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I feel terrible for professional golfers.
Listening to the testimonials from the guys who are joining the LIV Tour makes it sound like we need to start a Go Fund Me page to help out these poor souls.
"You want us to play four rounds of golf and not just three to earn money?"
Preposterous. Those slave lords with the PGA Tour have a cut so if we don't play well we can't make $40,000 for last place. There has to be an easier way -- and poof.
The Great White Shark, Greg Norman, and his slush fund (Saudi Arabian friends) arrive just in time to save these gents from having to Ebay one of their private jets.
Free five-star hotels, millions in appearance fee money, free equipment, giant sponsorship deals for tiny patches on their $300 golf shirts, just not enough.
My former employer paid Jim Furyk $3 million a year to wear the company's logo on his shirt for half of one season.
Don't get me wrong: I love golf, but I laugh a little when I hear Jim Nantz nervously announce how many millions are on the line if someone drops a 5-footer on the last hole of the Memphis Open.
Pressure, as Lee Trevino once said, is making a $100 bet with a five-spot in your pocket.
What no one talks about is the TV side of all this PGA vs. LIV stuff. All the major networks have contracts with the PGA Tour, but eventually someone will blink with millions at stake to air one of these LIV events, as more big names decide to take the easy road.
You know Jeff Bezos is probably on speed dial for some streaming deal if it hasn't happened already or maybe a rogue channel will jump in.
Can I just go back and watch the Hollidaysburg Little League team again?
Jeff Bartlett
Bellwood