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8. 

   KP

   Aug 27, 2022 at 1:54 pm

   Dear LIV players,
   Thank you for improving our earning potential and quality of life on tour. We couldn’t have done it without you.

   Sincerely,
   Every PGA Tour player

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   joe

   Aug 26, 2022 at 12:27 am

   Monahan should resign if the health of the tour is truly his aim.

   I do enjoy people like TW talking about integrity and honor and such. Its good for a laugh

   If nothing else LIV has removed most of the D bags from the tour and for that I’m eternally grateful.

   I think what we ultimately have to come to grips with is that its too difficult for players to work their way up financially (thinking mini tour guys etc), yet its too demanding on the top talent to keep the pace of the 12 month schedule.

   Does anyone remember when the tour had an off season? We started with the masters and ended with the PGA. It was better for the players and better for the fans. Perhaps less money for the tour…is the tail wagging the dog?

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     Jack

     Aug 26, 2022 at 6:33 am

     I’m also eternally grateful that most of the D bags went to LIV…

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     joe and Jack

     Aug 28, 2022 at 5:01 pm

     You two bottoms should meet up and get it over with. GAW GAW GAW slobber slobber slobber oh Im so eternally grateful GAW GAW GAW

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10. 

    MhtLion

    Aug 25, 2022 at 2:05 pm

    Great changes! 15 years late, but still a great change.

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      Tiger McIlroy

      Aug 25, 2022 at 5:33 pm

      Monahan: “us crusty boomers at PGA are finally making the changes you’ve been begging for decades, and oh by the way Saudi evil, Saudi Saudi Saudi blood money sportwashing buzzword buzzword buzzword, capiche?????”

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11. 

    Gary Ahlert

    Aug 25, 2022 at 10:34 am

    i agree with what everyone above has said. There ought to be a big thank you and apologies to all those players like Phil, Johnson and the rest who stood above all this nonsense, lies and hypocrisy.

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12. 

    Scott

    Aug 25, 2022 at 7:30 am

    I find it amazing that Phil and others had been saying “you need to make some changes or we’re looking at something new”, and that after all that has happened, they decide to make some of these changes. I’m not quite sure the logic in allowing some of the biggest names in the sport (Mickelson, Johnson, Koepka, Dechambeau) to leave and be banned from your tour, then afterwards fulfill some of their requests.

    I’ve never been offered more money than I’ve made in my entire working career to work for someone I don’t align with morally, so I’m not going to speak to that. I will say, however, that if McIlroy and others are so concerned about this “money grab”, then why are they pushing for so much more money for their own pockets? Does he need the extra millions from the PIP that could easily be donated to the charitable causes the tour helps? Hard to listen to someone criticize the greed of others while they are working to line their pockets more.

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      GMatt

      Aug 25, 2022 at 9:53 am

      You hit the nail on the head, what I want to know is where is all this money coming from? If the PGA tour is truly a 503c entity then will the money come from present salaries, charitable donations, increased sponsorship fees?
      Just like the present economy, the money has to come from somewhere, they can’t match the ? from the Saudi’s so is the PGATS now unsustainable?

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13. 

    Jack

    Aug 25, 2022 at 1:41 am

    Just a minor point, they can’t have the Top players competing if 30 percent of them play on the LIV tour. This is a watered-down tour trying to match LIV. The PGAT tried hard to discredit LIV and the players that departed for LIV. The PGAT failed in every way imaginable and now are left scrambling and pushing lame limited field events.

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14. 

    dat

    Aug 24, 2022 at 10:28 pm

    Flop here, not really advancing the game or tour at all.

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15. 

    Paul

    Aug 24, 2022 at 9:29 pm

    Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free. The love of money is the root of all evil. Beware and bow in prayer for forgiveness before the Lord. A once pure game is tainted even more. Repent of your sins and be baptised and you shall be saved. This is why no one plays a 1 iron anymore.

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16. 

    Michael

    Aug 24, 2022 at 8:22 pm

    Did the PGA tour just rob a bank or hit the lottery? Where’s all this extra money coming from, lesser %’s to charity?

    For me, the average golf TV watcher, I do see pluses. Yes, there e/b top-tier & lower tier events. And some lower tier events will not have much star power. But that’s the way professional sports are going anyway. It’s definitely a factor of the rich getting richer but it’s good to see some compensation for everybody on the tour as it may give new guys a bit more time to develop into stars.

    I’m glad to see PGA tour commissioner Tiger Woods come out with all this stuff. Ugh, you seriously think Jay Monahan has this was influence? He’s been overmatchef & outplayed since LIV started. Finally had to bring in the big dog to lay down the law & implement some changes.

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17. 

    Tom K.

    Aug 24, 2022 at 5:54 pm

    The Greg Norman lit a fire under Jay “Klaus Schwab” Monahan.

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18. 

    Roy

    Aug 24, 2022 at 4:22 pm

    So basically now the PGA tour is a 17 event tour. All the other lower tier events will exist for players to try and qualify for this tour…..

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    Roy

    Aug 24, 2022 at 3:16 pm

    SO basically you will have 17 events on the PGA tour. The remaining events on the PGA Tour 2nd Tier will be used to try and qualify for “the worlds greatest tour”

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20. 

    Jolter

    Aug 24, 2022 at 2:26 pm

    So the rich get richer while the players who actually make up the Tour for all the other events get the shaft. For saying they can’t compete with the money, it sure looks like that is what they are doing. This reactionary philosophy could be the downfall of the PGA Tour as we know it.

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    GMatt

    Aug 24, 2022 at 12:41 pm

    Seems as though Jay Boy is scared sh!fleas from LIV and is trying to prevent his top talent from leaving. Problem is the “secondary talent” players aren’t getting squat and it’s giving new Korn Ferry grads an eye opening as to whether to join the PGA Tour and struggle to cover expenses or take whatever offers they may get from Norman. I think Monaghan royally miscalculated and is hedging the future

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22. 

    Sam

    Aug 24, 2022 at 12:25 pm

    Isn’t this precisely why Phil Mickelson joined LIV originally? To leverage the PGA tour into change. It would seem Phil got them to do exactly what he wanted them to ultimately.

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      Chris

      Aug 25, 2022 at 6:48 am

      Exactly. Phil Mickelson was correct all along. The players owe him a debt of gratitude at a minimum. I still see very little change for the bottom players who deserve better compensation.

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23. 

    DG

    Aug 24, 2022 at 12:18 pm

    Monahan and McIlroy are jokes to use words like “integrity”. Where did all this newfound money for te PGA Tour come from? Monahan has obviously been asleep at the wheel. He makes over $4M per year and needs to be replaced. McIlroy needs to now apologize and recognize the martyrdom of Norman and the LIV players and thank them for having the guts to stand up to the PGA Tour. The abuse and vilification they’ve absorbed has enriched all of the cowardly and/or stupid PGA Tour players. I think it should now be obvious that McIlroy is a money-grubbing hypocrite. Now, fire, Monahan and have the new commissioner welcome the LIV players back.

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24. 

    Kelly

    Aug 24, 2022 at 11:26 am

    All the PGA talks about is money and looking after the elite players. No different that the LIV tour. I like the big start fields of well over a 100 players. I enjoy watching a Monday qualifier play well. All it seems you are doing is making the rich get richer and the average PGA pro or Horn Ferry Pro have a tougher time to make a living. It seems the PGA only wants to look after the top players. So much for Jay’s put down of the LIV tour. Yes money is the be all and end all for these guys.

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25. 

    Paulo

    Aug 24, 2022 at 10:29 am

    Too little too late. They need to be proactive not reactive

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