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Padraig Harrington reflects on the current game of golf, including some of the division in the sport between the PGA Tour and LIV, and the importance of the best players competing against each other. #GolfChannel #GolfToday
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[@hockeyplayersnetwork3307]

Well done Paddy, the most sense I've heard in a long while.

[@bt2476]

agree 100%!!

[@stevenpwright8792]

“Bryson is box office” and “we miss Patrick Reed” are pearls of wisdom. Well said Padraig.

[@AndreeMarkefors]

Always just straight-up gems of wisdom from Mr. Harrington.

[@aussiegolfer59]

Finally some honesty from the golf channel

[@xslash10x]

With takes like this, Padraig will never be invited back on the Golf Channel. Bravo sir!

[@progolfcritic]

Respect to Padraig! 👍🏽

[@CK2008able]

Padraig a true legend of the game and an Irish hero

[@JimB16]

Wise advice from a great golfer!

[@bt2476]

Couldn't have said it any better Padraig. Wish the players on the PGA Tour Advisory board had this much sense. Golf would be in a better place

[@kennethmckinney2532]

Always enjoyed Paddy. He's fair and understands

[@wreckim]

Yet, I think for US Open and The Open, you'll likely not see any LIV players outside of Bryson or Koepka break into the top ten in them. Those two don't care how much they've been paid...DJ obviously does as an example.

[@kennethmckinney2532]

@wreckim disagree but it depends on who gets in. Pinehurst great short game and putting is a must. Cam will be there. Not giving up on Rahm. Burmester is playing great if he gets in. Niemann can't be counted out either. Honestly don't know who.is gonna be there

[@industrialpalletworx3548]

For those who watched it. Who didn't love and I mean love when Colin Montgomery would come over to play the majors after dominating the European Tour Order of Merit for years. It truly was a great time for golf and the rivalry was outstanding. It was quite literally like having an individual Ryder cup type of buildup. He was Europe's shining knight for the longest time to win the US Open because he was a straight driving machine. I'll never forget the Golf Digest article talking about him having rabbit ears form all of the heckling he would receive. 100% agreed golf needs that second or even third major tour. With the majors serving as the "World Championships". The playoffs ought to be their best against our best and lets see who comes out on top.

[@walkman123456789]

He called Rory soft for wanting to Go back to the board. He’s absolutely right and I hope Rory hears that.. come on Rory get yourself sorted and be the golfer you were meant to be

[@davidchipman7612]

Finally someone with an intelligent view on the ongoing conflict

[@Chilly753]

Padraig is awesome

[@SiLoMixMaster]

Finally a PGAT golfer talking sense about all of this. LIV is great for golf and competition, plus PIF investing money like that into the game cannot be a bad thing. I've said most of what PH said here for the past 2 years, almost word for word regarding his point about the Players at Sawgrass - that is a real opportunity to make the '5th major' gimmick a reality by inviting the top 10 LIV players to play. Another solid idea is to allow LIV players to play 'regular' PGAT events to strengthen those fields when there's no LIV event that week. Perhaps another idea could be to have a 'PGAT' team on LIV that has a revolving roster to allow 4 PGAT players to play LIV events on their off weeks. With open minds, there's a lot of potential.

[@gregrizzo8054]

The greatest thing about professional golf is getting paid for how well you play. That's what I personally love about the game. Other sports hand out massive amounts of money to players who have performed well in the past. It's easy to relax and just ride out one's contract after you have been blessed with life changing money. It happens all the time in every sport. Most LIV golfers are set for life financially, they have no incentive to be the best and to win tournaments. They have lost the desire to win because winning is meaningless for them. The goal of professional golfers is to win tournaments so they can become wealthy. If they become wealthy without winning tournaments, why would they care about winning again?

[@gregrizzo8054]

Dustin Johnson is a good example. Has more talent than almost any golfer in the world. Since he got paid his results are pathetic. All he has to do is show up and play. Hack it around for 54 or 72 holes and it's all good. His results are meaningless to him because he just get's paid to show up and swing the club. It's sad and pathetic because he could have been one of the great golfers of his era. Bottom line is there are golfers that have the ability to be known amongst their peers and in the public arena as the best who ever played the game, unfortunately no LIV golfer will ever claim that Distin tinction.

[@richjh9]

But the LIV players have made it clear, they don’t want to play extra. They left so they can be home with their families more.

[@wreckim]

@@gregrizzo8054 That's what makes Bryson an exception. I agree with almost everything you said though.

[@wreckim]

@@gregrizzo8054 He broke 80 twice at the Masters. And he did break par at the PGA. He's playing about as well as a promising Korn Ferry Tour player IMO....that's worth something.

[@christopherolson4098]

Have LIV and DP world merge and there you would have a better, stronger euro tour just like it was years ago.

[@kennethmckinney2532]

Agreed. I hope PIF tells the PGA Tour you're on your own...

[@gregrizzo8054]

A LIV DP merger would be great, paying professional golfers hundreds of millions of dollars for just showing up is a serious problem. Does anyone realize how little incentive a golfer has to play well if he gets generational wealth?

[@zazhou]

​@@gregrizzo8054 Absolutely. There is a thing such as too much money which people do not understand. Applies to both LIV and PGAT tours since LIV was created.

[@vykeenb4707]

Hard to believe we miss Patrick Reed 😆😅😂

[@SiLoMixMaster]

Need For Reed: Most Wanted

[@gregrizzo8054]

Nobody misses Patrick Reed except his wife and kids when he's not home, perhaps not even then. His parents dont.

[@protestthisyouloser1093]

@@gregrizzo8054 no one cares. Except you

[@gregrizzo8054]

@@protestthisyouloser1093 And you. posting a comment means you care too. Be well and have a good weekend. Tool.

[@lynperry-ld6pq]

Padraig makes sense. LIV must be given World Ranking Points so we can see the best players in the majors. Sure add 1-2 other events if you want. Seems to me the majority of exciting personalities went to LIV and they are missed. Love or hate them but they made the game of golf much more enjoyable. I believe Norman is forward thinking and he is one of the most intelligent and successful men in golf. He’s the kind of figure I would want on my board of directors. Now let’s get er done. 🙏

[@gregrizzo8054]

Greg Norman is a pariah, the Masters doesn't want him around, he's a money grubbing clown. He aligned himself with a sportswashing money laundering cabal. His players are prepaid. Their results are meaningless. They show up and prance around like they care how they play. They don't. Their score is meaningless, worthless. ITS PREPAID. They get paid just to show up and hack it around. It's sad and pathetic.

[@peterweber4094]

No one should be supporting the Saudi backed LIV tour. It normalizes the killing of journalists. Shame on all the unprincipled millionaire golfers who do.

[@Golfnutter]

Paddy has always been the voice of reason. Not sure we missed Patrick Reed though…

[@gregrizzo8054]

We dont

[@wreckim]

You need some motivation for moving your ball when others aren't looking, building sand castles, and making a trench behind your ball in the rough IMO. Reed is just the man for the job.

[@gregrizzo8054]

@@wreckim Cmon man, you gonna dis captain (cheater) I mean america like that?

[@industrialpalletworx3548]

@@wreckim 🤣🤣

[@laogx4026]

Padraig for PGA president!

[@jtillison]

You are so right Paddy. Bryson made the tournament so exciting. Just like i didn’t miss tournaments Tiger played in, I will watch tournaments Bryson plays in.

[@HashbeanSC2]

You can't even post a link to the official youtube stream of a LIV event on /r/golf without the moderators removing your post.

[@chevy4x466]

I respect his courage in saying this opinion. I agree with him.

[@simonmackness403]

Love Paddy. He's just a straight talker.

[@damo66633]

This bloke is spot on

[@clintsanderson6019]

Great interview!

[@SpeechCheck]

Great take!

[@brianking4229]

Love the HONESTY from Padraig! This is Common Sense and it took HIM to Finally State the Obvious Truth.

[@berkit1]

Well said Padraig! The state of golf is just fine. The rivalry is good. Monopoly by PGA Tour and sucking all the best players and reducing others into mini tours ain't good.

[@1kp66]

Missing Feherty

[@alexvalentine8724]

Padraig well done

[@gurhankaya]

Great take

[@RobertFolger-b9r]

Padrig was correct about all his comments. Last week was amazing…it would interesting to see what the tv viewership was seeing that the masters had a 20% drop. Competition is great for the game and the pga can’t get out of their own way to realize that they have more earning potential with including LIV at the majors than without. I’ll bet that John Henry and the rest of the SSG sees it that way.

[@gregrizzo8054]

The earning potential of the pga at the majors without any LIV player is the same with them in the field.

[@algernonwolfwhistle6351]

I don't remember anyone connected with the PGA Tour or any broadcaster complaining when they took the best players from the European Tour to strengthen their field to the detriment of a stronger European Tour. You reap what you sow and LIV have taken the PGA Tours play book and run with it.

[@zazhou]

Three Pro tours. 1) PGAT, 2) Europe and Africa, 3) Asia and Australia of equal status and funding. So three time zone related tours. Saudi should fund the latter two tours unless Chinese companies can finance the Asian tour. The best of the three tours play in the majors and a few other designated World tournaments which must be in Asia and Europe.

[@TerlinguaTalkeetna]

Have the LIV tour and DP tour find a way to create a strong world tour that challenges the PGA tour players at some events. Us verses them sells big like Padraig said here. But don't they somehow have to make the top LIV players compete in 72 hole events to EARN world ranking points the way other tours do. Then they clearly earn their way into majors and other big events?

[@perryseehoe590]

Well said , common sense.

[@wills2552]

Paddy speaking sense as usual, Bryson made the PGA last week, I see no issue with having LIV and PGA tour existing and sharing together just like the PGA and European tour used to, but perhaps the PGA tour got greedy and killed the European tour and they fear LIV doing the same, there is too much greed in the world and it's infecting everything it needs to stop.

[@MoMoMyPup10]

More like the European Tour players got greedy and all wanted to come to the states to make the big bucks, and to where the best players were. The courses are better and the weather is better. Had nothing to do with the PGA Tour being 'greedy'. But they had to _earn_ the right to stay there. Nothing was given to them just for showing up.

[@eannamc]

Small credit to Lynch-mob for keeping is gab shut while Harrington spoke.

[@carlchappell6383]

Padraig made sure there were no gaps😂

[@redballoonluke]

Padraig doesn't want to be on boards and that's just one of the many reasons he'd be invaluable to any board.

[@jimmywhat1448]

Finally, someone said it. 👍

[@garrettkelly5568]

Padraig: it's hard to believe we miss Patrick Reid Patrick: 👀 👀 👀 👀 👀

[@johnritchie8336]

Can you get a word in sideways with Padraig 💚

[@jacobhince3641]

Paddy has the right idea, but the problem is that you can’t just hand LIV guys world ranking points without meeting the criteria. And you can’t change the rules overnight. You could create some qualifying events with some criteria that matches other events and invite the LIV guys to come qualify, similar to what Sergio has done. We can call the LIV guys the “best players in the world” except for the idea that the last 4 majors, DJ has either not made the cut or been a non factor. The same is true for others on LIV but not all. Guys like Bryson who have kept their game in order and can still perform, will have no problem grabbing one of a handful of spots available for those majors. A meritocracy (like the majors) diminishes the weight of past success as it fades into the rear view mirror. Unfortunately for some (not all) of the LIV guys, they don’t have the game to be considered the best in the world anymore because they don’t perform in the majors. If we dilute the majors, that’s exactly what they’ll be. Diluted and fewer people will watch them.

[@hb-ze4ug]

I bet they were sorry to have asked, LOL Share this video everywhere before the guys at the "Golf PGA Tour Channel" delete it. Seriously, one finger snap from Monahan and they'll do it ipso facto 😄

[@GeeTee308]

🍀Padraig Harrington🍀 For CAPTAIN of the 🍀4 CLOVERS! LIV GOLF NOW!🍀

[@rogerwhite7719]

Wow! A guy with common sense…nice to see…

[@mach1sports]

Hopefully emon will tell us where the man touched him as a child one day

[@williamdenton5716]

I Love me some Padraig.... BUT.... He wisely uses the word "TRUST" when referring to folks under the employment of the PGA Tour. When your direct competition literally has BILLIONS of dollars falling from their pockets.... You should be very vigilant with the dispersion of "TRUST".

[@Chubby2]

Paddy 4 president

[@jimiverson3085]

It really is a shame what has happened to the European Tour. The PGA Tour is in financial trouble, but the ET has just been gutted.

[@lauriemorgan9083]

The players are on the board because Jay made a complete mess how PGA handle LIV at start. Tiger said "this will never happen again "

[@trevorwebster5401]

So LIV should go to 72 holes, not 54….

[@petergough5865]

Padraig talks a lot of common sense and the tours/LIV should take note.

[@Pud56]

Padraig saying the home truths, the demonisation of LIV has been ridiculous. These are professional golfers, and by their very nature chase where ever they can get paid best. The blood money arguments are nonsensical, ARAMACO sponsor the ladies tour, PIF invest in most TOP100 companies, some of which sponsor the PGA, so crossover already exists. The tours need to get round the table, resolve differences and agree a future. LIV has already positively impacted the PGA tour from a player income perspective, yet said players as supposedly upset with LIV, is this the politics of envy?

[@graemedickey3638]

For tooooooooo longggggggg pga And euro tours ruled. Sooooooo refreshing for something different for everyone else. More people living outside those areas. Wake up!!!! GO LIV 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@lesandmojoscoales4885]

He’s r ight

[@chezchezchezchez]

“ it’s hard to believe we miss Patrick Reed “? No Paddy, we do not miss Patrick Reed. What are you talking about?

[@kennethmckinney2532]

I know I don't. I see him play every event. He's talking about personalities whether liked or not. The Tour now with a couple exceptions is a borefest. Hovland and Theegala are the only top players with personality. I hope LIV grabs them and a couple more. The rest the PGA Tour can keep

[@gregrizzo8054]

You and 3 other people miss Reed, and his family misses him less than I do.

[@Karl_with_a_K]

"Its hard to believe we miss Patrick Reed", 🤣🤣🤣 even Patrick Reed's Mother doesn't miss Patrick Reed. 🤣🤣

[@user-xq3cr7ld9g]

It's too bad that the LIV haters know so little about golf. Very self absorbed bunch. They could care less about the players that play on the DP, Asian, European etc world wide tours. They are eventually going to be in for a real shock come Jan 2025 when if no deal is reached how many no names and elite players opt for LIV. Right now the PGA has a couple of players holding the league together. That will soon come too an end.

[@ericjohnsonphoto]

Nope

[@rainey06au]

LIV isn't about golf, it's about sports washing for PIF.

[@lynperry-ld6pq]

So true. Make the other tours stronger and bring them to life and the PGA will become irrelevant over time. Yes give to money to the other tours and watch new and exciting players develop.

[@SiLoMixMaster]

Yep, LIV haters are complete idiots, especially the ones who still use terms like 'blood money' as if they are still stuck in pre-June 2023 🤣 Mindless sheep who are easily manipulated.

[@kennethmckinney2532]

Yep. Americans think they own golf. Snobbery is strong...

[@aa_damant]

LIV can keep Reed and Gooch... everyone else can come back with open arms

[@trevorsanso32]

both are better than jake knapp lol

[@Handletaken4]

Padraig would ne the 3rd best player on the LIV Exhib circuit

[@kennethmckinney2532]

Yep. Check the leaderboard at the PGA Championship and look way down below the cut line. He would play as well as he does when he plays PGA Tour events now. Not real competitive but I do like him

[@user-xq3cr7ld9g]

He would also be the third best player on the PGA Tour. He at least would have more personality then the current crop of no names playing. At a 20+ % loss of viewership, including Majors, patrons I talk too say watching the PGA Tour is like watching paint dry. Sponsors are the backbone of the PGA not Monahan not SSG,who will soon tire of throwing their money away. Something the Saudis' have no fear of doing or worry about. If the Saudis' pull the plug it will be because their bored not broke.

[@SiLoMixMaster]

🤡

[@allensignaturetreeservices]

100% correct. The PGA is failing professional golf and ruining the future of golf. LIV golf is going to destroy the PGA and that's a good thing for the game.

[@MoMoMyPup10]

It's not LIV, it's PIF, and it's just throwing dirty money at guys like Rahm, who miss the PGA Tour and what it offered. You're just a hack commenting on what you do not know. Rahm, Bryson, and Cam Smith are really the only LIV players who people want to see play.

[@bumache]

The European Tour was sucked dry by the PGA. Now the PGA is crying in its beer about Liv.

[@MoMoMyPup10]

You're not very smart

[@rainey06au]

The PGA ain't losing anymore big names to LIV after the Rahm situation. There's just no way future top players are going to be comfortable ending their career at the start of their prime to play exhibition golf and become nobodies. LIV is unsustainable when their structure revolves around poaching players from the very league they want to destroy. Mickelson is the one laughing all the way to the bank, he had his entire career with PGA and then gets a healthy retirement fund. I think quietly the LIV guys are hoping LIV dies by 2027 and they can come back to PGA with money in their pocket.

[@kennethmckinney2532]

Lol. Wish in one hand and sh*t in the other. Dream on. LIV is gonna get bigger and bigger. The deepest pockets wins PERIOD

[@dougydoolittle5255]

Bullshit dude, more are certainly going to Livgolf, and Rahm situation is in your head from media speculation.

[@ducati916SPS]

PGA losing control of Golf, that doesn't sit well, ultimately he who has deepest pockets wins!

[@taylorstevenson7410]

I've went from watching golf on TV at every opportunity to watching the majors and a few of the better tournaments. Its too slow, there are very few personalities, I dont want to see scores of 20+ over and the pros are focused on money.

[@MoMoMyPup10]

But that's always been the case for most golf fans, casual in nature. There were never really a lot of diehards like you were, and that's why it's never really had high ratings outside of majors.

[@wreckim]

But LIV has nothing but money. None of their 'tournaments' mean a thing period. The LIV players would never play the regular PGA Tour events. They allegedly want to play LESS golf, and they are getting hundreds of millions for playing less. There is nothing you can do about this, and I don't know how long the PGA Tour can keep paying huge amounts to limited fields; they don't have oil money, they rely on actual revenue based on ratings etc.. Eventually all the LIV players will get older, and they will need to be replaced by younger PGA players that are hot...as long as SA wants to have these guys as Jesters, I don't see a way out. Still, Bryson was really the only one that made a charge, a hell of a charge, but LIV is 0/2 this year...and most PGA Tour players are outplaying them. That's the bottom line.

[@jwp2166]

How can you merge two tours when one has to make a profit in order to survive while the other can literally throw money away with no concern for profit because they have all the money in the world from selling oil? There's no solution when the two entities are so drastically different. We have the evil Saudis to thank for this and greedy already multimillionaire PGA Tour golfers who wanted even more money from clown LIV golf. Those guys made their choice so let them live with that while the real tour that plays real tournaments rebuilds itself.

[@MarilPhi]

Common sense from an Irishman!

[@harrylongabaugh871]

The hell with LIV golf. Problem solved.

[@deanhays6115]

What is this guys point Kamala of golf commentary 😂😂😂

[@scottlarsen7366]

I like Padraig, but to make it so everybody can win???? Come on.

[@redballoonluke]

He just means everybody who deserves a proportionate opportunity to win. I worked with him as his translator for 6 years. Trust me.

[@robertkauffman8137]

LIV stinks.

[@kennethmckinney2532]

Nope

[@J_B17]

It’s awful

[@kennethmckinney2532]

@J_B17 what events have you watched?

[@deanhays6115]

Why Because it's not American founded😂😂😂

[@robertkauffman8137]

@@kennethmckinney2532 54 holes and yeam play. That is for girls. Heck, the LPGA doesn't even do 54 hole events anymore. I must apologize to them. What's next, golf carts for the rich and famous?

[@djs803]

No one cares

[@kevinwortz8301]

Say what you want to say Padraig, then take a breath ffs! Soit it out then shut up