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What changed was that he was given an option. When there’s only one hand feeding you, you don’t bite it. Most guys said good things about the tour publicly. Now you’re hearing very different things and it’s even from guys who are staying. That’s not because of money.

These guys are getting millions of dollars to play golf. If Tiger Woods didn’t exist they’d be paying for fractions of what they’re making now.

Some guys have been critical of some of the Tour for a while, but obviously the guys on LIV are going to be more critical of the Tour and build up LIV. Some of their comments are understandable (amt they feel like they need to play, life changing money) and others are hilariously ridiculous (the fairness of a Shotgun Start, grow the game).

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Posted by ell_13

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Posted on 6/28/22 at 9:11 pm to Dawgsontop34

Tiger turned it into something huge. Purses definitely grew but not nearly at the same pace the PGA was making money through sponsorships and TV. The players didn’t get the same percentage of revenue as they did back in 1995. If they did, you’d see $45 mil purses. It was definitely all because of tiger. But what he really did was make golf marketable. These guys make their biggest buck off equipment contracts. As the public spends $600 for drivers and $55 for a dozen balls, a large percentage of that goes to paying players to be the face of said equipment. Not anything to complain about but the PGA was taking in way more and really not sharing the wealth because, well, because there was nothing to stop them.

This post was edited on 6/28/22 at 9:13 pm

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