Originally Posted by
rsvman
You are entitled to your opinion, certainly, but I took the liberty of looking at the top 5 guys on the LIV tour leaderboard, and picked 3 of the most prominent, and I did the same with this week's PGA tournament (only I had to go to 8 in order to find anybody that had any kind of significant record on the PGA tour).
The LIV leaderboard guys look like this: Player A has 28 professional wins, a Masters championship, one US Open Championship and one runner-up finish, 2 runner-up finishes in the PGA championship. He was player of the year on the PGA tour twice. Player B has 15 professional wins, second in the Masters in 2019, two PGA championships and runner-up twice, two US Open championships, and tied for 4th at the Open Championship. He was also PGA Player of the Year twice. Player C was the 5th player ever to be the NCAA Division 1 medalist and win the US Amateur in the same year, has 10 tour wins, won the US Open in 2020, and finished tied for 4th in the PGA in 2020. He is also only the third player in history to be medalist in the NCAA Division 1 tournament, win the US Amateur, and win the US Open (the other two guys you may have heard of: Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods).
The PGA leaderboard looks like this: Player A has one professional win, tied for 60th at the PGA championship in 2019, and tied for 40th in the US Open Championship in 2021. Player B has one professional win, T17 in the Masters, T13 at the PGA, T54 at the US Open, and T12 at the Open Championship twice. Player C has 3 professional wins, T27 at the Masters, T55th in the PGA Championship, and T53 at the US Open. (Numbers after the names of the majors represent each players BEST finish at said championships.)
To sum it up, the LIV leaderboard's 3 guys have 53 wins, 7 major championships, 4 runner-up finishes in major championships, and 4 player of the year wins. The PGA leaderboard this week has 5 total wins, no majors. Highest finish at any major championship has been 12th.
Note that these accomplishments are not ancient history, for anybody who was going to post Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, and Gary Player, for example. One of the three players mentioned was in contention at the PGA championship just last month.
So, like I said, you are entitled to your opinion, but I don't think it is fair to say that my statement was "absolutely, demonstrably false." I get that people hate the LIV Tour, hate the Saudis, hate the players, even, for leaving the PGA to chase after big money. I really do. I don't care for the idea, either. I would be happier if there was no such thing as the LIV Tour. But, again, my statement about the leaderboard this week was not "demonstrably false" at all.