Talk about Golf and there has been a swirl of emotions in the last few days. Thanks to the Saudi-backed LIV Golf tournament that has stirred up the hornet’s nest like never before and has played a crucial role in dividing the sport.  

 

 

 

 

 

"Everyone is entitled to their opinion," Mickelson said Monday at his US Open news conference, when asked if he believes he has been unfairly criticized for joining LIV Golf. "I understand that it brings out a lot of strong emotions for a lot of people. I respect the way they may or may not feel about it."

 

 

 

What is clear is that the future of golf has entered a new regime. It's feasible we'll only see all the best players compete together at the majors, like this week's U.S. Open at The Country Club just outside Boston. The PGA Tour will no longer be able to say it boasts the biggest purses and all the best players on a weekly basis, something that has been true for roughly 30 years. LIV Golf, which plans to invest billions through Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund over the next few years, isn't going away.

 

 

 

 

PGA TOUR ECONOMIC MODEL EXPOSED?

 

 

 

As an attorney who represents players competing on the PGA Tour and in the LIV Golf series added, "Free agency has come to golf and exposed the PGA Tour's economic model as a restrictive web of regulations that deprive professional golfers of the fair value of their services. The PGA Tour, which was formed to advance the interests of professional golfers, is trying to punish them for playing golf. The effort is largely symbolic; the players their commissioner is attacking had already spoken loud and clear with their decision to leave the PGA Tour and join LIV. Clearly, [PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan] can't accept that free agency has come to golf."

 

 

 

PGA TOUR OR LIV GOLF?

 

 

 

 

The PGA Tour hasn't been really good at innovating. But they've got a lot of smart people around them, a lot of fans and a lot of corporate sponsors. They're just not going to sit there and let Saudi Arabia outspend them."

 

 

LIV Golf has stated it loud and clear that it rake up a lot of moolah. It isn't a conventional start-up sports league that will eventually need to turn a profit. If professional golf becomes something where money decides the winner, it will only benefit it.

 

(Media sources)