No one in my group (about 25 of us, ages 35-75) mentions LIV. A few of the young guys have watched a tournament or two. Ambivalent (“Hugs or shrugs? Hope meets ambivalence,” October 7 GGP).
I don’t miss any player who left. Brooks Koepka is a jerk. Bryson DeChambeau is arrogant. Jon Rahm is as well as a Spaniard can be liked, but goodbye. Cam Smith is probably a nice guy, but 95 percent of golfers couldn’t pick him out in a foursome.
With LIV, the PGA Tour is making a deal with the devil. It’s not needed. Golf will endure without any relationship of the two.
Marty Smith
Collierville, Tennessee
While it’s clear that Ron Green is for the PGA Tour, I appreciate that he put it out there (“Hugs or shrugs? Hope meets ambivalence,” October 7 GGP).
I’m 80-plus and have been golfer, golf coach and instructor of no particular fame for most of my life. I like the wake-up call that LIV gave to the PGA Tour, which has responded by making the game more about money, which is the tour’s cry of foul in the first place.
Who knows where the money and the politics will end up, but it’s clear it will be about ratings and corporate money. The players at the top will get more, and the rank-and-file will get less. That much looks for sure.
As a fan and TV watcher of golf, I have to throw my hat in the ring with LIV at this point. I like watching golf, not commercials. I rarely watch the PGA Tour on Thursdays or Fridays but have found myself watching a whole telecast on Friday with LIV. I can see more shots in an hour on LIV than a whole weekend on the PGA Tour. I’m reasonably sure as LIV gains more popularity that it will move in the same direction, but now it’s a no-brainer for me where I’m going to turn the dial.
John T. Doyle
Lakeland, Florida
There is no doubt that some good players abandoned the PGA Tour, but I don’t miss any of them, nor do most of my golfing friends (“Hugs or shrugs? Hope meets ambivalence,” October 7 GGP).
Seeing more of the new young players, most with good attitudes, is refreshing and enjoyable.
Someone should ask PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan where he was on 9/11.
Seeing the photo of Monahan and Yasir Al-Rumayyan embrace reminds me that when two turkeys mate, you don’t get an eagle.
Charlie Miller
Westport, Connecticut
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