Analyzing the first year and looking ahead to 2023

“They can co-exist in the sense that competitors co-exist, but not graciously. They are too much at odds at the current moment, literally working through litigation against each other that will continue to dominate headlines both in 2023 and 2024. It’s plausible down the road that we all grow to accept both tours as viable entities in their own right, but I don’t think that’s at all what golf fans want. And golf fans play an important role here with their eyeballs.” — Zak

“PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan has made it clear that he doesn’t plan to work with LIV Golf to co-exist in the current golf ecosystem, and I can’t see his position changing, unless a federal judge orders him to do so. LIV Golf is an existential threat to the PGA Tour, not so much because of the product but because of the Public Investment Fund’s endless buckets of cash. The PGA Tour has made some good changes, but there are lingering questions about what happens to the non-elevated events and non-star players. The bigger questions to me are what the Official World Golf Ranking and the majors do in terms of LIV players. I think for the foreseeable future, we’re only going to see all of the best players in the world competing in the four majors.” — Schlabach

“I don’t think so. Not so much because of the rhetoric, people have said much worse and come together in business. But the schedule with 14 events, the shotgun starts, the 54 hole events … it would take a lot of concessions for LIV to form and alliance and I am not sure if they are willing, especially if they poach a few more big names.” — D’Angelo

“I think so, but I think there needs to be compromise. I don’t think you want this friction between them. The compromise could come in two forms. One is there’s no merger of any kind, which is probably more likely. So in that case, you need to allow for there to be world ranking points and you need to let these guys have a reasonable shot at playing in the majors, which I contend if they got world ranking points under the current system would not be easy. They’re going to be greatly reduced. Go ahead and give it to them and let it play out. And then LIV needs to probably just do their thing and tone down the rhetoric. You got what you want, you got world ranking points, you’ve got your own league, you’re making all this money, let’s see where it all falls.

“The other way is an agreement between the two. For that to…