LIV Golf announces investor but big questions remain
LIV Golf appears to have been given a lifeline, but is the devil in the details of their new investor that could keep the tour alive?
LIV Golf appears to have been given a lifeline, but is the devil in the details of their new investor that could keep the tour alive?
"To hold the tournament hostage like that, and to have all of us, players, volunteers, everyone waiting on him to depart, I didn't feel like it was a great look."
"It is really hard to stomach the silliness that we've seen here from Bryson... Childish."
"For your popularity to continue to ascend ... you need to be part of the weekend's story in the biggest tournaments of the year."
The PGA Tour is finally going where the fans are.
Call them the Bryson Rules?
"That bridge has been burned, detonated, destroyed, nuked, lasered to death. There is no building that bridge back."
"Thank you for calling me out on this. You were right to do so."
"I read everything. I don't have to sit down and watch the DP World Tour to be prepared for those players."
The network, called Source Golf, is primarily backed by David Blitzer.
"Busy doing our own coverage, so I haven’t seen him play."
There are a whole lot of interesting names among the invitees, to go with ESPN and Fox executives.
DeChambeau's deal includes a TV commercial and social media posts as the prediction market continues its push toward mainstream legitimacy while battling more than a dozen lawsuits.
"I say a lot of nice things about him...they pick up on one negative thing you say about him and it becomes a headline."
"I think he would be a captain's nightmare."
"And that little blue box bullied me. I mean it bullied me."
"I mean, it's not rocket science."
"He gets to watch it on TV today."
"You don't have to take the time to do this. So we appreciate it."
Gregg Doyel's Sunday column elicited quite the reaction.
"I believe Rory will beat Rory in an all-time watchable back-nine Sunday at Augusta."
"It's starting to feel like destiny."
"The Masters is such a fantastic tournament, but not having Bryson DeChambeau in a featured group today was a big mistake."
LIV Golf star Bryson DeChambeau will make an appearance as a featured golfer in the PGA Tour's 'Full Swing' Netflix series.
"It's been a long journey to pull off LIV versus PGA. But we did it, and we're really excited to show it to the world."
"Being a broadcaster has been amazing, but also knowing beyond that, I get to be involved in the sport I love for the rest of my life..."
David Feherty, Trevor Immelman, and Charles Barkley will be part of a huge TNT cast for the LIV-PGA match.
"This is more than money. This is a lot of pride."
For the first time ever, stars of the PGA Tour and LIV Golf will go head to head in a match with some of the biggest names in golf.
"To be clear, this is about golf and giving back to our nation's veterans, not politics."
A bizarre tangent about golf handicaps caused the sports world to suggest Donald Trump and Joe Biden should square off in The Match.
“One of the things that absolutely burned me … he severely underplayed how difficult Rory's putt on 18 was."