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it’s not quite the way live theatre sound cues. (A cell phone ringing usually on instruction from the enjoy the show from initial lights
works, because we don’t need in the audience is called an Stage Manager. The tech table is up to final blackout.
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Recently the Saudi funded LIV pro golf tour held its first event, switching many established PGA tour
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members over to the new circuit. How do you think this will impact golf at the professional level?
Jake Lapierre - Conditioning Coach - Golf is a great game and the popularity of the game has grown tremendously, but was the PGA
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distributing the wealth of that popularity fairly? I believe some pro tour members felt the PGA was due for a shake up and the timing was ripe
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The LIV Pro Golf Tour has an opportunity to restructure pro golf and create an appealing product to a much wider demographic, and to
generate greater interest in the game. I believe PGA players are jumping on board the LIV Tour because they recognize the positive potential
the LIV Pro Golf Tour has and they want to be on that rocket when it blasts off.
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Peter Collins - Sports Enthusiast - For the most part, today’s golf traditionalists are giving a big “out of bounds” to the new Saudi backed golf
tour. It is not a LIV and let live situation by any means for those who admire the PGA tour. In the world of long pants and whispered tones, the
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new signees are being portrayed as cash grabbers by the pros loyal to the PGA. In many ways it parallels historically with other sports such as
the AFL in football, the ABA in basketball, and the WHL in hockey. Like these sports, some rich people see an opportunity to take advantage
of some of the PGA’s billion dollar a year revenue, and break up the monopoly that the PGA seemingly holds on pro golf. So, on one side
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you have the PGA and most of the participants that are on the pro tour, and on the other side LIV and their newly minted tour regulars. LIV
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has paid out big multi-million dollar sums to Mickelson, DeChambeau, Johnson, and others, to create a rival league. Players such as these feel that the PGA is
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limiting and stifling their earning power and look at the LIV league as an opportunity to stick it to the PGA. Critics portray the new league as being sponsored
by people that have a terrible record on human rights and who are fueled by corruption. In the end it’s all about power and money, and after years of the PGA
ruling the golf world there’s finally some competition out there. Today’s world is a “what have you done for me lately,” and a “how much are you going to pay
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me” kind of environment. I guess that’s just par for the course!
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Jim Riddell - Seaway Karate Club - LIV Golf may be the first real competition that the PGA has faced since its inception in 1929. With Craig
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Norman as CEO and several former PGA executives in charge, the new league has a strong management team. The format is unique with 8
annual 3-day tournaments of 54 holes each, a shotgun start, and no player cuts. What makes this so attractive to the players is the money.
Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson were reportedly paid $200 million, and $125 million respectively, to join Liv, - each tournament splits
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$20 million in prize money amongst the 48 golfers, 1st place winning $4 million, and 48th place taking home $120,000. In addition, in every
tournament each golfer is also part of a 4-player team with another $5 million being spilt by the 12 teams. The players who have left the PGA
to join LIV Golf are facing a backlash from the media, politicians, and a few prominent golfers who are staying with the PGA. The issue being that the money is
coming from PIF, the private financial arm of the Saudi Arabia government, which has been accused of numerous human rights violations. This hasn’t affected
LIV’s ability to attract talent, as 17 golfers have already left the PGA, with several more rumoured to be leaving soon. LIV Golf will be good for the players,
and will provide the PGA with some healthy competition.