Golf
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@barbarian said in Golf:
The Tour had to do something to balance that and ensure the top players were compensated better for what they bring to the game. And that's where the PIP comes in. It's about more than social media, it's news coverage, sponsor interest, and a few other things.
I'd much rather the cash go to the players I actually watch than player #115 who I couldn't pick out of a lineup.
Given that Tiger appears to have finished 1st, 1st, 2nd for the past 3 years, would you rather the cash goes to someone who won a lot of golf tournaments 2 decades ago and appears to have played 8 tournaments during that time or to someone who is actually playing?
I think that misrepresents how important Tiger still is to the game. He's not some old has been. Take the coverage around the Hero this weekend as an example. It's the most nothing tournament and yet because he's playing there is significant interest. No other player carries that weight, even after all these years.
While he's not short of a quid, I don't object to him still being rewarded for the interest and coverage he generates, playing or not.
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@barbarian said in Golf:
I don't object to him still being rewarded for the interest and coverage he generates, playing or not.
but thats where his sponsorship deals come in isnt it, getting paid for his name?
Also, if Tiger has won 3 of the last 4 years, this pre-dates the whole LIV issue? Has this payment simply increased with the threat of LIV? Right now, is there really anyone other than Rory or Tiger likely to win the 'prize'?
That said, do other sports have this type of 'prize'?
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@barbarian said in Golf:
@MajorRage said in Golf:
So winning means nothing to you in sport, and a stronger distribution of cash to the top names, regardless of how they play, means everything.
You used to be one of my favourite posters. What happened? This is just straw man nonsense.
You had bad taste in posters then.
I hate the LIV model and it brings out the worst in me. And your comment was you’d rather your cash went to the player you came to watch, not the bloke you don’t know. Is that a path of winning not being relevant? I think it is.
The vast majority of money is still distributed as event prizemoney. If a top player isn't winning they will fall down the pecking order as fast as anyone else. And by and large that's how it should be.
I don’t think it is. Majority yes, but not vast. Does any tournament pay 15mm to the winner? Did Rory even win 15mm in money this year.
But faced with the existential threat of LIV they upped their contribution to the top players, and this was how they decided to do it.
Actually they merged with them.
I find the whole thing sickening. Sad but true given I used to watch probably 20 tournaments a year on Sunday nights. Since all this, I’ve watched the Masters and that’s it.
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Probably the only golf I have watched is LIV, the Majors and the Ryder Cup. Haven't watched a PGA tour event in years. I think most of the tournaments are boring. LIV is a new model and it will be interesting to see what happens in the upcoming year. I know the new demographics of golfers are less country club like and more average guy in the street type and I suspect they would be more attracted to the tunes, entertainment and beer holes that LIV provides. Recruitment is the big thing for LIV but taking golf around the world is a big positive. All in all I would rather play than watch anyway.
PS. Rory is annoying.
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I don't disagree broughie.
I hate LIV though. There's a good idea in there somewhere - I like team golf, I like taking the game out of the US - but the product on TV is unwatchable. There's no juice. It's an exhibition.
Looks like a tonne of fun to be at the course, but realistically that's not going to sustain it long term.
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@MajorRage said in Golf:
Actually they merged with them.
I find the whole thing sickening. Sad but true given I used to watch probably 20 tournaments a year on Sunday nights. Since all this, I’ve watched the Masters and that’s it.
Yeah no disagreement here. The whole thing is a mess and the PGA Tour are hypocrites of the highest order for pursuing a merger.
The only loser in all of this are the fans.
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@barbarian more so with the ball roll back rule...
It's much like many elite sport though isnt it, obscene sums of money on offer.
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@taniwharugby said in Golf:
It's much like many elite sport though isnt it, obscene sums of money on offer.
At least with other sports the obscene sums are somewhat commensurate with added global interest.
Golf's pay packets are now so wildly out of sync with the actual popularity of the athletes its insane.
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The facts...money talks.
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@barbarian said in Golf:
I don't disagree broughie.
I hate LIV though. There's a good idea in there somewhere - I like team golf, I like taking the game out of the US - but the product on TV is unwatchable. There's no juice. It's an exhibition.
Looks like a tonne of fun to be at the course, but realistically that's not going to sustain it long term.
I say it is in its' infancy. Give it time.
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@canefan Rory is going to have a hard time deciding who to direct his anger at. I guess the Irish always end up gettiing the short end of the stick and my mums maiden name is Galway.
Yeah, the guy took it way too personal and he lost out. I notice he's stated Rahm must play RC. A bit of a different message to that for the other (mainly US) golfers who already defected
