Merging of PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LIV!!

I think LIV have got exactly what they wanted.

They wanted to get into golf and couldn't. Set up there own- not very successful but still hassle enough to make the PGA sit down and negotiate.

Money is endless to them. They could always outlast the PGA.

Pga players cant be happy with the lads in charge. All morality and human rights at the start.

Now we see money talks louder than any morals.

Have to say, I'm very disappointed with Padraig's contribution here. Putting his own country on a par with Saudi Arabia?? Objections to Saudi are about more than historical views on women's place in society, and cultural norms (which is a fair point, and we have things to be ashamed of). But... luring a journalist, one of their own citizens, into an embassy to murder him and dismember his body, ongoing use of the death penalty and imprisonment to dissuade dissent, and the human wreckage visited on Yemen? The current Saudi regime is reprehensible, and the sportswashing is about distracting from that.

And I'm quire sure that we (Ireland) DO NOT export military technology to Saudi Arabia. That's actually quite a dangerous statement to put out there on twitter and needs to be corrected.

Have always thought highly of Padraig, but on this one he needs to think more deeply about what he is saying.

Have you ever considered the level of the average professional golfer to where it was at 10 years ago. The standard is much higher today

Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler, Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth and Collin Morikawa are all top class elite level golfers. I don't think there's ever been that many elite golfers at one time before. It's much more difficult to win a major these days. If Rory continues with the form he's shown in majors he's going to win more.

McIlroy will play and so will all the others. They’ll kick up a stink and get thrown a couple of mil and everyone will get back to work. And vast majority of golf fans will do what they’ve always done. Sportswashing works because there is no actual opposition to this stuff when the bag of money hits the middle of the table.

We’ll get a counter narrative around how PGA are actually the winning party and in control, etc and everyone will get on with it.

McIlroy arguably misjudged the situation last year and allowed himself to be hung out to dry a little bit, but he hasn’t done anything wrong refusing to play for LIV; and he won’t be doing anything wrong now by playing on a combined tour when there is nowhere else for him to practice his profession.

I wonder is it more than a couple of million though? LIV spent billions so far on a non-profit tour and I think their end game was to get ownership of a substantial chunk of golf, which this deal does. Maybe the likes of McIlroy, Rahm will get close to their proposed LIV sums thrown their way. An extra 2 billion to PIF is peanuts, especially when the alternative is to just run the LIV tour indefinitely. If they do that, the players that remained loyal to the tour will be kept happy and the Saudis achieve their end goal. Pure speculation, but I think something substantial will need to happen to keep the top PGA tour players happy.

I like how he clearly said that looking at it from a professional point of view he can see how it will be good for the game of golf.

He said it's got nothing to do with liv, he assumes liv keeps going but it's not part of this deal. He said he has always and still does hate liv and everything about it. it's the PIF and not liv that's in this deal.He explained how the choice to have the PIF and all their money as an enemy or supporter was where this decision came from. He said the PGA tour control where the money goes.

He said that players coming back has to be thrashed out. He said that they can't come back in without penalties, I felt from what he was saying that he doesn't want them getting back in.

He was asked if he felt that players who stayed loyal to the PGA tour should be compensated, he said he'd love it but then asked how it could be done.

He said he trusts Jay Monahan to do what's best for the tour.

He was asked about the fans and he said he understands their anger.

He was asked about the Department of Justice and he said that was well above his pay grade and that it would be stupid of him who has no clue about what goes on there to say anything about it.

Found it quite funny he used that phrase "that's well above his pay grade" considering he earns miles more than all of the department of justice staff together.

Started his own tour. 54 holes, shotgun starts 😄

Seriously though, Rory and Tiger are already starting this stadium golf thing (if it's still happening). Obviously they have business people working on it to get it up and running. If him and Tiger put their names to it then it carries weight. Then bring the disaffected guys with them. PGA/PIF/LIV then just becomes LIV with a few others (who were probably going to LIV anyway).

But, no. It's "Good for Golf".

Just saw his interview.

Very polished performance. Ultimate professional. I'd have thrown Jay under a bus for sure.

Mcilroy should have taken the stance of I'm sticking with tradition and been done with it.

He brought morals into it talking $hite about where the money comes from etc.

All the while playing on DP tour, Middle Eastern sponsors etc.

Of course now he's taking said money. Total hypocrite but we already knew that.

He throws outopinions like confetti and flips on a six pence.

But he's a multimillionaire so I doubt he gives 2 fooks what us plebs think of him!