Oh no LIV is shutting down.

RocketDawg

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Damn I’m gonna miss all those tweets telling me how much I’m missing and that it’s gonna be the real golf league. I remember that remarkable last round of the Djabouti Open where team Ball Smackers made that miraculous come back. RIP LIV
I hope you're not joking.
 

Shmuley

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Damn I’m gonna miss all those tweets telling me how much I’m missing and that it’s gonna be the real golf league. I remember that remarkable last round of the Djabouti Open where team Ball Smackers made that miraculous come back. RIP LIV
Hoping most of those schmucks are forced to disgorge the majority of their LIV earnings before crawling back to the tour.
 

Jeffreauxdawg

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Golf is 17ing nuts these days man. I don't know why you fools watch the wrastlin for fake drama. Golf has it all man. Geopolitical shìt. Drug abuse from its biggest star. Cheating. Big ole tiddies (thank you Paige Spiranac.) And some mild racism/sexism at its biggest event.

I guess we could put Daly in a Mankind mask and put Dechambeau and Koepka in a speedo and oil them up for the US Open for those of you that watch WWE for that kinda thing... NTTAWT
 

mcdawg22

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Sep 18, 2004
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Golf is 17ing nuts these days man. I don't know why you fools watch the wrastlin for fake drama. Golf has it all man. Geopolitical shìt. Drug abuse from its biggest star. Cheating. Big ole tiddies (thank you Paige Spiranac.) And some mild racism/sexism at its biggest event.

I guess we could put Daly in a Mankind mask and put Dechambeau and Koepka in a speedo and oil them up for the US Open for those of you that watch WWE for that kinda thing... NTTAWT
Why Dont We Have Both GIF
 

mstateglfr

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Feb 24, 2008
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Hoping most of those schmucks are forced to disgorge the majority of their LIV earnings before crawling back to the tour.
I hope the Tour changes it's policies so that people who aren't employees and aren't even guaranteed playing opportunity from year to year can play where ever they want and earn as much as they can.

I don't think either of our hopes will come true.
 

mstateglfr

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Feb 24, 2008
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Why? Players going to LIV made the pga start paying out more money. Every player came out better off.
Yup. It forced the Tour to treat its revenue generators better.
The Tour refused to budge then kicked and screamed like a toddler melting down at the mall, but it finally relented...some.
 
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I am so far out of the loop. Why are people mad at these guys? They took money to go play golf in a different league? Is it because its the Saudis? The vitriol doesn't match what I know of the story.
Because the Saudis were behind it.
 

Msuirondawgs

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My favorite thing about LIV shuttering: ole miss golfer La Sasso took a $hi+ on his 2026 Master’s invite to join LIV. Talk about Mississippi State-ing the opportunity of a lifetime.
Dude needs some shorter shorts SMH
 

Bulldog Bruce

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Nov 1, 2007
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There is almost always a problem when a small group effectively has a monopoly on a sport and continuously takes advantage of the people actually providing the entertainment. They never seem to do the right thing until some sort of pressure comes from the outside. NFL / AFL / USFL, NBA / ABA, NCAA and the law and now PGA Tour and LIV. The PGA players should welcome them back with open arms because it improved their standing and ability to make more
 

Pars

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I am so far out of the loop. Why are people mad at these guys? They took money to go play golf in a different league? Is it because its the Saudis? The vitriol doesn't match what I know of the story.
I didn’t give a **** about them leaving
It was when they started whining about losing world golf rankings and not being able to play certain events because they weren’t ranked high enough.
you got your bag and almost demanded this new upstart league be considered legitimate versus the tour you left and tried to destroy

get your money but play your exhibition league and stfu
 

Dawgbite

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Nov 1, 2011
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Golf is 17ing nuts these days man. I don't know why you fools watch the wrastlin for fake drama. Golf has it all man. Geopolitical shìt. Drug abuse from its biggest star. Cheating. Big ole tiddies (thank you Paige Spiranac.) And some mild racism/sexism at its biggest event.

I guess we could put Daly in a Mankind mask and put Dechambeau and Koepka in a speedo and oil them up for the US Open for those of you that watch WWE for that kinda thing... NTTAWT
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You called?
 

Seinfeld

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I didn’t give a **** about them leaving
It was when they started whining about losing world golf rankings and not being able to play certain events because they weren’t ranked high enough.
you got your bag and almost demanded this new upstart league be considered legitimate versus the tour you left and tried to destroy

get your money but play your exhibition league and stfu
This is pretty much it in a nutshell.

1) Some ridiculously rich, oil-snorting Saudis got bored and decided that they needed a shiny, new toy, so they tossed a few billion into a pot to create a new golf league.

2) Since Saudis royally suck at golf, they had n choice but to poach the best talent that money could buy from around the world

3) Knowing that no one with any sense was going to leave the tour for this unorganized $hitshow, they started throwing anywhere from $100M-500M at guys to get them to simply show up for the following 2-5 years.

4) Unsurprisingly, a few washed up pros and a few younger players that clearly care about little more than money and the opportunity to be able to work even less than 5-10 days/mo took them up on their offer

5) To the shock of absolutely no one, LIV failed to score anything remotely close to a lucrative media deal, so their exhibition events could only be found on some combination of YouTube, the CW, and wherever the 17 you can find them now

6) Also to the surprise of no one, pouring literally billions into a tour with no real way to market or reach a half decent audience ended up actually not being the best business venture, so now we're reaching the end
 

scdog1

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Let's also not forget all the BS they were spouting about joining LIV to "grow the game of golf". At least Brooks said he did it for the money when he was dealing with a new injury.
 

FormerBully

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I guess the war in Iran is costing MBS and the Kingdom more than we know.
I think it is also a big FU to Trump. He has been heavily involved with them, using some of his courses. They have used it to funnel money to him. Also, do not forget the gift of 2B to his son-in-law.