It's been good for player pocketbooks, but forgive me if I don't poke anyone in the eye with my LIV pompoms for fractured fields and ultimately seeing name players play less golf. I'll leave that to you
Hmmmm...........Mateo84 said:Bunk Moreland said:Mateo84 said:
On LIV and Koepka's drop in the world rankings:
https://apple.news/AcG1refqCRE-kCxewXgHc6g
The world rankings are **** now. They mean absolutely nothing. Using them to formulate an argument against LIV players is worthless.
Again...fat Pat just showed up to Dubai or wherever the **** and went toe to toe with Rory. Cam won the open last year. We'll see how the majors shake out this year but I'm betting a lot of LIV guys will do fairly well.
Why are the world ranking worthless? The LIV guys aren't playing 72 hole events. They are playing against small fields (which generally aren't very good even if you included their prior world ranking status), and they are playing without a cut. They aren't meeting the standards for similar competition around the world.
Should we also award world ranking points if Bryson beats Tom Brady in some version of The Match? What about if I beat my buddies in my Saturday morning 2 man best ball?
LIV might get a few people to watch … it seems like you are one of those. But they aren't getting the average new fan to watch, and if they can't get a golf fanatic like myself to watch, I just don't understand how they survive long-term.