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State of the game

I am writing out of frustration with the current state of the professional game. It seems the ‘lunatics have taken over the asylum’.

At a time when golf has recovered popularity, the professional game is becoming increasingly fractured. It is essential that the divide between the PGA Tour and LIV is resolved so the best players compete against each other consistently. Instead, the PGA Tour has wasted time and effort finding an alternative partner to pump up the prize funds for a declining number of top golfers.

Viewing figures in America are poor and getting worse. Sponsors are withdrawing, presumably as the product is becoming less attractive. There is too much competition in sport to allow this

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