PGA merges with LIV for Crown Prince Golf

[Sisyphus]

I won’t watch that shit anyway. I hate whispering.

 

[Sisyphus]

 

[Sol Rosenberg]

Sold their souls for an arm and a leg.

 

[Not for nothing]

Lawmakers Rip Pro Golf Merger

“In the end, it’s always about the money,” one GOP House member said of the merger between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf.

www.huffpost.com

 

[spankoka]

I guess at least one major will have to be held in Saudi Arabia. I suppose it will be what was the PGA Championship.

 

[billsreef]

Sold their souls for an arm and a leg.

Just not theirs.

 

[3to1]

if there was an Official Game for Assholes (and pussies) today, this would be it.

 

[Keith]

 

[Ease the sheet.]

'Making the cut' will be a bit different now....

Sold their souls for an arm and a leg.

Don't know whether to laugh or cry...

 

[P_Wop]

Saudi golf courses used to consist of 18 manicured greens, and hundreds of acres of sand. Your caddy would carry a few square feet of artificial turf which would get plopped down, your ball dropped on top, then away you'd go. Just so sad and stupid.

 

[billy backstay]

Of course it's all about the money!! The Golden Rule: Those with the most gold will make all the rules! Same as it ever was, and ever shall be........

Report: Phil Mickelson’s gambling losses far greater than previously known

Report: Phil Mickelson's gambling losses far greater than previously known

Phil Mickelson's affinity for gambling is no secret. But a report published Thursday offered a closer look at the extent of his losses.

golf.com

 

[Peter Andersen]

Saudi golf courses used to consist of 18 manicured greens, and hundreds of acres of sand. Your caddy would carry a few square feet of artificial turf which would get plopped down, your ball dropped on top, then away you'd go. Just so sad and stupid.

That was after the greens were rolled sand mixed with oil.

 

[spankoka]

if there was an Official Game for Assholes (and pussies) today, this would be it.

Yeah.....but you feel the same way about sailing too.

 

[3to1]

Yeah.....but you feel the same way about sailing too.

only some sailing. don't put words in my mouth.

 

[spankoka]

Ok; just so long as your not one of those people who think mountains shouldn't have ski lifts and nice restaurants.

 

[Mike G]

The timing seems weird. Wasn't LIV something Jack was looking into?

 

[Talchotali]

 

[Talchotali]

 

[NeedAClew]

The Senate Dems and antitrust eyeballs are lining up...ordinarily I am not pro government interference but in this case...

Senate Democrats call on US regulators to examine PGA Tour, LIV Golf deal

Senate Democrats on Tuesday lit into the PGA Tour for striking a deal with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), arguing that the agreement reeks of hypocrisy and that U.S. regulators must e…

thehill.com

 

[fufkin]

There was something about one of the members of the PGA board being a partner of the law firm who specialize in M&A and who were involved in getting the deal done (and who draw a % fee of the merger) written up in the Washington Post...oh yeah, here it is...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/06/07/pga-tour-liv-golf-jay-monahan-ed-herlihy/

Highway robbery in the middle of the day if that’s what’s happening here.