Tuesday night’s “The Showdown,” hosted by Crypto.com, was not just another event; it marked a crucial moment in the evolution of professional golf. The ongoing split between LIV Golf and the PGA Tour has undeniably deprived fans of witnessing the best players in the world compete together. As someone who has devoted all of my […]
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Tuesday night’s “The Showdown,” hosted by Crypto.com, was not just another event; it marked a crucial moment in the evolution of professional golf. The ongoing split between LIV Golf and the PGA Tour has undeniably deprived fans of witnessing the best players in the world compete together.
As someone who has devoted all of my adult life, nearly three decades, to golf, and as a PGA Professional, the division in the professional game has been hard for me to witness. My hopes of golf continuing to flourish on the recreational side, as it has for nearly four years now, were starting to fade as the division in the professional game seemed to be trickling down into the amateur side. So, for me, Tuesday’s exhibition between arguably the four best players in the game today, two from LIV and two from the PGA Tour, was a big deal.
