Ouch! Twitter on the PGA - LIV (Saudis) golf merger

[underpants]

Good thread here.

Link to tweet

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[The Unmitigated Gall]

1. If you can't beat the bonesaws...

Join ‘em…apparently.

[Deuxcents]

2. Good one..I hope we have not forgotten the Saudis' role on 9.11

They still have us with gas/oil issues. Now, another institution falls for them.

[comradebillyboy]

3. So the Saudis simply bought the PGA?

[underpants]

9. Pretty much.

[spanone]

4. Money Money Money

PGA caved.

Sad.

[ProfessorGAC]

5. I'm Unhappy, Too

They caved to a tour hardly anybody is watching.
A few weeks ago, the tour was playing the Honda Classic. Few major names were there. Coverage on Golf Channel & NBC.
LIV was playing in the US, with coverage on CW.
The Honda had an average daily viewership that 6x that LIV's aggregate for the week!
PGA should have just waited out the Saudis' desire to pour money into a sinkhole.

[spanone]

7. I agree. It's sickening.

...and the players found out about it JUST TODAY.

It's all they will be asked this week.

[underpants]

10. I was absolutely shocked.

I guess the Saudis have so much money they could bleed the PGA for years in court.

[underpants]

17. A friend texted a good point

If I were one of the PGA loyalists I'd be pissed. I stayed loyal turning down a huge payday based on principle while others cashed in but were told they'd never be welcome. Now they're all welcomed back with open arms and fat accounts while I'm rewarded with what...

[ProfessorGAC]

29. Yep!

They offered Tiger a half-billion. Rory got offered a hundred million more than Koepka or Johnson. They said no.
Now, this.

[Takket]

6. PGA was pretty much "fuck those guys" at the start.

They sure changed their tune.

[spanone]

8. They did for moral reasons. 9/11 and Khashoggi.

So much for morality where money is involved.

[Jerry2144]

11. I turn golf on the TV when

I need to nap. And if I need deeper sleep, I listen to golf on the radio.

I guess I can now watch Paint Drying TV and Grass Growing Channel for equivalent excitement

[LymphocyteLover]

12. thoroughly corrupt and disgusting

[Disaffected]

13. Saws will now be allowed on the course

to remove fairway and rough obstructions.

[calimary]

14. I'd expect the golfer depicted in the lower graphic to be

using an assault rifle or some such.

[underpants]

15. Bone saw

[AZ8theist]

18. Bone saw. Fitting.

[Ilsa]

31. If not a bone saw, a box cutter. nt

[Comfortably_Numb]

16. PGA is about to find out that it's not just magat spunktrumpets that follow golf. They're gonna

get an earful on the links.

[AZ8theist]

19. I doubt that...

There are TONS of Fascists who attend PGA events. I've seen them first hand.

Most of them will be perfectly fine with this abomination.

[Comfortably_Numb]

22. I'm a tree hugging liberal and I used to go to the Shell Houston Open and I have to

believe there’s more like me that will make bonesaw noises and shout insults.

[Ilsa]

32. "Caddy recommends the bone saw for clearing a path." nt

[Comfortably_Numb]

34. lmao

It’s 9-11 to the green.

[Bird Lady]

20. Expect Golfers

To be unexpectedly falling from windows, and they have will to play through the body parts.
I used to watch golf but now I will watch anything else. I will not support murders.
Does trump have anything to do with this?

[Ilsa]

33. I think LIV has tourneys at TFG properties. nt

This seals it for me: no more golf on my tv.

[Tetrachloride]

21. Golf is used to "quiet on the green.... ooo. aaa nice putt"

buzz saws, kazoos, death metal. those might happen.

[Pas-de-Calais]

23. Golf equals Boring to me

[PortTack]

26. Same!

[catbyte]

38. The last time I watched a golf tournament for the golf was the first time Tiger

Woods won The Masters back in 1997. I'd occasionally tune into a golf tournament if it was being played at Kapalua, Maui just for the scenery (that's my favorite part of the island -- I stay in Napili when I go & that's just south of Kapalua) and to see if I could catch a sighting of a whale, lol. Everything else is one big snooze.

[panader0]

48. Years ago. as a high schooler, I would go to Maui to surf (I lived on Oahu). Once me and my buds

spent our nights on the greens at Kaanapali. In the early morning the groundskeeper woke us up and shooed us away.
So beautiful.

[SouthernDem4ever]

24. Pro terrorist Golf!

Not for me!

[PortTack]

25. Golf is seeing a slight resurgence after several years of no one being interested

It’s an expensive sport which is the catch with the younger generations. Guess we’ll see if the current resurgence continues

[The Bopper]

27. Tick tick tick

Mr. 45’s golf course will be back in the cash next week.

[BarbD]

28. The word "disgusting" doesn't begin to cover this.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

30. Just discussed on Nicolle Wallace show. Claire McCaskill "It makes me want to throw up it just like

puke.'

[Hortensis]

35. Golf has been shrinking in America for some time now. Younger generations

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just aren't into it, plus increasingly expensive land and maintenance costs, environmental issues.

We know two couples who bought homes in subdivisions whose golf courses have fairly recently been abandoned without their having any say in it by the companies that actually owned the golf courses themselves. After a messy, what-now period, they've been/being converted to common natural habitat with walking paths, ponds, wetland, etc.

People wanted to buy the homes but more and more not to pay for memberships in the golf courses and costs to maintain go up with fewer members to spread them around. Increasingly common. Our friends aren't unhappy, except one husband a bit, but he's resigned and okay with ditching the increasing annual fees. Writing on the wall.

I wouldn't be surprised if this had a measurable negative effect on the sport, increasing the trend.

[underpants]

42. Courses were closing left and right - real estate.

You can put a lot of houses on that amount of land.

[Hortensis]

43. Umhm. But where land is relatively inexpensive, golf courses were very viable,

providing upscale views and amenities to subdivision homes for middle classes. Some gates and a clubhouse and pool, and voila! "Luxury" subdivision. Very pleasant places too. A lot of them were developed while there was a healthy market for them.

[C Moon]

36. Golf's popularity is waning in America.

It's also noted to be one of the top environmentally destructive sports.

[OverBurn]

37. I would watch less golf if I could, but I don't watch it anyway.

[poli-junkie]

39. Shame on the PGA.

[AltairIV]

40. Money.

When I first saw this story on, I believe, The Daily Beast, the first thought that ran through my mind was how much money changed hands here. My second thought was it's golf, I really don't care, but god these people are whores.

[mopinko]

41. is there a legal case here? antitrust?

[Ilsa]

44. 1 Reply: "Those holes all have bushes behind them."

I'd laugh if the truth wasn't so serious.

[sellitman]

45. I don't play or watch the sport.

That said, this is sad.

[Deep State Witch]

46. The LPGA Golfers

Will compete on a Par 3 course, because the Saudis don't allow women to drive.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

47. yikes! that's direct