{"id":459246,"date":"2022-06-08T03:20:43","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T00:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/who-says-liv-golf-pga-tour-cant-coexist\/"},"modified":"2022-06-08T03:20:43","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T00:20:43","slug":"who-says-liv-golf-pga-tour-cant-coexist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/who-says-liv-golf-pga-tour-cant-coexist\/","title":{"rendered":"#Who says LIV Golf-PGA Tour can&#8217;t coexist?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a407a3e7af3b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a407a3e7af3b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/who-says-liv-golf-pga-tour-cant-coexist\/#%E2%80%9CWho_says_LIV_Golf-PGA_Tour_cant_coexist%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Who says LIV Golf-PGA Tour can&#8217;t coexist?&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWho_says_LIV_Golf-PGA_Tour_cant_coexist%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Who says LIV Golf-PGA Tour can&#8217;t coexist?&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/mark-cannizzaro1.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Mark Cannizzaro\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/mark-cannizzaro1.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/mark-cannizzaro1.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>       <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Golf, as we\u2019ve known it, is different today than it was yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s different because of the noise that the new LIV Golf tour has been making and the trickle-down effect that\u2019s begun to take course as a result.<\/p>\n<p>This is a good thing. There are, after all, no rules that say status quo is always the best thing.<\/p>\n<p>There are many layers to peel back here.<\/p>\n<p>The LIV Golf <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a>, fronted by CEO Greg Norman, is hardly a perfect product. But it is shining some intriguing light on some potential improvements in golf \u2014 for the golf fan and for the players.<\/p>\n<p>The PGA Tour has done a lot of great things for both its players and the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>. It\u2019s a terrific, compelling product. But that doesn\u2019t mean things can\u2019t become better for all involved \u2014 the top players who draw the sponsors to the tour to be better compensated and the fans to see an improved, more evolved product that includes a team concept and shorter, more fast-moving events.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps this is a Pollyanna take, but why can\u2019t they all just get along?<\/p>\n<p>Why can\u2019t LIV Golf conduct its series of events for the outlandish money it\u2019s paying and coexist with the PGA Tour and DP World (European) Tours?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/GettyImages-1401514019.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Dustin Johnson speaks to the media prior to the LIV Golf Invitational in London.\" class=\"wp-image-22570889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/GettyImages-1401514019.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/GettyImages-1401514019.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/GettyImages-1401514019.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Dustin Johnson speaks to the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> prior to the LIV Golf Invitational in London.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Every governing body in the sport drones on about how it wants to \u201cgrow the game.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Yet, if the PGA Tour starts banning players for playing in the LIV series and\/or the Masters bans players from Augusta, the PGA of America bans players from competing in the PGA Championship and on Ryder Cup teams and the R&amp;A bans players from playing in its Open Championship, how is that good for the game?<\/p>\n<p>How is that \u201cgrowing the game?\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/GOLF-LIV_-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Kevin Na is among the players who have resigned PGA Tour membership to play in the LIV Golf Series.\" class=\"wp-image-22570928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/GOLF-LIV_-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/GOLF-LIV_-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/GOLF-LIV_-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Kevin Na resigned as a member of the PGA Tour and joined the LIV Golf Series.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Action Images via Reuters<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The bottom line here is, of course, the bottom line, which is money.<\/p>\n<p>The PGA Tour is protecting its fiefdom. It\u2019s not threatening to ban players who play in LIV events out of moral outrage regarding where the Saudi money is coming from and the country\u2019s horrible human rights records. The PGA Tour is threatening sanctions because it\u2019s protecting its product.<\/p>\n<p>And, if any of the other organizing bodies follow suit, they\u2019ll be doing it for the same reasons: money.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Money, of course, is precisely why the players are playing in the LIV events. Yet in many circles, while the players are being excoriated for chasing the money the PGA Tour takes no such hits.<\/p>\n<p>Those who are throwing stones at the players for chasing the money should ask themselves what they might do if offered guaranteed money that <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>led their income for half the work.<\/p>\n<p>At the root of the Phil Mickelson battle with the PGA Tour has always been the top players not being compensated commensurate with their value to the Tour. Tiger Woods was one of the first to push back on this years ago, pointing out that the PGA Tour was utilizing his likeness in all forms of promoting its product and he wasn\u2019t seeing a dime from it.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a complicated and somewhat uncomfortable argument to make for players like Mickelson, Woods, Dustin Johnson, who last week joined LIV Golf, and the PGA Tour stars who are making money most of us could never fathom.<\/p>\n<p>But think about this: Woods has made just short of $121 million in prize money in his career and Kyrie Irving made $100 million in three seasons with the Nets while playing in only 83 games. And Irving is not selling the NBA the way Woods sells the PGA Tour.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Regardless of the PGA Tour\u2019s stance, golfers are independent contractors and, as long as they fulfill the requirements of the tour on which they\u2019re playing (in the case of the PGA Tour a minimum of 15 events must be played) they should be able to play wherever they want.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re uncomfortable with these players taking what\u2019s believed to be dirty money from the Saudis, this is totally understandable. But how is that money any different from the money that the PGA Tour, LPGA and DP World Tours and their players have been taking from China for years as they\u2019ve all been in business with that country, which also has horrible human rights track record?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has been incredibly polarizing,\u2019\u2019 said Graeme McDowell, the 2010 U.S. Open winner who\u2019s playing in this week\u2019s first LIV Golf event, speaking to reporters on Tuesday. \u201cI think we all agree up here, take the [Jamal] Khashoggi situation [the Washington Post journalist who was assassinated reportedly by the Saudi government]. We all agree that\u2019s reprehensible. Nobody is going to argue that fact.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we are golfers. We are not politicians. I think as golfers, if we tried to cure geopolitical situations in every country in the world that we play golf in, we wouldn\u2019t play a lot of golf. It\u2019s a really hard question to answer.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>There are a lot of questions to be answered in the game of golf, which is in the midst of some fascinating times.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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