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Golf – The inaugural LIV Golf Invitational – Centurion Club, Hemel Hempstead, St Albans, Britain – June 8, 2022 Chief executive of LIV Golf Investments Greg Norman before the Pro-Am Action Images via Reuters/Paul Childs
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Golf – The inaugural LIV Golf Invitational – Centurion Club, Hemel Hempstead, St Albans, Britain – June 8, 2022 Chief executive of LIV Golf Investments Greg Norman before the Pro-Am Action Images via Reuters/Paul Childs
The controversy between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf is neverending. Greg Norman’s strategies have helped the new league reach a level to become a serious threat to the former tour. However, the Tour has been making consistent efforts to match LIV’s strategies. And a recent announcement by the Tour has left the fans pondering.
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The PGA Tour makes a new announcement
As old players leave the tour to join LIV Golf for more money, the PGA Tour is now trying to make changes to its legacies and formats. After bringing certain changes in the prize money and the format of the tournaments, the Tour recently made another shocking announcement. To raise the number of players joining the tour, Jay Monahan’s league has added an up-front base pay for the new players.
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Golf – The inaugural LIV Golf Invitational – Centurion Club, Hemel Hempstead, St Albans, Britain – June 10, 2022 Team Hy Flyer’s Phil Mickelson of the U.S. during the second round REUTERS/Paul Childs
It was not long ago when players on the tour were calling LIV Golf a money-led league. But looking at Greg Norman snatching away the most talented players, the PGA Tour has finally started to take similar actions. The new players including veteran pro, Nick Lindheim, received $500,000 for joining the Tour. Lindheim recently played at the Sanderson Farms Championship and made his way back to the Tour.
Golf fans react to PGA Tour’s new base pay system
Fans have been thoroughly following and involved in the PGA Tour vs LIV Golf controversy since it began. And they have strong opinions on the reason why the former tour made such an announcement.
Many fans said that the new Tour players should thank Phil Mickelson and Greg Norman for setting the standards high. After all, the PGA Tour is changing its terms to resist new players from joining the Saudi-backed league.
Thanks to Phil and Greg
— william mess (@MessWilliam) October 3, 2022
Thank you greg norman for saving golf
— Yami (@nuradeenv6) October 3, 2022
Thanks Phil and LIV
— Paul White (@drpeedeedub) October 3, 2022
And on the other hand, some fans appreciated the PGA Tour for moving ahead with times and doing what is required.
Great to see the PGA Tour getting with the times.
— 7th October 2021 (@InsaneHashtag) October 3, 2022
Some even compared the former tour and LIV Golf and taunted the Tour for copying LIV’s ways.
Wait, so they get paid even if they miss every cut? Sounds like an exhibition.
— Matt Patterson (@mjpesquire) October 3, 2022
Hmmmm, funny, did they all of a sudden find extra money? Where did this money go previously?
— Ron Heideman (@RonHeideman) October 3, 2022
Where do they only get this ideas from?
— papavanpaul (@papavanpaul) October 4, 2022
The Tour has cleared its intentions of matching the LIV Golf league’s practices. However, people are looking at the new announcements as LIV Golf’s threat to the former tour’s future. Nonetheless, fans are still waiting to find out if the tour’s new practices could retain the players. What do you think? Let us know in the comments down below.
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