Readers unload on LIV Golf, PGA Tour and Jon Rahm amid talk of losing interest in golf #gl79

Readers unload on LIV Golf, PGA Tour and Jon Rahm amid talk of losing interest in golf

Earlier this month I wrote a column, sparked by a few emails from readers, asking a simple question: Is the battle between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf causing some people to lose interest in golf and turn off their television sets?

That piece was enough to cause a flood of emails from fans, or former fans, of golf to echo what the first few emailers had said. The fighting, the defections for massive money and the split of top players into two tours have caused them to reconsider their love of the professional game. And they insist there is plenty of blame to go around.

Earlier this month I wrote a column sparked by a few emails from readers asking a simple question is the battle between the PGA Tour and live golf causing some people to lose interest in golf and turn off their television sets that piece was enough to cause a flood

Of emails from fans or former fans of golf to Echo what the first few emailers had said the fighting the defections for massive money and the split of top players into tours have caused them to reconsider their love of the professional game and they insist there

Is plenty of blame to go around in relaying some of those comments two things must be made clear first some of the language was softened a bit to make it more palatable for print or even the internet second it’d be happy to present the emails in support of the Liv tour

And what Greg Norman Phil Michelson and John Ram are doing with that tour but I honestly didn’t receive a single email praising Liv and its Mission quite the opposite in fact though the PGA Tour didn’t Escape criticism either Ruth is one of the fans who no longer sees golf

As an enjoyable television experience over the past few years my TV has been hardwired to Golf Channel as an escape from the news of our horrible politics she emailed watching golf now just adds to the stress as a reminder of how difficult our world has become it is far

From the enjoyable Refuge it once was rich from Virginia said he stopped watching as much PGA Tour golf because the pros have proven to be petulant and greedy like athletes in other sports but he also has a strong dislike for players who have jumped to live it’s many of the

Others that have jumped to live that irk me the most and are making me lose interest someone once said a man is only as good as his word and I firmly believe that that thought clearly renders DJ Dustin Johnson RAM and anyone else who swore allegiance to the PGA Tour only to

Change their mind when the money outweighed their integrity as not good men Rich wrote growing the game is nothing more than a BS script that they are made to say likely under legal and maybe physical threat Eric is another reader who laments the greed of the modern player while it is important to

Remember that Pros are professionals because play for money Eric still sees problems with so much money today I know the PGA Tour is in a tough place but I know I don’t really care about live and never will I also think money doesn’t talk it screams but all the top players

On both circuits seem to be only concerned with enriching themselves The Fallout be damned for me TV golf has become far less important now and when I do watch it I have it muted but that’s a different gripe and and I am sure all golf fans just want all this BS to stop

It’s ruining it for everyone