitch buddy, you already decided the fate of these players after one event .... And yes , they still want a good relationship with PGA because they might decide to return... Never burn bridges, its just common sense, If i leave my job ,even if im unhappy , i never go to HR and cuss the heck out of them , because down the line you might work for them again... i left for money too , and i went back to my company a few year later, no hard feelings... The fact that people see this as anything different amazes me.... As a matter of fact, these guys would prefer to play liv and PGA, but who is the aggressor here.... I get the rules, but im sure an agreement could have been reached here instead of bullying tactics...

[@andrewrobinson8305]

Sigh… well, at least he’s being honest. It is indeed just about the money. Whenever these guys are asked about how exactly LIV golf is growing the game, they have nothing to say. A quick & easy way to get uber rich - okay fine. Thanks for the memories Bryson.

[@teek9781]

At least his legacy ain’t being a broke boi

[@canefan17]

Is it the golfers responsibility to grow the game? lol gtfoh

[@blackout07blue]

Being honest that they have zero morals. They’d take money from Hitler if offered.

[@blackout07blue]

@@teek9781 his legacy? Lol. He’s taxed at 40% on those earnings. And now he gets to be called names forever and has a legacy of helping Arab Hitler. Congrats! Take that money to your coffin!

[@wmvaux]

LIV Golf is just starting, it needs to develop and evolve. The PGA Tour is doing nothing to grow the game, LIV Golf is trying to create a new experience for players and fans. Things like more interaction with players, events and concerts means people who aren't in to golf can go along and experience it and maybe get in to golf. The money takes the pressure off the players so they can also enjoy it more.

[@flea41]

How many current Pros, young and old are privately approaching the LIV Tour behind the scenes? I'd love to know. I bet spots are filling fast. I can see the PGA Tour being a feeder for the LIV tour in the future. 48 of the best in the world, 54 holes, shotgun starts - over in 5 - 6 hours start to finish - that I would go watch.

[@washredskin887]

LIV has no money coming in. They're not going to last.

[@Adrian-zw6sc]

"48 of the best in the world.." 😄 Funny stuff... did you copy that off of the Saudi tour ad campaign!

[@flea41]

@@washredskin887 I think you underestimate how much money the Saudi Gov has ...With an estimated value of US$31.00 trillion, Saudi Arabia has the second most valuable natural resources in the world.

[@scottmitchell9310]

The USPGA holds golf hostage. Time for the rest of the world to see the world's best players outside the US.

[@kickflippingintogolf4228]

So, all of a sudden I like Bryson a lot more... just listening to all the things he wants to do.

[@teressaabbott855]

And Saudi Arabia got most of their money from America from us paying for gas ⛽ it's okay for the PGA tour to have tournaments in Saudi Arabia and China to

[@Gnofg]

Did you know that we only import 5% of our oil from Saudi Arabia. When Saudi Arabia lowers production. A Barrel of oil becomes more expensive.

[@justinrivet1085]

@@Gnofg 5% of Americas oil purchases is a huge number my man. Also, bonehead Biden just went over there to make a deal to purchase much more after promising he wouldn’t during his campaign. He facked this country up so bad in a year and a half that he’s gotta crawl back to the Saudis and beg them. I don’t want to hear one word from hypocrites about where the money comes from. The clothes you wear and shoes you wear most likely come from China made by slave labor There is not one good or righteous country. The US is unfortunately one of the worst as far as human rights go. They’ve gone into how many countries and killed how many people claiming democracy? Give me a break We’re literally occupying Syria, African countries, occupied Iraq & Afghanistan, Libya, etc. The Saudis don’t have shit on the US. It’s all in how it’s portrayed by the media and how they manufacture consent.

[@Gnofg]

@@justinrivet1085 bonehead justin it is exactly the same amount as under trump

[@Matt-cr4vv]

I think the thing journalists don’t quite accept when players say they went to LIV to have more time but would still like to play some flagship PGA events is essentially they want to be able to play much less if they do choose, and make great money but in the instance they have that time they’d like to have the option to play those events rather than have to in regards to the tournament play load one needs to maintain. I think they miss that if you have that time, and choose to play 16 events, it’s different mentally than having to play at least 16 whether you want to or not.

[@dr.pendyke4887]

Why no grand outrage about where money comes from with the Saudis before or China until now? Hmmmm....

[@marygolfer5697]

I doubt any players who went to LIV care but I wonder how long LIV golf last. Looks like three years is a sure thing. But after that? After five years? Everything is up to Saudi government.

[@washredskin887]

no way they last 3 years.

[@Calzonii09]

It’s seems like it may have been a business decision for Bryson to join LIV… I think.

[@charlie0101]

I love watching the PGA Tour, The PGA Tour has basically got a monopoly on Golf. The US PGA tour says its all inclusive, that is obviously not the case, These Pro Golfers are independent contractors and professional golf is what they do for a living, The Saudi's have put a shit ton of money to entice players to play, it's very tempting, If you are a Pro Golfer and are looking to make money LIV Tour is for you, if you are a Pro Golfer that is about records then US PGA tour is the tour for you. I don't think the Liv Golf Tour will take off. No ranking points system, how do these guys that sign it expect to get into the Majors if they aren't inside the Top 50. If you aren't playing on the US Tour, European tour or inside the top 50 you ain't playing Major Golf period, end of discussion. I know being a professional sportsmen is very demanding, take Golf for example, travellimg, Accommodation costs, caddie costs, there is 45 PGA tour events plus 4 Majors, an Full time Tour pro would play in Average 25 events plus Majors, now a tournament is 72 holes, 36 hole cut, Thursday to Sunday, Pros would normally get to the event 1 or 2 days prior play a practise round and tee off Thursday, The PGA tour is ultra competitive and 1st prize is 17-19% of the purse. You basically ha e to make at least 1 million a year to breal even as Pro, Travel expenses and Accommodation are the most expensive overheads, These Pro's stay in 5 star accommodation and normally fly private Jet, but a Pro who is still truing to win for the 1st time will be doing economically maybe going to the event with another guy sharing expenses and that. The LIV Tour 8 tournaments are shotgun start which is just insane, no ranking points, yes big money p, but 54 holes no cut, no Fed X cup points. 30 players, maybe 50 players. Some players may used LIV to accumulate a healthy bank balance then try make it on the USA PGA tour. Either way I'd be going on the USPGA Tour.

[@t0ny1189]

And the NFL has a monopoly on football...MLB has a monopoly on baseball....NBA on basketball...etc...

[@inhoahn6055]

I do not believe LIV can survive so long because of less competitive, less exciting and less young good players. LIV will be tournament competiting old players and second tier players like pga senior golf.

[@realdukeofthemidwest]

Dj and bryson aren't second tier and liv is more accessible and watchable format for many people

[@Diogenes-ty9yy]

Well, didn't the 2021 amateur champion James Piot just sign up for the LIV? 23 years old, hardly a "old" or "second tier" player. If this keeps up, 5 to 10 years from now the PGA Tour will be the "old players and second tier players."

[@candler98]

When is the pga going to be critical about Nike and the sweat shops and child labor?

[@jamescarson9427]

Let them play golf, professional golf is there business. Let them!!!!

[@WeltyAndrew]

no one said they can't play, they took money from the people who funded 911, that's a tragedy.

[@Jacob-ed1bl]

@@WeltyAndrew Lol. Let me guess you believe you're a true American because you wear a t-shirt from Walmart that has an eagle and flag on it. Give me break with that nonsense. They should be able to play and I believe will win their lawsuits against the PGA. The PGA looks pathetic right now.

[@buddha199115]

Why is it ok to sanction and ban soviet tennis players playing tennis in Wimbledon then?

[@Gnofg]

@@Jacob-ed1bl on what grounds do you think they will win on?

[@Jacob-ed1bl]

@@Gnofg The PGA is not an employer of the players and precedent has already been set in the past over this issue. I have several friends that are attorneys and explained it much better but they all believe the PGA will lose. To make it as simple as possible it's just not right or fair to tell a free agent where he can work despite the BS agreement the PGA asks them to sign. Only time will tell how this plays out but I hope the PGA gets a loss on this issue.

[@aidangriffiths5075]

Pga tour should just let them play, they don't play the small events anyway

[@jessie6835]

Why should YOU care one way or the other? Watch or don't watch whatever you want.

[@djrondo1224]

Nothing new here… Bryson always been about … Bryson. He’s a smart guy but obviously doesn’t have the want or pride to win major championships and went for the money grub. Sure he has been eating ramen noodles and just getting by off the $10 million dollars in his bank account. And sure the five weeks he’s worked this year have burdened him. (Know he has been injured)

[@johnshannon9433]

Idk why it bothers ppl so much that him and others took the $. You would too and it’s a no brainer. The PGA only has itself to blame for years of inaction.

[@djrondo1224]

@@johnshannon9433 No problem with Mickelson, DJ, and all the guys on the downside of their careers ya, but Dechambeau is a fraud. He’s made $23 million already and would have most likely won $25-50 million more. Like I said he’s always been about branding himself and winning was just part of it. Besides he is a smart guy and realizes he will most likely never win another major again playing one length irons. He’s a sideshow !

[@aa33366]

1. Business decision 2. Free time Repeat 100

[@lincolnshaw8812]

I bet the PGA tour are secretly pleased to see the back of him.

[@canefan17]

So he's taking Saudi money and making life better for people in the US (via his foundations and other venues). Remind me why it's a bad thing? Go Bryson.

[@alphaomega7433]

Because old white people are strongly opposed to human rights violations unless they are the one committing them. Which is most of the time…..

[@Mark76556]

I don't see anything wrong with these players going to LIV. Everyone who is slating these guys would 100% take that massive cheque if it was put in front of them. I wish them all the best, they are set for a great life to enjoy now, you only live once

[@blackout07blue]

except, no. Most of us wouldn’t if we could make millions without being funded by Arab Hitler in Saudi.

[@bahboy2702]

good decision Bryson, LIV ur life!

[@226butters226]

I'm just glad an event is coming to Portland. The PGA never comes remotely close to Oregon

[@jeffnorthcutt7899]

North plains is definitely not Portland and is barely on the fringe of the Portland/Vancouver metropolitan area but yes the PGA stop monopolizing the PNW market to only a champions tour event and Korn ferry tour stuff

[@226butters226]

@@jeffnorthcutt7899 lol fine you got me. Of course I live here and played the course. Same point

[@JeremiahDoctsonFitness]

Bryson is so dense light bends around him (stolen from reporter I forgot) I'm not surprised. He barely knows where Saudi Arabia is let alone what they do. I'm disappointed in Phil though.

[@paulmurphy8993]

Charl Schwartzel's caddie just made more money than the fifth place finisher of the Canadian Open! When caddies start making PGA top ten money just for looping 54 holes every 4 weeks it's not hard to imagine the upcoming defections. And if you want to know why Justin Thomas and Rory seem so irked by the LIV tour it's because they painted themselves into a corner about being so adamant about not taking the money that's being offered. They'll actually look worse than Phil if they eventually succumb to a money grab and they know it. That's why they're so butt hurt. And FYI... I heard Brooks Koepka is in negotiations with LIV...so there's that.

[@NZFarmboy80]

Can you imagine if Brooks and Bryson get paired together on the LIV 😬

[@tag_76]

The PGA Tour is very soon going to realize the mistakes they have made and are continuing to make. All it's going to take is another 4-5 top 25 players and the house of cards will come crumbling down. Only a matter of time.

[@krisjohansen9132]

It's just as likely that the LIV tour collapses and none of these players will be welcomed back.... Actually it's more likely. So far the LIV hasn't shown any means to recoup the cash they're spending.

[@tag_76]

@@krisjohansen9132 The wealth funding the LIV Tour is exponentially greater than that of the PGA Tour. The Saudis and whoever else are financial supporters are beyond wealthy and can ride this out with no return for a very very long time. Once TV ratings start dropping due to top talent leaving, the PGA will buckle.

[@krisjohansen9132]

@@tag_76 Argumentative. Only time will tell. My curiosity is why they're doing it in the first place if there is no money to be made in it yet? I can't see how they'd recoup the investment anytime soon. So what's the point?

[@tag_76]

@@krisjohansen9132 My guess is they are playing the long game. I doubt they are trying to recoup their initial investment any time soon. Maybe it's a game of chicken. Maybe they are trying to force the PGA into accepting something new and that could one day become a partnership of some kind. Who knows? I just think competition in sports is great for the game regardless of what sport we're talking about. I'd personally like to see a real competitive contender go against the NFL or MLB. These sport's monopolies are able to do whatever they want at the expense of the players because the players have ZERO options and the organizations know it.

[@krisjohansen9132]

@@tag_76 Agreed. Although the only issue I've heard from the PGA is events played in the US. So why not stay out of it and eliminate any problems? They don't even care that it's Saudi money. And that's a massive investment, even long term, that's got at least a 50/50 chance of failing. Cheers 🍻

[@RoySmithVideo]

I think it's interesting that none of the golf media is contrasting the charities that PGA benefits vs. the Bonesaw tour's "Bags of Money for Rich Guys" ethos. We're just learning the truth of the old adage "everyone has a price". The Saudis are willing to find that number and pay it.

[@NZFarmboy80]

They’ve donated £1,000,000 after the first tournament, they’ll keep donating at every tournament

[@mr.h3022]

There’s definitely something off about the comments coming from the guys going to this new tour. Their answers (from what I’ve seen and heard, so I could be missing something) are very guarded, almost curt. It’s weird, but the same guys who would yammer on and on during PGA pressers are very short in their responses now. It just seems strange to me.

[@robd1811]

probably because of all of the backlash from the public not really strange.... normal really given the circumstances...... any time someone that is a public figure makes a decision that pisses a lot of people off and they are asked about it publicly they don't go into detail until after the fact..... sometimes ppl do go into detail but it usually just makes the public backlash worse.

[@mr.h3022]

@@robd1811 Yeah, you’re right. That’s probably a very big part of it. Hadn’t thought of it that way.

[@arthurau9231]

I agree with Bryson it's his life and his call to make who are we to make that decision for him anyway? Anyone who disagrees with this clearly never had to raise their own family before as it costs a lot of money to raise a family. At least by joining the LIV Tour Bryson can retire early and spend as much free time with his family as possible. I would also make the same decision as Bryson as the more money I make the more things I can do.

[@exoticprairie]

Who are we to say what someone does with their life? I still love the sport. I wish him well.

[@blackout07blue]

Well, they’re now funded by Arab-Hitler. So congrats to them? Funded entirely by a terrorist.

[@alwaysright3718]

LIV is the future...

[@MGAF688]

Bryson is my favorite golfer. Where he goes, I shall follow.

[@cqaqa]

What a legacy he is leaving behind!!! He chose money and free time - what a champion!!!

[@nigelkerr9271]

See ya

[@byrd5163]

For every one at the golf Channel hating the Liv golf league they sure do give it alot of air time talking about it. Free advertising from the competitor.

[@Diogenes-ty9yy]

The Golf Channel is not an unbiased observer of world golf, their talking heads' bias is such that they should change the name to the PGA Tour Channel. Brandel Chamblee's sanctimonious rants against the LIV make me nauseous as does the commentary of the others. Not one dissenting voice, not one charitable comment about the LIV, not one idea of understanding why these golfers are abandoning the PGA Tour. It's a Union Shop and the PGA Tour is the Union and I guess if you work for the Shop, you'd better spout the Union line. That is what I find shameful.