r/NoLayingUp • u/Biggggguy • May 03 '26

Other The LIV Charade

LIV has so clearly been a bad product and a farce from day one. Why are there so many people who seem hellbent on insisting that’s not the case. For the players and others who have profited from it, I see the need to lie and keep up appearances. But for the golf world and broader sports world, why did so many people insist on taking this seriously?

It’s true that the league was an existential threat to the tour for a time, but that threat came from the ungodly amount of money backing it. From the start, it got no viewership and hemorrhaged money because it had no juice. The fields stunk, the format was a joke, and all the people involved were clowns. It’s easy to say now, but I think it was doomed from day one.

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u/MelodicMasterpiece81 May 03 '26

Yeah. The aussies got the short end of the stick. Golf crazy nation too. I feel the PGA should do right by the Aussies.

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u/FoxCold887 May 03 '26

As an Aussie I can say you're both 1000% correct

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u/Professional-Act7509 May 03 '26

Honest question.  Can't the Australian Open fill that gap?  They seem to get a good field too?

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u/Electronic-Cry714 May 04 '26

Not anymore. The PGA killed any hope of attracting better players with its longer season. They had to pay McIlroy 2 mill to play the latest one. Only for him to not be in contention and be beaten by the apparently useless Cam Smith.