Especially someone Mickelson who earned a lifetime exemption, why do they care if he plays somewhere else and only plays the majors, at 0+ years old.
at 50+ years old
“why do they care if he plays somewhere else”
It’s really not about him...it’s about discouraging any other pga players from doing the same.
The way the pga is thinking they don’t want a mass defection.
It really shows that the PGA doesn’t understand personal economics. All us regular folks are aware of the concept of “f u money”, a quantity that if it suddenly landed in your bank account you’d go into your bosses office, toss your badge on his desk flip him off and walk out. What we’re learning here is the concept scales, sure a lot of guys on the PGA tour are making every year what us regular folks would consider f u money. But the LIV is offering enough cash that even people in that income bracket are thinking “set for life in 1 maybe 2 seasons”. I’m not sure how sustainable the LIV is, I can’t imagine them making enough to pay off those purses through normal revenue streams. But that’s all the more reason for players to jump now, make the fat cash before it folds, and never have to worry about their tour card again.