*What do you think? I get the money but why?*

Paying Jordan and Justin more than Scottie is a slap in the face of the PGA being merit based in anyway

Any elite young golfer should jump ship to LIV asap. Why should Akshay Bhatia or Sahith Theagala for example put money into Jordan Spieth's pocket? Tiger had his decades of fame. He wasn't sharing his sponsorship money with the PGA was he? This is the last straw for me. Old golfers making money off of the backs of future stars is not how it should be. How much is Scottie Scheffller getting?

PGA players sending a big thank you to Phil!

Please straighten you sign, It's driving my OCD nuts.🙁

What happened to “Just play better”?

Show me the money. Legacy obviously. The average player has been conned. They aren't ever seeing any of that equity. What happens when the money drives up from the venture capitalists? We are starting to see why tw and rm got on the policy board.

Rory was never offered by LIV. No offer you cant say you’re a loyalist.

I wonder how Fenway Sports feels about the PGAT with this so called donation to the players. Why not as you said develop the game with that DONATION money

Dam Phil should get 95 mil plus 10% of total pay out to all LIV golfers as a thank you!

PGA just doesn’t get it. They should be taking care of and nurturing the up and comers. This news makes me like them even less. Pff….

Looks an awful lot like Zach Johnson’s approach to pickin the Ryder Cup team. The cool guys got it made.

Phil was right

Tiger has turned out to be quite the lottery winner. A hundred Millie and year for a dude that would be unable to keep a tour card on the merits

Why not spend 900 million on grass roots golf. Would go along way to securing the future of the game. Paying for lessons of the young kids and helping the struggling golf clubs around the world to build their future memberships. My opinion is that currently KZfaq golf is doing more to promote the game than a lot of those names on that list.

How can they call the LIV players "GREEDY" when they are doing the same thing. Are they jealous they they never got an offer, so we will show you. Sounds like Gordon once said "Greed is Good"

This will piss off a LOT of ppl. You think viewership has fallen off?? YJust wait... you're going to see it drop like a rock!!

I agree with you 100%. The players who stayed did not take any risk and did not have to deal with all the nastiness.

If I was a sponsor of any tournament, I would say you don't need my money anymore. Sponsors should be upset.

What a joke! “It’s not about the money” was the chorus sung by all the PGA chumps. People forget that when the LIV guys left they created opportunities for up-and-comers to have a spot on tour that wouldn’t have been there otherwise. LIV has elevated the purses for those on the PGAT. Now we see the PGA chumps for what they really are, hypocrites, greedy, and doing nothing for those guys trying to make a name for themselves. It continues to be the Tiger/Rory show. And based on bother Tiger’s and Rory’s recent performance, I’d say the PGAT is in very bad shape, at risk of becoming irrelevant, the new feeder tour. The PGA guys who turned down the LIV offers have told the world one thing loud and clear, they are horrible businessmen. Now we all know. True leaders don’t follow. Movers and shakers are not stagnant people. Now there is no mistaking who is who.

Everyone who remained on the PGA tour has already benefited massively, especially the top players, from drastically increased purses combined with a weaker field and increased OWGR points with the tour basically having a monopoly on points. If you are in the top 70 of the world rankings and play on the PGA tour it's basically impossible to play yourself out of the top 100 unless you get the yips. Secondly, why award these players with doing what is supposedly expected from them or the "right thing" by staying, when you already punished the ones who left for LIV by banning them, excluding them from ranking points and by putting down their public image? It's like rewarding someone for not robbing a bank (except there is nothing wrong or illegal in joining LIV). Looks like things are going full circle again, they are again just benefitting the top few guys, which was a big reason why many LIV Players left in the first place. Everyone always accusing LIV Players from having their cake and eat it too, this seems very much what the PGA Tour players now want. They want to remain on the tour with legacy etc but also want the money that the LIV guys are getting

What a slap in the face to scheffler...thats the kind of crap that makes someone like that wanna leave

totally agree with you. better places for that money to go. I have had it with pros and tours

What a joke golf has become. This will cause division on the PGA tour

So one name missing is Scottie Scheffler

Where they have it wrong is that it should have been calculated based on future value

All this BS from the PGA has stopped me from watching any of them.

If it’s an equity position, then it’s just a position…it’s not cash in hand. It’s only worth something if they can sell their equity position…which they probably can’t. Or, if the whole thing were to be sold, then they would get something. So, unless something is different, it’s not costing the PGA any money. If they truly were getting the money in hand, then that would be a bad move when those funds could’ve been used for increased purses, etc.

So LIV got them more money in the end

Great insights 😮 instead of spreading the money, like you said to the people that are working their butts off, they give the few that have the all the money in the world because they want to save the tour which is being made obsolete by a more global tour LIV. Keep up your grade insights you lay it out in such a way that we can understand it and make our own decision on what the tours trying to do buy the big players. Greg Norman, Phil Mickelson, and the rest of the LIV players are just laughing. 😂 What a hypocrisy by the PGA Tour that’s the way I see it

So many questions on how this would work. Ok tiger gets $100m in equity. But that’s not real money until he can cash it in, which means someone buying his equity off him. I’m sure they gona have strict rules on who can buy the equity. Also that equity must be linked to some kind of valuation of the PGA.tour. If that valuation goes down, which it could well do, then so does the equity share. I get that the equity shares tend to be top heavy for the most valuable assets in a corporation, but this does seem really badly skewed to me.

This is an equity scheme not cash, it said equity can't be realised for at least 8 years, meaning minimum 8 years before you can sell, there will be restrictions on who you can sell to. Current Equity is based on a theoretical value, however if in 8 years the entity isn't making serious profit then the value of the equity seriously diminishes. You are correct if new players come in and extra shares issued to cover this then the value of all other shares diminish. The current broadcast deals are in place until 2030 so money is not coming from there until that new deal is agreed and with current ratings tanking I can't see a big bonanza increase to pay for all this. Every year LIV will get stronger globally further diluting PGATOUR 's market share. Unless they take all the charity money which would be wrong then the only way they pay for this is to increase costs for us fans which will further hurt ratings.

Rory’s is understandable, after all he’s been the mouthpiece of the PGAT. 😂 But Tiger? How many tournaments did he played last year. Why did JT get so much when he did made it to the top 70 last year? It it because he’s a good buddy of Tiger. What about other players who actually rumored to join LIV but stayed in the PGA tour shouldn’t they get paid more.

Gee, why not give Jack Nicklaus equity, Tiger's a semi-retired billionaire, I don't get it. Take that money and goose the tour, how about low round every day - thursday/friday/saturday gets a check, that will motivate players on every round. Shoot 59 on tour? Get a check for $59M ! That'll motivate Scottie to take a few more chances, no more layups on the par 5's! Attend an event, give away prizes, attend on a Wednesday and pull 10 names from tickets for a chance to win a truck on closest to the pin, give away t-shirts to all attendees on Thursday, pretend you give a crap about the people that allow the tour to exist. That's what I would do, making the rich guys richer is really gonna excite the fans - it's LIV's biggest mistake and the PGA leadership is nothing if not clueless.

I beginning 2 hate freaking Rory and Tiger! My god, how much freaking $$$$$$$$$$$$ does 1 person NEED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I would think a fairer way of doing it would be to set it up as a retirement fund that can be cashed out when a player retires or reaches a certain age. X amount of dollars per win, X amount of dollars for where they ended the season points wise, or something like that, or like you said the players who are up and coming, how do they get a piece of the pie that's fair. Or, increase prize funds, or increase what those struggling players who struggle to make cuts get. Tiger is worth over 2B, he doesn't need 100M

The overarching question is HOW is the PGA tour going to make a return on investment? I don’t understand the financial equation. Unless the “equity” is guaranteed, it may be worth nothing. It’s all sleight of hand right now. Scottie, you need to pack your bags and head over to LIV. I never watch the PGA tour anymore but I do watch LIV.

I’m with you here. When I saw the news I had a hard time understanding the logic behind it? To me this seems like a knee jerk reaction. Lots of big tour players have jumped ship to LIV and I think this is their way of keeping players on side, possibly fuelled by Rahm’s move. They probably thought if he did a u-turn and moved, what would stop someone like Rory, JT, Tony Finau and other key tour players.

Isn’t it “elevated” events, not “elevator” events?

So nobody gets any money straight away, they have to wait between 4-8 years. If LIV offers say $100m over 5 years at $20m a year with the first payment up front I think the players will work out pretty quickly they are getting short changed by the PGA T. The players that are not PGA T loyalists, for use of a better term, will still seriously consider the benefits of switching their alliegiance. I think the money would be better spent by increasing prize money accross the board at all events making it a performance based scheme rather than reward players post mortem.

So Rory fronting the PGA tour through this saga only gets a tenth of what he would have got if he had gone to LIV

The sponsors need to continue pulling out… this is a sinking ship.

They are doing it because the PGA Tour encouraged players to stay while others left and made 100's of millions of dollars and now the PGA Tour is negotiating to have those players who left to come back in some form or other. They totally screwed the PGA players who stayed. If the PGA Tour held it's ground and kept the LIV players out, the payment would be unjustified. The PGA Tour needs to have the guts to hold it's ground. One of the things they have boasted for years is integrity. They are throwing all that away by negotiating with Greg Norman and the Arabs.

I'm sorry but the PGA doesn't like LIV but then they say bollox like this?! This will be the end of PGA imo. If I'm a youngster on the tour, I would do my absolute best to get into LIV then. 100% agree with you rather make the field money a little more, by doing this, you will make the tour much more appealing

It would have been nice to see the PGA invest in the future. This is not a good look at all.

Phil was right this whole time. Knew the PGA had money and wanted it distributed… now because LIV is a thing money is coming out of nowhere…

Absolutely disgusting, but hey what do I know?🤷🏻‍♂️

This puts me off LIV and PGA golf. Guys on KZfaq have better content and they make they’re own money because people actually enjoy watching them m, their friendships and competition No none even watches mainstream golf apart from the big four ……. It’s like the BBC getting paid for not working…….👍 Should be filtering money down……. Like compensating pros that don’t make the cut, for local club competitions , struggling clubs that might be forced to closed KZfaq have a greater platform and all they ask is a thumbs up and a subscribe. Show the true good side of golf and what it should be……. Equal and for everyone

Why now? If LIV didn't exist this would have never happened.

This is all completely ridiculous. I know that the sport of golf is trying to branch out, and not seem elitist. The PGA is showing their asses right now. They are giving off an elitist vibe in this whole thing. This is disrespectful of our Great Game. We as Patrons would just like to see the best players in the world, compete against each other. We want to see the impossible shots, incredible putts, and amazing saves. Watch these heroes triumph and fail, and triumph again. Let’s move along Suits, us Patrons just want great Golf.

What's Scottie Scheffler getting? He's #1 ranked on the tour right now, and Tiger's sun is setting.

Yea Tiger was wonderful for the tour throughout his career but giving him all that money just for past merits really doesn’t make sense to me. Shouldn’t players be required to play in a certain amount of tournaments to qualify? Tiger damn near sat out 2023 yet won all the PIP winnings. And now he’s in line to get another $100M? I’m not a socialist but how about spreading the wealth to those that play all the time and bring the fans out. They are all entertaining to watch,not just Tiger.

Pay out for past performance, loyalty, or drawing power rather than present day performance sounds like bribery rather than reward.

This is a great way to divide the pga tour even further. Wont be surprised if some big stars jump ship to liv.

Watch the PGA tour under Jay Monahan piss away the $3billion and then be in the shit again. Imagine being the 194th player then. LIV players benefitted but don’t forget PGA tour players also did aswell when those players left. Wasn’t as though nothing happened to increase purses for the pga. The people that really needed are more the ones trying to qualify or barely making it on the tour. The top guys are basically getting more so that the guys down the bottom will miss out altogether. This is like player impact program to make another excuse to pay players for no reason than to slap the guys struggling financially in the face. You can say play better but the thing sometimes it’s your finances that stop you from getting from place to place to survive to allow you to play where u need to. Some players get better breaks than others financially etc so you can’t say that extra $100 Mil is going make a big difference to tiger for staying loyal to pga. He didn’t take the risk why should they be rewarded. They got their reward with the bullshit PIP. Give the cash to strengthen the lower levels to help them because they going to come through later to make the pga tour

The PGA is still a good ole boys club. They don’t care about the players on the bottom that are struggling financially to keep their tour card. For example, the USA Ryder Cup team should have been the top USA players. Justin Thomas made the team while Tony Finau and Keegan Bradley who were both ranked higher and left off the team.

The volume is very low. Cannot hear very well.

Here's my thing I believe the players that stayed should be compensated somewhat but not nowhere near to the extent you're talking about I agree with you that some of that money should be to help the lower end players the journeyman so to speak who's been loyal all these years without getting filthy rich now my second concern is it Rory wasn't happy with wanting to merge with live and he got off the board now that he has lost Jon Rahm one of his Ryder Cup members he thinks the road should be changed so that live players can come back and play so now he wants back on the board so he can make that happen along with getting 50 million dollars to do so I am so fed up with where the PGA and golf is going the last 2 years it makes me want to sell my clubs and take up bowling Jay Monahan and this whole Fiasco has ruined what was once a gentleman's game now it's just for money whores golf is the one sport I always thought would be true

I'll stick to watching KZfaq golf. Haven't watched PGA for several years now.

It's bribery to keep them loyal and shut up.

I loved football…… till people getting paid millions for a couple of hours work a week and get paid anyway. Main stream golf is now much the same………. It KZfaq golf gives back massively in comparison……. Because mostly they’re people we can all relate to ……. We all feel like we know them……. And it’s starting to show. We all are giving our time and attention….. dare I say even our hearts watch our favourites……. And we will continue to support those hardworking , talented content creators. Would you watch George and Wesley go at it, Pete finch and his way with words, Fat Perez is laying speed golf……… or 40 hours every week watching European tour? Even that’s now starting to sound like an American pie movie👍😂😂

These players have all been paid handsomely for their tournament winnings. They don’t need to be paid if they are loyal PGAT golfers just playing for tradition on the PGAT and the bad a king’s ransom already. This payoff is hypocritical.

PGADOES NOT CARE ABOUT PLAYER 193. PLAYER 193 DOES NOT GET Any TV COVERAGE. Tiger has been done for years but still gets all the TV coverage. It's all about the TV ratings.

Isn't it about money after all ? Yes, you are absolutely right on the money !!!

This is horrible tbh. It pays the superstars huge amounts and a mere pittance to the young up and coming PGA players. Remember you have to be in the PGA for 8 years to cash out full value, this program is based off a tech industry program to keep the highest skilled employers in the company. LIV would be better to just offer ANY young player coming in from college or korn ferry, ie the star prospects, a 3yr $10M guaranteed contract. Turnover in the PGA is about 50 players a season so it's going to be really hard for any fringe player to get a piece of the pie, this is just for the stars that make the PGA money.

I STILL want to know what Monahan's payday was for selling out the PGA!!

Rory “I hate LIV” but I will take money and run while screwing 90% of players. And we wonder why Rory says he and Jay are bff’s. Love Tiger, but not sure his pops would be proud of this,. Those other 90% should ban together and announce they are going to LIV asap. Jay is a complete snake. Only reason Jay is still there is Rory and Tiger. Complete sham.

JT getting 30 mill is a joke, he barely in top 50

These top players aren't growing the game , they're making it unsustainable !!!

And Liv players were called out for money! Very divisive!

Another reason why I like LIV better. When did Rory last win a major?

1:46 why? So they won’t leave for LIV.

Nothing bizarre or remotely strange about this. The PGA is rewarding/incentivizing those that haven’t left for LIV to stay with the PGA. And of course the top 36 should get a significantly greater share of the honey pot… by and large, these are the golfers that fans actually care to see play. Carlos have an issue with the lower 2/3 decide to leave for LIV. There is nothing surprising going on here.

Bonus money based on performance? I think not.

Jack Nicklaus should get $150 million I guess. Tiger $100 million bullsh*t!

This is hypocrisy in disguise. Who comes up with the formula? If PGA players accept this money they all will lose respect from the viewers. Stop watching PGA golf all together

Ridiculous! To come up with a scheme like this PGA must be very scared that they are going to lose more marque players.

Equity shares that have dubious to zero liquidity? That's what's being given to the players who haven't gone to LIV? What a joke. SMH

Congratulations tiger 🐅

Why should Tiger get so much money shortly before he is retiring? This money should be for the future not for the past. Yes i get it that Tiger, Rory, Justin and JT had a bigger impact than others, but the money should be used to keep the PGA Tour running.

Why does tiger need money again? I’d be a bit upset if I was the 37th player on the list

PGAT won’t be able to keep everyone happy. Expect a huge migration to LIV soon.

850 million on the table for one 2 billion on the table for the other

F'en Joke. All the card-carrying members of the PGA Tour are all now a bunch of hooows, Tiger....as much as I like him...WTF has he done to get $100 mill. He is ranked close to 800 in the World...finished Dead Last at the Masters and if not for his win in 2019 would not be in ANY Majors. Only way he can play on the PGA Toru is by invite or a even that he hosts. $100 milllllllion. BS. Lastly, this is just a payout to the top fat happy few. WTF happened to using the funds to "grow the game." Once again, the PGA Tour board is F'ing the game!

Criticized LIV and turn around and did exactly what they criticized LIV for, amazing.

JT didn’t even make the playoffs last year. That’s with all the guys going to LIV. If they were still around he wouldn’t have been in the top 100

The real question is how much is Jay Monahan is going to get? This is only going to make lower players to leave. PGA leadership is corrupt.

Agree totally stupid,I watch my first game last week at the masters ,liv v pga ,should be spread over all tours

And people wonder why golf ratings are going down the drain and views are at an all-time low.

I agree totally with your perception. Tiger’s career is on decline, why give him so much compared to up and coming players

Equity??? Seriously? Pfft!

It’s like the old saying says, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, or in this case the poor get nothing. 🤷‍♂️

This absurd amount of money being dished out is over the top. Way too much for Tiger. He is finished and doesn't need the money. If he was a decent man he'd forfeit some of that and five it to the lower ranked players. I'd like a set amount for players 1-25 then lower amount for the next 25 ranked group and so forth all the way down. But money has to be injected back into the game. I hate where golf is going and I'm not watching anywhere near as much as golf needs to know views hip is down. Hearing the players get this much money does not help that cause.

pga hosing their players ...what a surprise....

Hypocrisy and greed, those are the only reasons !!!

Tiger is worth every penny. He should get $ 4 Mil/. He IS the PGA Tour!!!

You are totally wrong… this entire saga has been because LIV wants to buy the top 24 players…and nobody else

They all felt bad for Tiger and Rory they just had to throw money at them

Wait until they get a giant tax bill for money they have only got on paper as equity 😂😂😂

I call it bribery!