LIV Golf vs. the PGA - The Controversial Divide Over the Future of Golf

Saudi Arabia also invest in Uber and women’s golf, and also sponsors the PGA. The PGA certainly has no problem taking money from them.

One of these days Joe will crack and get hooked on golf with Jamie

Thank you for talking about this subject! I love it and I have been keeping track for awhile, I think these guys need to make as much as they can! Golf is hard!

Anyone here after PGA-LIV merger?

“American jeans Rogan“ the way he said it these are American jeans 😂😂

The PGA is pissed off because of the competition. But now they making it about human rights. When you go against the establishment then suddenly there's alot of issues. The more competition the better. And the golfers are happy to jump ship because it's more money in their pockets.

Pat Mcafee explained this perfectly. Literally every sponsor on the pga tour has a percentage ownership from Saudi money. It’s ridiculous. The PGA tour only started increasing payouts when their top talent left

"good to see ya Phil" had me breaking 😂

16 usually holds 15-16k fans per day. Only a small part is “come and go” the open seats. Everything under a canopy you have to have a pass to get into and it’s expensive. The entire tournament hosts an absurd number of people, I believe around 3/4 million lol. It’s insane

I worked at TPC Scottsdale for years as an assistant super and in 2018, and 19 we set the outdoors attendance record over 225k, there's way more than 5k people @ #16. It's easily 12,000, it's literally built like a small ball park there are decks and levels and stands around the green.

With the Netflix special that just came out from the Drive to Survive guys I really hope golf blows up in popularity like F1 did, it’s such a great sport and there’s so much drama and entertainment once you get into it. LIV golf is also adding a whole other layer, really entertaining stuff to watch.

This happened a while back in the sport I used to compete in. The organization here in the US was geared more towards a bigger payout to the athletes who finished better whereas other organizations from different countries would pay you an appearance fee just for showing up plus a healthy kick towards the guys who finished better. Typically after being on the circuit for a couple years guys would figure out where their average placings would be and instead made a living just from invitational events. Plus it kept you in the sport longer because injuries would be greatly lessened.

I so hope Joe gets hooked on golf, the thought of Joey, Bert, Tom and Joe podcasting while hacking up some famous courses is pure gold to my mind.

8:00 as someone who plays golf in my industry/company as a more junior employee, 100% getting more opportunities on the golf course with clients and management than any meeting.

Love hearing Joe get amazed by the WM Phoenix Open. Golf is evolving !

FYI - Abu Dhabi owns 10% of the UFC

Having meetings on the golf course gives you a level of intimacy with your counter that few locations can. My dad always said that if you can't close a deal by the 12th hole, find a new job.

I'm an avid golfer, and have followed the sport since Tiger Woods' prime era... to say that I am not fond and appreciate of the PGA Tour would be dishonest. However, I've yet to get a sufficient answer from those who oppose and/or dislike the LIV Tour, to my question of "Why should the PGA Tour be permitted to maintain a monopoly on professional golf, and going so far as to use their significant influence to deter sponsorships, access to Official World Golf Rankings, as well as LIV Tour players access to non-PGA Tour affiliated and hosted events, and specifically the Major tournaments like The Masters, US Open, The Open, Etc. ??? Name another professional golf league that is not a partner league, direct affiliate, or a financial subsidiary of the PGA and/or PGA Tour OTHER than the LIV Tour? I'll wait...

1:00 LOL That was such a great interaction, complete with the “whoa…”

The golf and business thing is big - you ALMOST have to play the game, if you want to make it in the finance relationship based business world. Getting 4-5 hours of someone’s time is invaluable… and you can learn A LOT about someone when you play a round of golf with them. In many ways.. it’s also just a good hang.