Jimmy Higgins
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The Sauds are trying to gain more and more diversity in global spheres of sports. Which why, while golf is seeing a dramatic death in interest globally, that they've decided to put a large amount of money into a new golf league that is butting up against the PGA. The LIV which is a roman numeral, as in Rocky LIV, is paying now former PGA golfers a lot of guaranteed money to golf. Which is great for attacting golfers. The LIV still only attracted a small number of PGA golfers, who mostly are not in the top 50 world wide.
And as noted, while Tiger Woods made golf into a sport that normal people started watching, the sunsetting of Tiger Woods as a golfer also has been followed by an immediate sunsetting of normal people caring at all about golf.
But the oil magnates are trying their best at spreading money around from European football clubs to the AEW to the LIV, diversification is the name of the game. It seems doubtful the LIV will work out. While having a number of notable golfers or formerly notable, the biggest deal with golf (outside of Tiger Woods) is the courses. You can't fake the classics. So the LIV can exist, but prosper seems unlikely.
And as noted, while Tiger Woods made golf into a sport that normal people started watching, the sunsetting of Tiger Woods as a golfer also has been followed by an immediate sunsetting of normal people caring at all about golf.
But the oil magnates are trying their best at spreading money around from European football clubs to the AEW to the LIV, diversification is the name of the game. It seems doubtful the LIV will work out. While having a number of notable golfers or formerly notable, the biggest deal with golf (outside of Tiger Woods) is the courses. You can't fake the classics. So the LIV can exist, but prosper seems unlikely.
