For those who care, the golfers aligned with the Bone Saw Tour ...

[11 Bravo]

are crashing and burning at The Open.

Dustin Johnson is the best of the leeches willing to attach themselves to the Saudi cash, and he's sinking like a rock.
What a pity.

(For those unaware, the Bone Saw Tour is my name for the Saudi-sponsored effort at sports-washing that they call the LIV tour.)

[a kennedy]

1. and I heard my man Charles Barkley is thinking about joining them too. 🤬

LIV Golf has its eyes on a basketball Hall of Famer for their next addition to the broadcast lineup.

Charles Barkley, an 11-time All-Star in the NBA and current analyst for TNT, recently said on the Pat McAfee Show in regards to PGA Tour players taking LIV Golf money that, “If somebody gave me $200 million I’d kill a relative.”

Well, that apparently caught the eye of the Greg Norman-led and Saudi Arabia-funded series. During a Thursday interview on The Next Round, Barkley said he’s going to meet with LIV Golf.

“They called me and asked me ‘Would I meet with them?’ And I said, ‘Yes,’” Barkley explained. “Nothing that’s imminent, I actually don’t know everything they want from me, or what they technically want me to do, but you’ve got to always look at every opportunity that’s available. So the answer to your question is, 100 percent yes, I’m going to meet with LIV.”


https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2022/07/14/nba-charles-barkley-liv-golf-rumors-meeting/

[11 Bravo]

4. Aww, man! I LIKE Sir Charles. I will be seriously disillusioned if he ...

goes for the blood money.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

2. The MBS-BST.

Don’t dig too deep in the sand pits.

[PJMcK]

3. DJ and Mickelson are huge disappointments

They wanted the morning key more than their reputations. It illustrates their amorality.

Fuck ‘em.

I like McIlroy better anyway. Even Tiger looks better, (but not this week!).

[lame54]

5. Did he hit into the grass trap?

[brush]

6. 54 holes only and no cut means LIV golf is a different game than...

the PGA Tour golf which plays 72 holes and has a cut after 36 holes, which means only the top players continue on in the tournament.

The PGA is big boy golf.

[dem4decades]

7. Most golfers are Trump supporters, are we really going to White Knight them just because

they didn't take Saudi money?

[ProfessorGAC]

10. Fairly Accurate

About 75% vote republican, but not necessarily TFG supporters.
The tour is loaded with Randite libertarians because most of those country club brats think their hours on the range mean they pulled themselves up by their bootstraps.
They're economic hyperconservatives, but many are not on the wrong side of social issues. Stupid, but not frothing crazy.
Most of them couldn't finish a TV Guide crossword puzzle.
As to Rory, he's spoken up on issues that make me think he's not one of the 75%.

[dem4decades]

12. Glad to hear that about Rory, he's not one of the ones I was thinking about.

The guys I was thinking about are the antivaxers and the ones that play golf with Trump and happily pose for photos with the Orange shithead.

[ProfessorGAC]

15. Certainly, They Exist

I'm thinking there's appearance fees involved.
Those pros play with better amateurs than TFG nearly every Wednesday at the ProAm round.
I'd think it insufferable for them to play with a cheating hack like him.
I SLIGHTLY buy the "president of the US invited me to play" excuse. Playing with him before 2016 or since January 2021 is inexcusable.

[Kingofalldems]

13. He is a fan of Barack Obama.

[moondust]

8. Will never watch the Bone Saw Tour.

Never. PERIOD.

[dixiechiken1]

9. Good. Couldn't happen to a more deserving lot.

I'd love nothing more than to see LIV crash and burn. Unfortunately, however, Saudi money means it can probably go on indefinitely. I don't really understand why anyone would be interested in watching exhibition golf vs actual competition golf but, whatever.

That's alright, the good ones are still with the PGA. Rory McIlroy, one of my favorite players, is turning out to be a GREAT ambassador for the PGA.

[Sky Jewels]

11. Golf sucks.

Everything about it sucks. And The Bone Saw and the creeps who are participating suck most of all.

[dem4decades]

14. Not for nothing but does everyone here hating on the Saudi golf league

Not use gasoline? Because the Saudis have a lot more to do with our lives with gas than golf.