US Open coming right down to the end
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Yet another devastating blow to the “LIV are over the hill past their prime” crowd
That’s 2 for LIV since it started
PGA tour is run by complete dipshits
That’s 2 for LIV since it started
PGA tour is run by complete dipshits
What a great Sand shot . The 40-50 yard sand shot is the hardest shot in golf. Congrats to Him.
On that second short miss by Rory, he didn't putt it where he lined up to. It was like he didn't really believe it would break that much on such a short putt, but it did.
Rory choking is the most obvious outcome. Anyone being honest with themselves saw it coming the whole way on the back 9.
Holy **** was that a hot tournament. I went on Friday before I had to continue to move and it was a cooker! Pinehurst is such an awesome place and they were actually kind to these guys. They actually kept the greens in check when they could have let them be to the level of Shinnecock. Great win by Bryson!
They all got paid. Who cares?
So, you would not take a job with another employer who was offering better working conditions, more time off and a ton more pay guaranteed? Ya right.
We just going to overlook where all that money they got paid came from? Those guys took their checks, but lost their integrity. Now they’re just stooges for the Saudi’s and their attempt to buy public favor despite their long history of human rights violations and straight up assassinating people. If LIV’s money wasn’t so dirty then I would agree with you, but….
RBC - where the Saudis house every dollar - sponsors two PGA Tour events
the PGA has hosted and will continue to host events in Saudi
spare us all the sanctimonious bs. there are no clean hands.
Completely different than taking the check to prop up their fully owned league.
I hate the crying that these biatches do. They all knew what could happen if they took the money but now want the money and to cry about not getting ranking points or direct access to the majors. Get it, they knew it but still cry like biatches. The only one who is honest about this is Harold Varner. If I took the money and left a job to take a lesser job at a lesser company, I wouldn't cry that I should be able to also work at my current company. See, your argument is stupid. LIV is a recreational golf league played on resort courses in front of a few hundred patrons and a couple of thousand viewers on their phones with like four or five good golfers. Take the money all you want but then shut the hell up when you made the choice to go back to the rec leagues.
I'd say it's worse
the PGA Tour doesn't need Saudi money to stay solvent, but it happily seeks it out year after year after year to boost corporate profits that don't wind up in players' pockets where it belongs
That’s on the PGA. Not the individual players. If we want to lump the PGA in with the players taking the LIV money, fine. Have at it. But it doesn’t exonerate the guys taking LIV’s money. You don’t get a pass with whataboutism.
it's not whataboutism, it's the exact same thing
small thinkers expect individuals to act in a way that's morally superior to corporations, which, of course, are just a collection of individuals
there are no clean hands. none. you're just mad some players (rightfully) want the dirty Saudi money for themselves instead of continuing to line the pockets of the dipshits who run the money grubbing, in-bed-with-the-Saudis-since-the-1980s PGA Tour.
by the way - the new bonus structure for PGA players is directly funded by the Saudis. whoops!
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Are you sure about the funding coming from the Saudis? I know there was initially talk of that happening back in 2023...
What I have read recently....
A substantial portion of current PGA Tour members will be rewarded with equity in the new for-profit entity, according to a memo sent out in February by commissioner Jay Monahan and seen by Reuters.
PGA Tour Enterprises is majority owned by the Tour and bolstered by a $1.5 billion investment by Strategic Sports Group, a consortium of sports team owners, the memo said.
We’ll agree to disagree on this one. I am not defending the pga, just pga tour players. Individual tour players don’t make the decision of who gets to be a sponsor. LIV players made a decision to take Saudi money. That decision is the difference. If you see that as the same, so be it. You can’t control who your boss takes money from, but if you decide to go work directly for the dirty money; that’s on you.
it's probably just a coincidence the Saudi PIF was first in line to purchase Milan's minority stake from - you guessed it! - Strategic Sports Group's representative in the PGA deal talks
yea, definitely a coincidence
Nice reply to your stupid post. Leave a job and then cry that you want to come back, makes sense.
Not in the slightest. I just don’t give people a pass for being morally bankrupt. You can make a lot money and keep your integrity. But whatever. If that’s your take, I’m not losing any sleep over it.
yes, you do.
that's a pass, bud. big one.
so long as the dirty money in your pocket touches 1 additional pair of hands, it's all good.
"just following orders"
Here is the list of SSG members......I can find nothing that indicates the Saudis are part of SSG.
List of Strategic Sports Group members
- John Henry (principal, Fenway Sports Group)
- Steven Cohen (owner, chairman & CEO, New York Mets; chairman & CEO, Point72; owner, TGL New York)
- Arthur Blank (co-founder, Home Depot; owner and chairman, AMB Sports and Entertainment)
- Tom Werner (chairman, Fenway Sports Group)
- Mike Gordon (president, Fenway Sports Group)
- Sam Kennedy (CEO and president, Boston Red Sox; partner, Fenway Sports Group)
- Andrew Cohen (chief investment officer and co-founder of Cohen Private Ventures; vice chairman, New York Mets)
- Mark Attanasio (principal, Milwaukee Brewers and Norwich City; founder and managing partner, Crescent Capital Group)
- Wyc Grousbeck (co-founder, Causeway Media Partners; lead owner, Boston Celtics)
- Marc Lasry (CEO, Avenue Capital Group; owner, TGL San Francisco; former principal, Milwaukee Bucks)
- Linda Henry (co-owner and CEO, Boston Globe Media; investor, WNBA and League One Volleyball; partner, Fenway Sports Group)
- Alec Scheiner (co-founder and partner, Otro Capital)
You’re so desperate to start an argument it’s hilarious. I’m not biting. Have a good night.
I'm just pointing out the hypocrisy at the very foundation of your crusade.
there is no argument. just facts:
direct payment from corrupt organizations = moral bankruptcy
indirect payment from corrupt organizations = honorable moral high ground
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