Love LIV or hate it, it’s the best way/Tour to be your best in the majors. Enough events to keep you sharp, fresh and ready, yet not be worn down from too many tournaments or obligations. 14 LIV events, 34 weeks left open to prepare for the 4 majors. Fact.
— Phil Mickelson (@PhilMickelson) May 23, 2023
Cam Smith finished T9 at the PGA Championship (his career best at the PGA by the way), so not exactly a strong counterpoint.14TheRoad said:
Really wish Phil would inform Cam Smith, would be nice to see Cam perform at the level he was at when he went to LIV.
EKG1996 said:Cam Smith finished T9 at the PGA Championship (his career best at the PGA by the way), so not exactly a strong counterpoint.14TheRoad said:
Really wish Phil would inform Cam Smith, would be nice to see Cam perform at the level he was at when he went to LIV.
CoppellAg93 said:
More people watched Koepka play this weekend than all the tournaments he's played since he joined LIV combined. Give me a freakin' break.
I can't tell if you have no clue what you are talking about or just trying to be a satire pro PGAT troll.class of 03 said:
Use our tour as a warm up for majors, come join us!
Sure some internal Saudi LIV marketing guy gets a finger cut off each time Phil says something that goes against the 'growing the game' and 'team golf' narrative.
Speaking of, go Mystics!!!!
He's not missing it. He just doesn't have a valid counter point.Ag_07 said:CoppellAg93 said:
More people watched Koepka play this weekend than all the tournaments he's played since he joined LIV combined. Give me a freakin' break.
Viewership has absolutely no correlation to a golfer's preparation going into a major.
You're completely missing the point.
RogerFurlong said:
They also had a golfer win the pga and finished 2 out of the top 3 at the masters. It's definitely an advantage to not have to grind out a regular pga schedule to earn a living rather than get guaranteed money.
More people watched him this weekend then on all the PGAT tournaments he played since joining the LIV. And he chose to go that route because of the failed PGAT leadership. Nothing like driving away your best players and then getting owned by them.CoppellAg93 said:
More people watched Koepka play this weekend than all the tournaments he's played since he joined LIV combined. Give me a freakin' break.
I personally enjoy all your well thought out and detailed content.I Am A Critic said:
The people I'm looking forward to STFU the most when LIV implodes and goes away are Greg Norman, FIGJAM, and AgLA06.
Aggie369 said:
Both Bryson and koepka got injured...I'm sure less golf and more rest played into them going LIV
Potential argument to be made that LIV has allowed them rest and recover to get back into form faster
yes, and I dont think Brooks gives a rats ass about how many people tune in to LIV events.CoppellAg93 said:
More people watched Koepka play this weekend than all the tournaments he's played since he joined LIV combined. Give me a freakin' break.
Nope. Just a successful competitor to the PGAT (approximately $5B dollars in the 2021-2022 season between donations and purses alone).class of 03 said:
I don't think the saudis are burning all this cash to play second fiddle to the majors. They want to be the majors, right, or else, why do it?
Nothing any of these posts have contributed are facts. Just opinions. The only facts are where the LIV players are finishing in tournaments in fields with PGAT golfers. And so far the LIV top to bottom has out performed the PGAT relative to the proportion of players in the field for both.14TheRoad said:Aggie369 said:
Both Bryson and koepka got injured...I'm sure less golf and more rest played into them going LIV
Potential argument to be made that LIV has allowed them rest and recover to get back into form faster
Yeah, that's the thing, it's just arguments, not actually fact. Others could say going to LIV is a disadvantage because LIV doesn't play as many competitive rounds so LIV players aren't as sharp and point to Rahm winning the masters and Scottie/Viktor t2 at the PGA as the basis.
The point is that Phil stating going to LIV is an advantage is not a fact as he suggests, just an arguments based on personal bias. Phil needs for everyone to know he's the smartest guy around. He needs the validation that his actions were right. That's what this all boils down to.
