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Late Sunday afternoon, as another LIV series event was concluding, a cavalcade of golf carts was preparing to whisk players back to the clubhouse. Or by then, would the rival tours have begun some kind of negotiations that could lead to coexistence? There have been signals, as there have been within the governing bodies of other major championships, that many LIV golfers may not be especially welcome in Augusta. And then all eyes will turn to Augusta National Golf Club, which conducts the Masters in April. It is also likely that once the primary PGA Tour season ends in late August, there will be another wave of defectors to the breakaway circuit, which will continue to host moneyed events around the world until late October. The best sellers had been a T-shirt embossed with “Bedminster” and a white LIV Golf cap. That could change, but on Sunday, the merchandise trailer racks still had plenty of team apparel available.
This could, the theory goes, help sell the LIV tour globally.īut there is no precedent of American golf fans rooting for teams of players of any kind except in the biennial Ryder and Presidents Cups. They envision four-man teams, some built along nationalistic lines like a collection of Australians, Japanese, Englishmen, South Africans. It can be chalked up to growing pains, and LIV Golf officials have also been privately insisting that the real key to success is generating appeal for the team element of the competitions, which go on concurrently with the individual contest. Venues selling alcohol were well attended for the three days, and because Harding faced a difficult uphill chip to the green, about 20 spectators spilled out of the bar to stand almost next to Harding as he attempted his rescue.Īfter Harding deftly pitched to within three feet of the hole and began to walk away, a young boy nearby turned and asked: “Dad, who is that?” On the ninth hole Saturday, Justin Harding, who is ranked 123rd in the world, hit his golf ball over the green, where it came to rest near a mammoth concession stand bar. “You go to a traditional golf tournament and they’re constantly telling you to shut up,” Patrick Shields, who lives in Hackensack, N.J., said next to the 16th tee. The Beastie Boys’ “(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party!)” serenaded Dustin Johnson ($125 million upfront payment) at a high volume as he teed off on the first tee Sunday.īut many fans felt energized in the environment. That meant blaring high-energy music even as golfers tried to execute devilish putts or challenging chips. The vibe from Friday to Sunday in northwestern New Jersey was decidedly younger, less stuffy and clearly more open to experimentation than on the established PGA Tour.
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Still, for all the focus on the sumptuous prize money, the LIV Golf experience has been illuminating and edifying for professional golf in other less avaricious ways. Henrik Stenson won the tournament and earned $4 million. That’s because dozens had, and even the player who finished last was assured a $120,000 payout (with the travel and lodging expenses for top players reimbursed). As LIV Golf completed its third event this year on Sunday, there was an unmistakable carefree air to the undertaking, a sense that everybody had already gotten their money.
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