Have Rory McIroy and Jay Monahan totally missed the point re LIV Golf?

[ASEAN NOW News]

The debate is now starting to turn nasty with the PGA Tour’s commissioner ranting and raving and Rory saying he thinks winning is more important than money.

 

Well, it is surprising he is saying this, as he was the golfer who stashed away US$120K a few years back by signing a deal with Nike, meaning he does not have to work again in his life.

 

The point the likes of Jay Monahan seem to have overlooked is that each week half the field misses the cut and ends up actually making a financial loss having paid their caddies and travel expenses.

 

Kiradech Aphibarnrat's season

 

 

Looking at the Thai players on tour, Kiradech Aphibarnrat has his PGA Tour card and to date has earnt US$155,364 this season.

 

Now that may sound a lot, but of the events, he managed to get into, he missed five cuts and has had to pay all his traveling expenses and caddy fees.

 

He currently stands 202 in the FedEx standing and only the top 125 retain their cards.

 

His earnings to date are US$3,899,794 and he turned pro in 2008.

 

Pornanong Phatlum

 

 

Veteran LPGA star Thailand’s Pornanong Phatlum has played in eleven tournaments this season, and had five missed cuts and so far.

 

She has earnt US$73,711.

 

Her highest prize was US$15,724 for coming T32 at the Meijer LPGA Classic.

 

She got her LPGA card back in 2009 and to date, she has earnt US$4,381,481 on tour.

 

Meanwhile, Charl Schwartzel won US$4,750,000 and it only took him just three days by winning the inaugural LIV Golf Tour.

 

Phachara Khongwatmai

 

 

Phachara Khongwatmai the Asian Tour player from Thailand who had his first ewinners cheque for US$180,000 by winning the Laguna Phuket Championship.

 

He also played on the LIV Golf Tour in St Albans and won US$538,000 in the three-day event, and he will be again teeing up in the next event in the USA guaranteed US$120,000 if he just comes last in the field of forty-eight.

 

So, you can see why so many golfers are looking seriously at their bank accounts and thinking I would like to join the gravy train too.

 

The potential future

 

It seems the DP World Tour would benefit by joining the LIV Tour and running tournaments around the World along with the Asian Tour, instead of fining LIV Golf tour players US$100,000.

 

That would leave the PGA Tour running US-based tournaments.

 

Players should be allowed to enter the majors based on merit, and the World Ranking should apply to all tours.

 

If the PGA Tour can increase its purses as stated. Why not put that money towards all players who tee up each week guaranteeing that they do not financially lose out by missing the cut?

 

Also, put back more into the junior tours.

 

Everyone has been focusing on the men but expect the LPGA and the LET tours to sit down soon and work out a way how to benefit from LIV Golf tours funding.

 

Watch this space, the soap opera has only just started.

 

 

[worgeordie]

14 minutes ago, ASEAN NOW News said:

Well, it is surprising he is saying this, as he was the golfer who stashed away US$120K a few years back by signing a deal with Nike, meaning he does not have to work again in his life.

So 120K US $ is going to last him the rest of his life,

is that what you are saying ....

regards Worgeordie

[Thailand]

On 6/24/2022 at 12:27 PM, worgeordie said:

So 120K US $ is going to last him the rest of his life,

is that what you are saying ....

regards Worgeordie

I think it was 120 million. I would probably be OK with that. ????

[Bluespunk]

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Edited June 27, 2022 by Bluespunk