"PGA Tour vs. LIV"

Based on his interview the other day he's 100% gone. Shame

Obviously none of us understand that world of professional golf fully and how decisions are reached so it's just opinion here. But I thought for career progression he'd be better stay and get the experience of playing PGA tour which automatically then could hopefully lead to major appearances, Ryder Cup potentially. Now he may still experience all that but it's more difficult certainly through the LIV route. Now 8 million is huge money but potentially he could do that anyway with 3/4 good years on PGA. I know that's assuming all goes to plan and a slump could hit his game anytime and mess things up. But if he does go I hope it's not just a quick decision to grab the cash without weighing up the long term implications. I was looking forward to having another Irish player to follow on PGA tour so will be disappointed to miss out on that side of it.

Really don't see how its a ridiculous decision at all. As a 22 year old having received an offer of 5 million straight in your bank is a deal that you would have to seriously consider. Life changing money.

Not to mention he could go on and make another 4/5 million easily if he performs well.

Couldn't care less if you never hear of him again? Strange attitude to have for the best young player to emerge from the island since Rory.

This really emphasises what the problem with the youngsters going to LIV is. If you become that wealthy at 20 years old, being that wealthy becomes normal to you. And what do you do then? Maybe I'm wrong, but I'd have thought that the vast majority of top golfers grew up dreaming about winning the biggest tournaments, not getting sign on bonuses for going to a different tour. It just seems unfulfilling. The novelty of being able to buy whatever it is that you dreamed of must wear off pretty quickly. And what they've given up is the opportunity to pursue golfing immortality by etching their names onto the biggest trophies.

Everything in your last paragraph is purely hypothetical.

It didn't look like he'd lost his competitive edge this weekend. 🤐

He's clearly already away ya balloon it just hasn't came from the horses mouth.

So yes, he's already bagged his however many million and yet was still able to put up an excellently competitive showing this weekend.

You do realise that when he plays his first LIV Event he is still eligible to play on the DP World Tour?

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We'll soon see if he's "lost the competitive edge" or "whinge about being vilified" or "doesn't care about competing at the highest level."

On his FIRST start after signing for Liv it doesn't look like any of the above is the case.

Oh and who won the Dubai Desert Classic this year? Wonder do any of the above apply to Tyrell…he's been on LIV a year now 🤪

It sure is disappointing for us to watch mckibbin progress, stepping into the shoes of Rory from nearly 2 decades ago, make the PGA, and have that rug pulled out from under us where he'll now disappear off down a hole where we may never see him hit a ball again. He's definitely making what will turn out to be a very unpopular decision. I wonder is it the money, and he's not confident enough in his abilities to make money on the PGA tour, or is it the lure of playing with other players like rahm, hatton, koepka. Could there be an injury worry? Who's mckibbin caddy BTW? Personally I've had another hunch, I hear caddies are treated very well in the LIV tour, and wonder if player caddies in many cases are in their players ears nudging their player down a path that most profitable and high profile for the caddy? What caddy wouldn't prefer to hang out in nice weather in the middle east, work and travel way less, entering reduced field team events over 3 days with way less stress, more guaranteed income, more social life and employment that relies less on players performance, whilst allowing the caddy to live a way less disturbed life, maintain relationship with their spouse etc. If I was a caddy, I'd WAAAY prefer to be a caddy for a LIV player!

MOD EDIT

I still don't care about the history of the tournaments. The majors are obviously the 4 biggest, but in the women's game they can even change those around. The WGCs were introduced as massive tournaments and people seemed to accept them. The national opens are the ones to me that should matter from a history point of view, but we've seen them slide in value. What really matters is how you performed against the best in the world in your career. When you think of great players of the game, people like to add a little caveat to their records to mention that not all victories are the same. Sam Snead - some of his wins weren't real tournaments. Greg Norman - a lot of his wins around the world weren't against the best. Monty - never won in America. Golfers have long careers but they're not nearly as long as people seem to think. McKibbon could be giving up a significant portion of his peak years to LIV. And even if he picks up a few wins, no-one will care. Because there's a few of the top players in the world there, but we're not even sure how good they are any more. Or how primed they are for the LIV tournaments.

But as regards his golfing legacy and the welfare of the professional game - those things don't massively concern me. It's still the sportswashing that makes me hate LIV.

My God. The Saudis have even bought off the boards mods. Their pockets truly are bottomless.