Commentary on LIV golf press conference

The alarm bells are ringing. The air raid sirens have sounded. Golf is under attack! On Wednesday morning, as Bryson DeChambeau and Patrick Reed became the latest PGA Tour pros to head for LIV Golf’s greener (as in the color of money and the Saudi Arabian flag) pastures, the panic stations were manned. Suddenly, it seemed, after a night of Phil parading around in his ceremonial leather jacket and DJ trying to read everybody’s name tag, the one-time Robert Garrigus Tour was picking up steam.

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From @KylePorterCBS

Cannot believe today was real. Absolute fever dream of incredulity, parody and, ultimately, sadness. Nobody participating in this league actually believes anything they’re saying. It’s just rich people paying other rich people tons of money to launder a government’s reputation.

From @chambleebrandel

If successful the Saudi backed LIV golf will prove to be a plague on the game. The 48 players who tee off this Friday have exchanged a little bit of their soul for money and they tilt the game in a very bad direction and everyone of them knows they are helping to to sell a lie.

From @KVanValkenburg

Second LIV Press conference (Na, Gooch, Piatt) ends in kerfuffle when the AP reporter tries to ask a question, but is cut off by LIV spokesman. Players file out slowly, awkwardly as LIV officials argue loudly with reporter about how he's not being "polite."

Additional incidents, after the first LIV golf round on 10th June

From @AdamShipnuck

Well, a couple of neckless security dudes just physically removed me from Phil Mickelson's press conference, saying they were acting on orders from their boss, whom they refused to name. (Greg Norman? MBS? Al Capone?) Never a dull moment up in here.