LIV reported 15,000 people in attendance as a new record but this overhead drone shot of Rahm on the final hole of round 2 shows about 200 people. The course is near empty. Nobody’s attending in person or watching on Cartoon network.
DarwinianMonkey
I hate the aesthetic of LIV. I want to watch golf, not a golf sim.
TomBonk
It’s video game golf.
im_super_excited
TIL there was a tournament near Chicago
tkh0812
I went to the LIV golf event in Orlando 2 years ago.
The parking was in the back of the course in sugar sand. How did they deal with it? They hired 2 tow trucks that would go around and tow any cars that got stuck out.
GC_235
This is pretty nice. I imagine it would be easy to get a good view and watch the former #1 player in the world hit shots
Mobile-Tangelo-4515
As a friend once said to me when I told him I was in Amarillo, WHY?
Rattimus
There could easily be 15000 people there, but because LIV has a shotgun start, the leaders could be finishing on hole 7, nowhere near where fans are posted up. I don’t quite understand how that is exciting for golf fans, but I guess you could try and figure out who you think is going to be the winner, and then just walk the course with them all day instead of finding a place to sit and watch.
SportsDude559
Rahm chose money over legacy which is ok, but man did he fall of the face of the golf world after joining Liv. He was near the top of the golf world and now just a forgotten stray cat with money
argeru1
I wish the course was this empty when *I am playing* 🙄
Valuable_Proposal_56
The whole F1 scoreboard vibe is a bit, bleh
syg-123
I sure do hope Bubba’s Range Goats makes a come back and beats Kopeka’s Smash team ..wait a minute..no I don’t.
absolutelydonezo
Hilarious reading all the cope from the LIV fanboys, as if this being day 2 of 3 makes any difference in their argument. It’s moving day, that is one of the best golfers in the world and he has less than 200 people following him 😂
jnwbman
Can’t wait for the Korn Ferry counterpart for LIV. Saudis will have to pay spectators to show up
Outside_Meaning7900
Is this honestly real? That’s fucking sad if so.
nubsauce2
Tough look when the celebrity exhibition matches get more attendance than your exhibition league
My-Cousin-Bobby
LIV fans
Dame2Miami
This would actually be amazing as a spectator but fuck giving my money to the Saudi royals and Trump.
ShiroHachiRoku
Won $22m and said the best part is that he’s taking his kids to school today. His 3 and 1 year-old…to school. Today.
Like a PGA player can’t do the same thing?
UnderstandingNo5667
The Irish open was exponentially better than this BS even though it had a tonne of names that people likely didn’t recognise! However it was a 4 day battle, it MATTERED and you could see the pressure/joy/pain on all the players!
People don’t want to watch friendlies, they want to watch test matches with pressure and that matter!
Optimal-Judgment-982
*Itemized Expenses – LIV, Chicago*
~ Gallery Ropes, $0.00
~ Marshalls, $0.00
Healthy-Chemistry-61
It’s been clear for a while now that their new design golf competition isn’t appealing at all. It seems it’s working out fine for the dozen players that took the cash but everything else seems like an odd MTV show.
WVgolf
😂😂😂😂
mindriot1
Pretty funny that he won some sort of title. He couldn’t hit the side of a barn in any majors this year. Liv is such a joke.
PerritoMasNasty
That’s how I would like to play golf too. In nature without a huge gallery
Perfect_Bowler_4201
You know the LIV thing is interesting to me.
If you ignore any abhorrent feelings you may have towards how and who is doing the funding then, to me, the approach is just not required, IMO.
Does anyone feel that golf really needed this? The dance music being blared out. The move to 54 holes. The team names. The gaudy graphics. The shorts!
I wouldn’t call myself a traditionalist but none of sits quite right.
The players wanted more money for doing less. Well duh! Sure they did!!
If you show me a rich man who says he doesn’t want more I’ll show you a liar (making the assumption that the top players in the world are already very wealthy by competitive standards, I assume there are a ton of players trying to ‘make it’ where the outlay v income is very tight)
LIV has no history. No kudos. Feels extremely contrived. It feels like it’s trying to be something not only it can’t be but also something that really wasn’t being asked for off the back of greedy little runts like Ian Poulter who’s PGA Tour career was basically done anyway and Phil Michelson who desperately needs all the cash he can get to feed his gambling habit.
Just my $0.02
pac4
It looks like Covid era golf
maximm
Saudi money needs to buy more fans.
CanadaEh97
I’ve been to Pop Stroke with more people in attendance.
itsCrisp
Which club championship was this?
Cornflake32
Thats because half the spectators were following Bryson all day
Dry-Wall-285
What is LIV?
/s
Fireinthehole13
I can now see why the PGA is in no hurry to make a deal with a dying tour..Enjoy the money Jon.
CryptographerLow6772
Enjoy your Saudi blood money Jon.
There_is_no_selfie
I love it. Fuck them all and their terrorist money. I hope they drink themselves to death on the most expensive booze money can buy.
Hand-Of-Vecna
The crowd goes mild!
YoloOnTsla
Yea I’m torn on whether I like LIV or not. It definitely seems more “casual” than PGA, the team based aspect is interesting but has some drawbacks because I don’t care most players on the team.
They can’t be making money right now, with the Saudi money I guess they don’t have to. But it’s definitely not a must watch event, whereas I would say most PGA tournaments are.
eunit250
Stop supporting Saudi Arabia.
hoffalot
Jon Rahm playing the final hole of LIV Chicago *to win the individual season title and $18M prize*
hagrid007
Soul destroying for him
Bank account enriching for him.
cheetahlip
YUGE crowd
Cecil_Obrien
I guess everyone went back to their shanties…
Present_Confection83
They really played this at Bolingbrook Golf Club? THAT Bolingbrook?
greeninregulation240
If he started on hole 1, which he did, how did he end on hole 3?
Oh that’s right, because this image is wrong. He finished on 18 and the entire right side of the hole was lined with people, they wrapped around the green plenty on his approach/putt, and had the grandstands in the back on 18.
This pic is not from the final round.
Fuzzy_Chapter9101
I wonder if they play PGA rules- like if the balls in the rough you get to trample it down b/c if you had spectators it would be. Or if you cannot find your shot then you get a free drop b/c if there were spectators someone would have seen it.
Bleezy79
I remember Jon!! He used to be on the TV all the time.
MeatOverRice
I went and had a great time. So overrated to hate on LIV, think of it like a senior PGA league and you’re golden.
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LIV reported 15,000 people in attendance as a new record but this overhead drone shot of Rahm on the final hole of round 2 shows about 200 people. The course is near empty. Nobody’s attending in person or watching on Cartoon network.
I hate the aesthetic of LIV. I want to watch golf, not a golf sim.
It’s video game golf.
TIL there was a tournament near Chicago
I went to the LIV golf event in Orlando 2 years ago.
The parking was in the back of the course in sugar sand. How did they deal with it? They hired 2 tow trucks that would go around and tow any cars that got stuck out.
This is pretty nice. I imagine it would be easy to get a good view and watch the former #1 player in the world hit shots
As a friend once said to me when I told him I was in Amarillo, WHY?
There could easily be 15000 people there, but because LIV has a shotgun start, the leaders could be finishing on hole 7, nowhere near where fans are posted up. I don’t quite understand how that is exciting for golf fans, but I guess you could try and figure out who you think is going to be the winner, and then just walk the course with them all day instead of finding a place to sit and watch.
Rahm chose money over legacy which is ok, but man did he fall of the face of the golf world after joining Liv. He was near the top of the golf world and now just a forgotten stray cat with money
I wish the course was this empty when *I am playing* 🙄
The whole F1 scoreboard vibe is a bit, bleh
I sure do hope Bubba’s Range Goats makes a come back and beats Kopeka’s Smash team ..wait a minute..no I don’t.
Hilarious reading all the cope from the LIV fanboys, as if this being day 2 of 3 makes any difference in their argument. It’s moving day, that is one of the best golfers in the world and he has less than 200 people following him 😂
Can’t wait for the Korn Ferry counterpart for LIV. Saudis will have to pay spectators to show up
Is this honestly real? That’s fucking sad if so.
Tough look when the celebrity exhibition matches get more attendance than your exhibition league
LIV fans
This would actually be amazing as a spectator but fuck giving my money to the Saudi royals and Trump.
Won $22m and said the best part is that he’s taking his kids to school today. His 3 and 1 year-old…to school. Today.
Like a PGA player can’t do the same thing?
The Irish open was exponentially better than this BS even though it had a tonne of names that people likely didn’t recognise! However it was a 4 day battle, it MATTERED and you could see the pressure/joy/pain on all the players!
People don’t want to watch friendlies, they want to watch test matches with pressure and that matter!
*Itemized Expenses – LIV, Chicago*
~ Gallery Ropes, $0.00
~ Marshalls, $0.00
It’s been clear for a while now that their new design golf competition isn’t appealing at all. It seems it’s working out fine for the dozen players that took the cash but everything else seems like an odd MTV show.
😂😂😂😂
Pretty funny that he won some sort of title. He couldn’t hit the side of a barn in any majors this year. Liv is such a joke.
That’s how I would like to play golf too. In nature without a huge gallery
You know the LIV thing is interesting to me.
If you ignore any abhorrent feelings you may have towards how and who is doing the funding then, to me, the approach is just not required, IMO.
Does anyone feel that golf really needed this? The dance music being blared out. The move to 54 holes. The team names. The gaudy graphics. The shorts!
I wouldn’t call myself a traditionalist but none of sits quite right.
The players wanted more money for doing less. Well duh! Sure they did!!
If you show me a rich man who says he doesn’t want more I’ll show you a liar (making the assumption that the top players in the world are already very wealthy by competitive standards, I assume there are a ton of players trying to ‘make it’ where the outlay v income is very tight)
LIV has no history. No kudos. Feels extremely contrived. It feels like it’s trying to be something not only it can’t be but also something that really wasn’t being asked for off the back of greedy little runts like Ian Poulter who’s PGA Tour career was basically done anyway and Phil Michelson who desperately needs all the cash he can get to feed his gambling habit.
Just my $0.02
It looks like Covid era golf
Saudi money needs to buy more fans.
I’ve been to Pop Stroke with more people in attendance.
Which club championship was this?
Thats because half the spectators were following Bryson all day
What is LIV?
/s
I can now see why the PGA is in no hurry to make a deal with a dying tour..Enjoy the money Jon.
Enjoy your Saudi blood money Jon.
I love it. Fuck them all and their terrorist money. I hope they drink themselves to death on the most expensive booze money can buy.
The crowd goes mild!
Yea I’m torn on whether I like LIV or not. It definitely seems more “casual” than PGA, the team based aspect is interesting but has some drawbacks because I don’t care most players on the team.
They can’t be making money right now, with the Saudi money I guess they don’t have to. But it’s definitely not a must watch event, whereas I would say most PGA tournaments are.
Stop supporting Saudi Arabia.
Jon Rahm playing the final hole of LIV Chicago *to win the individual season title and $18M prize*
Soul destroying for him
Bank account enriching for him.
YUGE crowd
I guess everyone went back to their shanties…
They really played this at Bolingbrook Golf Club? THAT Bolingbrook?
If he started on hole 1, which he did, how did he end on hole 3?
Oh that’s right, because this image is wrong. He finished on 18 and the entire right side of the hole was lined with people, they wrapped around the green plenty on his approach/putt, and had the grandstands in the back on 18.
This pic is not from the final round.
I wonder if they play PGA rules- like if the balls in the rough you get to trample it down b/c if you had spectators it would be. Or if you cannot find your shot then you get a free drop b/c if there were spectators someone would have seen it.
I remember Jon!! He used to be on the TV all the time.
I went and had a great time. So overrated to hate on LIV, think of it like a senior PGA league and you’re golden.