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Does a two-tiered PGAT system actually make it more likely for really good PGAT players stuck in the two-tiered purgatory to jump to LIV?
It's really just game-theory...
Does a two-tiered PGAT system actually make it more likely for really good PGAT players stuck in the two-tiered purgatory to jump to LIV?
It's really just game-theory...
2/9
Let's say for two consecutive years you finish 52nd and 59th in the #FedExCup. Missing out on easy guaranteed money the next year by such a close margin.
What if LIV comes calling?
You're probably a top-100 player in the world, or close to, if you're doing that well...
Let's say for two consecutive years you finish 52nd and 59th in the #FedExCup. Missing out on easy guaranteed money the next year by such a close margin.
What if LIV comes calling?
You're probably a top-100 player in the world, or close to, if you're doing that well...
3/9
... and LIV is always going to be looking for Top-100 players to pad their ranks.
They offer a contract. 4 years, guaranteed money. They've got some smart people so they back into what you'd probably make over the next 4 years, and then they 2.5x that number...
... and LIV is always going to be looking for Top-100 players to pad their ranks.
They offer a contract. 4 years, guaranteed money. They've got some smart people so they back into what you'd probably make over the next 4 years, and then they 2.5x that number...
Professional golf has just entered the unbundling phase. @TigerWoods first professional @PGATOUR event was almost 26 years ago, which led to the bundling of talent on one tour. Purses on the @PGATOUR went up, TV revenue went up and quality of all tournaments were elevated.
@PGATOUR had a massive advantage, 3/4 majors are on US soil , tournaments were better, purses much larger and players only had to traverse 3 time zones. World golf had no chance and the flywheel started. Finchem created the WGCs and #FedExCup, global talent was hooked.
Then along came negative interest rates. This bizarre idea conjured up by central bankers came along in Europe in 2014 (Japan & Sweden were 1st) and got progressively crazier through 2019. This caused private equity money to explode, with seemingly free money, new ideas are born.
